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| a 3 ¥ o gave an analysis of the votes in each "Covernment & 94 | of the elxim:::n:u:':xenclu to!gl qng:; 4t but the distmetion in the i llfl:?: < tion. showing tha e cons e v w k. con )even if counted as erl!'tllrel{ 1:" fav&r tt)( vas evidently too fine for the House to | the Government would not have affect-- "Ts"h'p' p i a | ed the elections. His own riding of L\'be-xewl p&rtl';' c::clu':lt\;l: migongltncmg South Norfolk hadoa record forgss;lv:r}\'g s@eech with some good--natured : chaff small majorities. On July 1 1' l4 C levelled at the Opposition as to the re-- first member sent to this Legislature sults of the bye--elections. was elected by a majority of 18. Mr. Mr. Kidd (Carlton) constantly ran| Charlton's predecessor, who sat on the foul of the preceding speakers and' Conservative side, was elected in 1979 was obliged to correct & misconception | Y by a majority of 29, and in 1883 by 20. f th 6 * o ted him by a of the remarks of Mr. Stratton in re Mr. Charlton first defeate im DYy spect to the Ottawa precedent, to mod-- wajority of 65, then of 97, and then his 7 f . [ field. F ears ify a remark in reference to Mr. Charl predecegsor Ves thceomgh;atlogm(.)ty el;a ton's address, to altogether change a j ago, 0"_"11]1'(' to iealust him, MF. Charl~ statement credited to the Attorney-- | ments working Ag N n s General, and fAnally to stand corrected $ ton said, his majority was cut dow:'rist(: | by Mr. Moscrip when he began to quote 21, and on March 1 last it was 34. ie | that gentleman. Mr. Charliton had spok-- I may tell my honorable friends, opDO-- en of seven of the election constables site," Mr. Chariton continued,"that their in his constituency as pronounced Con Conservatldve "f'rienlds in S:)utl} I*{orfc;}k servatives. "Perhaps you bought them will concede that I am not only legaliy h C +» but morally and physically entitled to | pp aethiuntine Ahoii eonstalles," 'sald represent that riding, and that is the s "One of them was a member of th , > & :ir:'tf,mlon, that is what I am going to lCnneervative Committee and -- worked t against me all the way through," said Constables' Vote Immaterial. ' I\;IIT. 'I("hflm (';;Hti( wa.shon-ppointe% by the Tow lerk, w was a Con-- In South Norfolk the? majority was servative. S':averal Township -- Clerks 34, the number of polling booths 27, | were deputies and they appointed Con-- 'number of constables appointed 21, servative constables." number of constables who voted 19,num-- "Well," admitted Mr. Kidd, "I hardly b'er of constables who were Liberals think the payment of a dollar would 12, number of constables who were Con-- pull over as good a man as that." pervatlyes 7; Liberal majority of con-- When 'Mr. Kidd eat down there were stables' votes not counted 29; ma-- calls for the question, and the vote jJority with constables' vote not count-- | was taken. The vote was on strict + |ed if all conmtables had voted Liberal party lines and the amendment moved 15. One constable did not vote, and by Mr. Carscallen was lost by 41 yeas another had no vote, whilz seven who t~ 47 nays, the Government majority did vote were pronounced Conserva-- remaining at six. There were two pairs tives. --Messrs. Campbell and Malcolm--on In Lennox, the majority was 43, poll-- the Government side, being paired with ing booths 23, constables 11, majority Messrs. Eilber and Jamieson, Conser-- ' without constables' vote, assuming that vatives, respectively. Mr. Craig was ' all voted Liberal, 82, and in any case absent owing to sicknes«. the seat is not asked for by the other | 3 calr;ldldEaatet' L&mbt ' Mr. Whitney's Objection, a mbton the majority was 40, polling sub--divisions 45, constables When Mr. Speaker put the main mo-- appointed 23, of whom 19 were Liberals tion. Mr.Whitney rose and called the at-- and 4 pronounced Conservatives; Lib-- tention of the Speaker to rules 16 and eral majority without the constable 11M4a, the former of which provides vore oy absuming that all the constables iny Aeetion amehien ho how s direct In' Muskok:, theer;';'joo:g""qitsehnfnn- pecuniary interest and the yote of any ing booths 48;«Liberat majority, 'with-- member_so interested shall be disal-- out the canstable vote, assuming lowed. Rule li4a provides that if any . o mitence diarniis ao" ; toe of eeonon of any cmeniger ho is dmigissing ajority 61, polling sub-- to _ withdraw wl:hey the: matter sions 43, presuming one at each j a deb inui M polling place), number of s _ under ebate. _ Continuing, ¢. io w f mber of .constables Whitney said :--Mr. Speaker, certain L'IO were Liberals 25, Conservatives 18. petitions were .flled .some dayé ago re-- iberal _majority without constable | + vole 54, Liberal majority with ferring to this matter, and, in stable »vote, ressumin®. ts tt "'l'l't 80-- order that no objections can be made to Stables voted Leberal 18. 2 _ .-- . the point of order which I have at--| West York--Majority _ 35 fling | tempted to raise, I now desire to lay on | » pboths 40. conetabiles 30. LibGerai on the table of this House certain certified | Stables 45. conservalive bonstables 4. copies of the petitions fyled in the elec-- Majority if g:n':g:luv'? constables 4. tion courts in the cases in which peti-- €a, 7. e yvote not count-- tions were fyled. These petltlon's) which . 0 I now have here are verified by af-- hadt i';':g;n:egh :"d V¥)est PH""'" he | davits which I will read. He then read M rouped. four of Te other" cine had the affidavits, setting forth that the pe-- es Ionethe e other constituen: t'tions had been fyled in West York, pendeongtetvmreand by g""'""'-': the inde-- Nipissing, East Lambton, South Nor-- | e as against the Govern-- folk, Lennox, Muskoka, West Huron, :in;tnt claimed that the IAiberal candi-- South Perth. Continuing, Mr. Whitney k thee:idq?g;'o' represent the majority of sa.hz that if these facts show that the s mc k sitting member in each of these cases t mgfi l;yne ;3" t':r;"'";'l"t this state-- must have a direct pecuniary interest C as that 35 mal t his ~contention | in the results of each case it must be so many votes were cast for | possible to enforce or apply the rule of 1 P