Inverness by-election, 1922
Encyclopedia
The Inverness by-election, 1922 was a by-election
held on 16 March 1922 for the British House of Commons
constituency
of Inverness
.
The by-election was caused by the resignation
of the sitting Coalition Liberal
Member of Parliament (MP) Thomas Brash Morison
, upon his appointment as a Senator of the College of Justice
. Morison had held the seat since 1917.
The result was a victory for the Coalition Liberal candidate Sir Murdoch MacDonald
, who held the seat until he retired in 1950
aged 83.
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
held on 16 March 1922 for the British House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
constituency
United Kingdom constituencies
In the United Kingdom , each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elects one or more members to a parliament or assembly.Within the United Kingdom there are now five bodies with members elected by constituencies:...
of Inverness
Inverness (UK Parliament constituency)
Inverness was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first-past-the-post system of election....
.
The by-election was caused by the resignation
Resignation from the British House of Commons
Members of Parliament sitting in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom are technically forbidden to resign. To circumvent this prohibition, a legal fiction is used...
of the sitting Coalition Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
Member of Parliament (MP) Thomas Brash Morison
Thomas Brash Morison
Sir Thomas Brash Morison was a Scottish politician and judge.Morison was born in Edinburgh. He went to Edinburgh University where he obtained MA and LL.D degrees. He was called to the bar in Scotland in 1891 and then in England in 1899. He was knighted in 1906...
, upon his appointment as a Senator of the College of Justice
Senator of the College of Justice
The Senators of the College of Justice are judges of the College of Justice, a set of legal institutions involved in the administration of justice in Scotland. There are three types of Senator: Lords of Session ; Lords Commissioner of Justiciary ; and the Chairman of the Scottish Land Court...
. Morison had held the seat since 1917.
The result was a victory for the Coalition Liberal candidate Sir Murdoch MacDonald
Murdoch Macdonald
Sir Murdoch Macdonald was a British politician.Born in Inverness, Macdonald was educated at Farraline Park Institution, Inverness....
, who held the seat until he retired in 1950
United Kingdom general election, 1950
The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...
aged 83.
Votes
See also
- List of United Kingdom by-elections
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