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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 77

Appendix III. — Result of Bruce Licensing Committee Election, March 30, 1903

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Appendix III.

Result of Bruce Licensing Committee Election, March 30, 1903.

No License Candidates Elected
Rev. P. B. Fraser 1797
A. Dunlop 1797
P. M'Skimming 1795
James Adam 1776
Henry H. Frazer 1762
Moderate Candidates Defeated
J. Tough 1183
W. Noble 1173
Dr J. Fitzgerald 1172
J. C. Anderson 1164
R. Craig 1158

The Daily Times report says:—In March, 1900, with two small returns to come, which could not alter the result, the voting was: James Adam, 821; James Inglis, 809; Robert M'Kinnon, 766; H. H. Frazer, 750; and Hugh Russell, 631. This was a win for the No-license party. It will be seen that the interest in the election of a committee has largely increased when Mr Adam's total of 821 is placed against the Rev. Mr Fraser's or Mr Dunlop's total of 1797. The voting three years ago was also much closer, the candidate lowest on the list polling 582, without the two small returns not to hand. It will be found that, adding the votes cast for the Temperance party this time, the total is 8927, the total for their opponents being 5850; and the average for each candidate for each side would be: Temperance, 1785; Moderate, 1170. Reckoned in this way the Temperance candidates had an individual majority of 615 votes, and a collective majority of 3077.

The Bruce Herald says:—The result of the poll for the Bruce Licensing Committee did not come as a surprise to many people in Bruce, as it was a foregone conclusion that the No-license ticket must head the poll. At the same time, although this was the general opinion, even before the poll took place, few could have imagined that the victory would be so overwhelming as it turned out. At the election in 1900 the total votes polled was only about 1500, whereas, on the present occasion, 2891 valid voters recorded their votes. The highest total individual recorded vote (Mr P. B. Fraser's) was 1797, and the lowest on the same side was 1762, it will therefore be seen that the No-license party secured more than a three-fifths majority of the total number of valid votes recorded. There is no doubt the No-license party won a splendid victory, and they can pride themselves on the fact that they defeated probably five of the most representative men to be found in Bruce.