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 as Liberal Member of the Merthyr Parliament in 1868 - districts in Wales .
Question: Do Sentence 1 and Sentence 2 express the same meaning? Yes or No?