Mr. LEGER:

Did Mr. Sheridan draw pay during the time of the campaign?

Mr. LEGER:

An hon. gentleman has

asked me whether Mr. Sheridan was a Conservative or a Liberal. He certainly ran for the Conservative party.

Mr. LEGER:

Is it the intention to

allow such a thing to be done, and to allow the man to remain in office during the campaign? I would like to have the assurance from the Government that they will not allow such a thing as that, because when the man sent in his resignation, he knew perfectly well what he was doing.

Mr. LEGER:

When this item was last before the committee, I had asked some questions of the minister, and the item stood for his reply. One of my questions was with reference to Mr. John Sheridan, Indian Superintendent for the North Shore district of the province of New Brunswick. This gentleman was a candidate in the provincial election last year, and it looks to me as if he at that time held the position of Indian Superintendent.

Mr. LEGER:

From the answer of the Minister of Agriculture it is apparent that the papers which I asked for were withheld from me and from the country. The Minister of the Interior could just as easily have given the answer which I have now received, and that was the reason for my pressing the matter to-night. I am thankful to the minister, and I ask him now whether the Government is going to retain this man in office?