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ELECTION UPDATE FROM QUEBEC

Riding Run Down

Megantic: Hon. George Irvine, solicitor-general for the province will be contesting this riding for both the Dominion and provincial legislatures. At the his opponent for the House of Commons will be Noel Hebert and Dr. J. Reid for the local house.

Jacques Cartier: Joseph-Michel Robillard is the Liberal candidate for the provincial assembly. Mr. Brandt will be the candidate for the House of Commons.

Vercheres: Both the Conservatives and the Liberals have their candidates for both legislatures in this riding. For the House of Commons, Félix Geoffrion (Liberal) will face Mr. Marano (Conservative). For the Québec legislature, Clovis Malo (Liberal) will face André-Boniface Craig (Conservative).

Québec East: Pierre Huot (Liberal) is expected to face opposition from shipbuilder, Mr. Vallo. Adolphe Guillet dit tourangeau, former mayor of Québec, will stand for the local legislature.

Hochelaga: Antoine Dorion is the currently the only candidate nominated in this riding.

Montcalm: A Liberal nominating convention is expected within a few days. Joseph Dufresne will stand for the Conservatives.

Bellechasse: Napoléon Casault is the Conservative candidate. Mr. Rémillard will be his opponent.

Two Mountains: Jean-Baptiste Daoust is the Conservative candidate for the riding of Two Mountains. M. Daoust will contest the seat despite having been convicted of forgery in 1865. Gédéon Ouimet the provincial attorney-general will be the local candidate for the Conservatives.

Beauharnois: Paul Denis, reported to be a disciple of George-Étienne Cartier, will be the candidate in this riding, though it is reported that a paper supportive of the government is urging electors to return a different member.

Ottawa County: Alonzo Wright, the former MPP is currently unopposed in the race for the Commons. L. R. Church and R. McGreevy are the candidates for the provincial house.

Richelieu: M. Gélinas and M. Perrault will contest the seat against Thomas McCarthy (Conservative).

Napierville: M. Coupal, the former MPP, will oppose M. Laviolette.

Rouville: For the House of Commons, Mr. Cheval (Liberal) will stand against Dr. Poulin, the former MPP. For the provincial house, Victor Robert will carry the Liberal banner against M. Brillon.

Three Rivers: Charles Boucher De Niverville is the Conservative candidate here for both the Dominion and local legislature. For the House of Commons he will be opposed by the mayor, Sévère Dumoulin and by William Macdougall locally.

Chateauguay: As earlier reported, Luther Holton (Liberal) will stand against Mr. T. K. Ramsay for the House of Commons. Édouard Laberge is the Liberal candidate for the provincial legislature.

St. Maurice: Mr. Lajoie will be the Liberal candidate for the House of Commons here.