Salt Lake Herald | 1897-02-21 | Page 1 | Church Candidate Elected

Church Candidate Elected Winnipeg Man Feb 20The bye election for St Boniface today hinged entirely on the Manitoba school question ques-tion and created undisputed interest The fight was between the Catholic clergy candidate Lauon and the liberal candidate Bertrand As was expected the church candidate was elected his majority being 192 The liberals or antiseparate party put up a strong fight but the influence exerted by the church was too great to overcome Archbishop Langevin personally taking part in the campaign and exhorting his flock from the pulpit to vote for Lauon Roman Catholics are greatly elated over the victory as it endorses their stand for separate schools and prolongs the Manitoba fight