1911 Arfon by-election
The1911 Arfon by-electionwas a parliamentaryby-electionheld on 11 February 1911 for theArfon division in CaernarvonshireinNorth Wales,aconstituencyof theBritish House of Commons.It was the first by-election to be held after theDecember 1910 general election.
The by-election was held because the sittingLiberalMember of Parliament (MP)William Joneshad been appointed as aJunior Lord of the TreasuryinH. H. Asquith'sLiberal government,and until the 1920s MPs appointed to positions in government had to seek re-election. Jones had held the seat since the1895 general election,and at the by-election he was re-elected unopposed.[1]
Jones died in 1915, triggeringanother by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | William Jones | Unopposed | |||
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References
[edit]- ^"Carnavonshire (Arfon)".Dublin Daily Express.13 February 1911 – viaBritish Newspaper Archive.
- ^Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 (1 ed.). London and Basingstoke: The Macmillan Press Ltd.ISBN9780333169032.Page 469
Sources
[edit]- Craig, F. W. S.(1989) [1974].British parliamentary election results 1885–1918(2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 469.ISBN0-900178-27-2.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
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