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Show Canada's English Speaking Voters Solid For the Draft IH. OTTAWA. Ont., Dec. IS. Election VB received up to noon leday iudicato that HB the government will have a clear ma- B Jorlty of forty-eight seats with three R in doubt, two of which had been prc- K viously credited to the government and B ono to the opposition and four scatts H in which the election Is deferred. HHf- OTTAWA. One., Dec. IS. The Eng- fl Ijsli speaking sections of Canada yes- NB tcrday voted solidly for conscription, tflB thaUlhe dominion may continue to be ffH represented on the fighting lino In the BjR strength it has shown there up to the B present time. The French and the B German speaking parlies of tho coun- B try voted against the Borden govern - B m'ent and for the return of t.d Wil- B frid Laurier as prime minister. B The predominance of the English- H speaking element in the dominion B makes the return of the Union gov- B ernmcnt with Sir Robert Borden as its B head a certainty. H Tremendous majorities for success- B ful candidates on both sides constitute B the striking feature of tho election. So H great arc ..c majorities of the Borden H candidates and so large arc tho major- H itlcs given Liberal candidates in the HB Liberal constituencies that tlje soldier H vote when it is received and applied B to the domestic vote will make littlo B difference in the total number of IBLi- members elected to support Sir Rob- KJB''' BHl M- mm ert Borden, or his opponent, Sir Wilfrid Wil-frid Laurier. The only effect of the soldier vote will be to increase the majority of the government from about thirty to some forty seats and will make it easier for the Borden ministry to carry on its administration. . Soldier Voto Counts. Whore the soldier vote is likely to work changes is In the case of several Nova Scotia ridings, where majorities for Liberal members of less tnan 200 on the domestic returns are likely to be overcome and reversed by the vote of the men in tho trenches. There alBo are one or two such seats in doubt in Ontario. The decisive character of the Borden Bor-den victory relieves the apprehension that was felt that if either side was returned by a narrow margin the strong feeling over the conscription isue might lead to serious disorders in the country and force another election elec-tion In the near future. Government Retained an Office. Without the soldier vote being considered, con-sidered, tho government is retained in office with full authority to apply the conscription law which has been enacted en-acted and givon partial effect How unanimously the French-speaking French-speaking Canada voted against conscription con-scription is shown by the returns from the province of Quebec, which elected sixty-five members. Of those sixty- two returned Liberal members with big majorities. Only in three English Eng-lish speaking ridings of Montreal were Unionist candidates returned for tho whole of tho province of Quebec. The adjoining province of Ontario elects eighty-two members and is returning re-turning seventy or more for the Unionist government. Striking Western Rcsultc. Canada, west of the Great Lakes, is showing an even more striking result Tho four provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Sas-katchewan, Alberta and British Columbia jointly returned fifty-six members and the indications are that not more than two of them will elect supporters of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. The majority of the government, it is estimated from incomplete returns, will bo from thirty-five to forty-five. The government has carried six and tho Laurier opposition has carried three of the nino Canadian provinces. Those carried by tho government are New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and British Columbiar Laurier has carried Nova Scotia, Quebec and Prince Edward island. All the cabinet ministers are elected with the exception of two French ministers from Quebec, Albert Sevlgny a nd P. Blondin. Sir Wilfrid Laurier was beaten in the city of Ottawa by 500, but was elected for a Quebec city seat by almost 2,000 majority. |