Kincardineshire by-election, 1908
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The Kincardineshire by-election, 1908 was a parliamentary by-election
held for the British House of Commons
constituency of Kincardineshire
on 25 April 1908. The seat had become vacant when the sitting Liberal
Member of Parliament
John Crombie died on 22 March 1908.
The election saw the picketting of polling stations by suffragettes protesting at the Liberal government's unwillingness to bring in votes for women.
The Liberal candidate, Arthur Cecil Murray won the seat in a straight fight with his Conservative
opponent S J Gammell.
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
held 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 of Kincardineshire
Kincardineshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Kincardineshire was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1801 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1918. It was represented by one Member of Parliament ....
on 25 April 1908. The seat had become vacant when the sitting 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
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
John Crombie died on 22 March 1908.
The election saw the picketting of polling stations by suffragettes protesting at the Liberal government's unwillingness to bring in votes for women.
The Liberal candidate, Arthur Cecil Murray won the seat in a straight fight with his Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
opponent S J Gammell.
The result
See also
- List of United Kingdom by-elections (1900-1918)