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