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A HISTORY OF LOXGKIDGE. 



[Chap. 3. 



75G votes 



66i „ 



633 „ 



554 ,, 



493 „ 



491 „ 



450 „ 



448 „ 



438 „ 



406 „ 



400 „ 



376 ,, 



359 „ 



310 „ 



230 „ 



were won and lost ; and many bitter enmities were created bj' the re 

 suit, which was a victory aU along the line for the " Party of Pro 

 gress." 



The names of the elected candidates were : — 



James P. Whittle 



Henry Waring 



Richard Livesey 



Robert Smith 



R. Howarth 



E. Dewhurst 



James Tullis 



Rev. C. Boardman 



J. Kay, junr 



The following were the next on the poll : — 



John Banks ... 



William Bourne... 



Arthur Whittle 



Rd. Parkinson 



John Jump 



Thomas Woods 



Mr. Eobert Smith was elected Chairman of the Board ; Mr. James 

 Jukes, Clerk ; Dr. Eccles, Medical Officer of Health ; Mr. J. Kirby, 

 Survej'or (but was soon succeeded by Mr. James Bailey) ; all of whom 

 retain the above positions. 



Mr. James Tullis soon retired from the Board. In 1884, the Eev. 

 C. Boardman was defeated, being most bitterly opposed by his former 

 coUeague, Mr. J. Kay, junr., by whom, or by whose supporters, the 

 contest was turned into a rehgious one. 



The elections since 1883, with the exception of the one in 1884, 

 to which I have alluded, and one in 1887, have been very quiet. 

 The contest in 1887 resolved itself into a semi-political one, and pro- 

 voked a few squibs. Perhaps the most effective one was "The 

 Housemaid's Letter." Much amusement was created by its quiet 

 satire and allusion to well-known stories, which proved that the author 

 was evidentlj' behind the scenes. We think he must have laughed 

 when he found that some people actually believed that the letter was 

 a genuine one. One individual actually wrote to the local press protesting 

 against the unfairness of making public use of lost private letters. 

 Truly tlie buccolic mind is often dense, and quite insensible to the 

 force of deUcate wit or satire ! 



