Papers relating to the contest in Caernarvon Boroughs between Mr Lloyd George and Col. Henry Platt. Part played in the struggle by Mr Henry Lewis, one of the chief organisers in the Bangor area.

This material is held atArchifdy Prifysgol Bangor / Bangor University Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 222 BEL/61
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1900
  • Language of Material
    • English

Scope and Content

i. small book of memoranda re. arranging meetings, interviewing "shaky" voters, finding out whereabouts of migrators, lodgers etc. Mysterious references to a more private book where voters are put down as 7b, 398b, and so on. Affords an excellent sidelight into the activities of a wide-awake organiser.

ii-iii.Two bundles specifying the expenses incurred by Mr Henry Lewis and others on behalf of Mr Lloyd George's candidature. At the end of it are three englynion signed "J. Morris Jones", but it is not the script of Sir John Morris Jones.

iv. Results of Bangor Canvass - estimates and results of election. Particulars are given for all the district (33 altogether) into which the four wards were divided for convassing purposes. According to the canvass, the Bangor vote would be :

George 798

Platt 456

Neutral 172

In the actual election, the figures for Bangor stood :

George 716

Platt 795

Majority for Col. Platt 79

But Mr Lloyd George had a majority in each of the other five constituent boroughs, with the final outcome of a 296 majority over his Conservative opponent.

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