Alberni Pioneer News
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
issued: 2024-04-09
issued: 1911-09-02
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/albernip/items/1.0441123/source.json
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note: Alberni Pioneer *i\ Volume 5. Port Alberni, B.C., Sept. 2, I9ll. No. 4 Conservatives Confident Throughout the Province A telegram, dated at Cumberland, Aug. 29th, from H. S. Clements, Conservative candidate in Comox-Atlin, to the Pioneer News, says: Meetings at Union Bay, Denman Island, Courtney, Cumberland and Comox wharf, overwhelmningly in our favor. Joint meeting with Duncan Ross in Cumberland last night easily three to one in our favour. Party organizations are fighting hard with every encouragement for victory. 'i Latest advices from the Kootenay electoral district are indicative that the socialists there have reconsidered their first announced intention to place in the field a party candidate, and that the contest in the district will therefore be run on straight established party lines, with A. S. Goodeve a certain winner by an increased majority. In Vancouver City the socialist candidate is still in the field in the person of Mr. Kingsley, but it is possible that he too may be withdrawn before the date of formal nomination, there being an apparent intention of the party in the Province not to take any particular part in the present contest, when representation would have to be general in order to possess any value in advertising socialist doctrines and policy. In Victoria a socialist candidate is offering wholly as a result of a clash with the police as to street meetings. At the present writing the battle- lines in British Columbia would therefore seem to be complete, the champions selected being as hereunder: Conservative. * t Liberal. Socialist. Cjmox-Atlin Clements P Ross ' ""*' - Nanaimo Shepherd Smith Victoria Barnard Templeman Brown Vancouver Stevens Senkler Kingsley NewWestm'st'r Taylor Oliver Yale-Cariboo Burrill Macdonald Kootunay Goodeve King: Reports from all along the line are of a nature distinctly encouraging to the Conservative leaders. In Vancouver the organization of the party's campaign work is spoken of as virtually perfect, and the pros…
note: Alberni Pioneer News ran from 1907-08-17 to 1912-02-24. The name was changed to Port Alberni News starting 1912-03-02.
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Port Alberni (B.C.)
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0441123
language: English
lat: 49.234444
long: -124.805833
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Port Alberni, B.C. : R. J. Burde
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