1894 Liverpool School Board election explained

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
	6	+1	281,142
	6	0	140,620
Progressive	2	+2	87,944
	1	0	25,766
	0		11,190
Independent	0		4,517
	0		2,906
Total Votes cast			554,085
Electorate			76,303
Turnout			48%

• - Retiring board member seeking re-election

Elected

Allegiance	Name	Votes
	Rev. W.J. Adams	67,301
	Lieut-Col. G. H. Morrison J.P.	52,061
	Rev. F.R. Tyrer MA	46,435
	Rev. Canon Dyson Rycroft *	44,758
	Rev. Canon Major Lester *	41,959
	Michael Fitzpatrick *	30,517
Progressive	Miss Anne Jane Davies *	24,321
	Charles McArdle *	28,427
	William Culton J.P.	25,766
	W.J. Sparrow *	28,628
	Richard Yates *	27,195
	Augustine Watts MA	27,097
	Wm. F. Blaxter MA	36,201
	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
	Joseph Goodman	2,906
Independent	Gustav Morris	2,227
Progressive	W.C. Rawlins C.E.	14,724
		11,190
Progressive	William Rowlandson C.E.	15,425

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Notes and References

1. [Liverpool Daily Post]