Sentence 1: Following his defeat in Cardiganshire , in 1868 Henry Richard was elected Liberal member of parliament for the Merthyr boroughs in Wales ,
Sentence 2: Following his defeat in Cardiganshire , Henry Richard was elected Liberal Member of Parliament for the Merthyr Parliament of Wales in 1868 .
Question: Do Sentence 1 and Sentence 2 express the same meaning? Yes or No?