1894 Liverpool School Board election
Appearance
Elections to the Liverpool School Board were held on Saturday 17 November 1894.
There were twenty-two candidates for the fifteen Board member positions.
Each voter had fifteen votes to cast.
After the election, the composition of the School Board was:
Allegiance | Members | ± | Votes |
---|---|---|---|
Church of England | 6 | +1 | 281,142 |
Catholic | 6 | 0 | 140,620 |
Progressive | 2 | +2 | 87,944 |
Wesleyan | 1 | 0 | 25,766 |
Labour | 0 | 11,190 | |
Independent | 0 | 4,517 | |
Socialist | 0 | 2,906 | |
Total Votes cast | 554,085 | ||
Electorate | 76,303 | ||
Turnout | 48% |
* - Retiring board member seeking re-election
Elected
Allegiance | Name | Votes |
---|---|---|
Church of England | Rev. W.J. Adams | 67,301 |
Church of England | Lieut-Col. G. H. Morrison J.P. | 52,061 |
Church of England | Rev. F.R. Tyrer MA | 46,435 |
Church of England | Rev. Canon Dyson Rycroft * | 44,758 |
Church of England | Rev. Canon Major Lester * | 41,959 |
Catholic | Michael Fitzpatrick * | 30,517 |
Progressive | Miss Anne Jane Davies * | 24,321 |
Catholic | Charles McArdle * | 28,427 |
Wesleyan | William Culton J.P. | 25,766 |
Catholic | W.J. Sparrow * | 28,628 |
Catholic | Richard Yates * | 27,195 |
Catholic | Augustine Watts MA | 27,097 |
Church of England | Wm. F. Blaxter MA | 36,201 |
Catholic | John Hand * | 27,183 |
Progressive | T.C. Ryley * | 18,232 |
Not Elected
Progressive | W. Dent-Dent MA J.P. | 15,242 |
Independenr | Robert F. Finlay | 2,290 |
Socialist | Joseph Goodman | 2,906 |
Independent | Gustav Morris | 2,227 |
Progressive | W.C. Rawlins C.E. | 14,724 |
Labour | Samuel Reeves | 11,190 |
Progressive | William Rowlandson C.E. | 15,425 |
References
[edit]- ^ Liverpool Daily Post Monday 19 November 1894