The election of Mr. D’Arcy Boulton as Conservative member for South Simcoe, in the Ontario Legislature, took place about this time. Although the influence of this event on the fortunes of the late Premier of the Dominion was hardly discoverable, it was hailed by the Conservative press as the earnest of a reaction in favor of that party. A Mr. Saunders (whose face our artist had not seen) was Mr. Boulton’s opponent in the contest.
Grip, January 3rd, 1874.
JOHNNY’S “TURN,” OR NEW YEAR’S JOY.
“THE CRUEL OBJECT OF DISSOLUTION.”
Mr. Mackenzie and his colleagues advised the dissolution of Parliament on taking office. This was accordingly carried out, with the object, as the cartoon suggests, of keeping Sir John and his comrades “out in the cold.”
Grip, January 10th, 1874.