1909 Forfarshire by-election
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
The 1909 Forfarshire by-election was held on 27 February 1909. The by-election was held due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent Liberal MP, John Sinclair who became Baron Pentland. It was won by the Liberal candidate James Falconer.[1]
File:James Falconer.jpg
James Falconer
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | James Falconer | 6,422 | 61.8 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Leslie Blackburn | 3,970 | 38.2 | ||
| Majority | 2,452 | 23.6 | |||
| Turnout | 10,392 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- ^ The Times, 2 March 1909 p8
.svg){kind=small}   | This by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Scotland-related article is a stub. You can help Justapedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template without an unnamed parameter
- Articles with short description
- Short description with empty Wikidata description
- Use dmy dates from August 2019
- EngvarB from August 2019
- Articles with missing files
- 1909 in Scotland
- 1900s elections in Scotland
- Politics of Angus, Scotland
- 1909 elections in the United Kingdom
- By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Scottish constituencies
- February 1909 events
- All stub articles
- By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Scottish constituency stubs