CANADA: Delayed Action

To British Columbia's Premier, red-cheeked Thomas Dufferin Patullo, last week's Provincial elections were supposed to be a mere matter of routine. His Liberal Party held a comfortable 31 seats of the 48 in the Legislature and there were no vital campaign issues. His foremost rivals, the Conservatives and the socialistic Cooperative Commonwealth Federation, were stumping the Province with only formal eloquence, with little to talk about. It looked like the quietest election since the Liberals took control in 1933.

When the returns began to come in Premier Patullo could not believe his eyes. Barely re-elected himself, he saw his Party's...

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