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1905 Carlisle By-election
The 1905 Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency), Carlisle by-election was a UK Parliamentary by-elections, Parliamentary by-election held on 14 July 1905. The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. Vacancy and electoral history The sitting MP, William Gully, 1st Viscount Selby, Rt Hon. William Gully resigned due to ill-health and was raised to the peerage with the title of Viscount Selby, of the City of Carlisle. He had been Liberal MP for the seat of Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency), Carlisle since the 1886 General Election. Since 1895 he had been Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom), Speaker of the House of Commons. The seat had been Liberal since 1868. After Gully became Speaker in 1895, the Conservatives, in accordance with the traditions of the time, chose not to oppose him at the 1900 general election. Candidat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick William Chance
Sir Frederick William Chance (26 December 1852 – 31 August 1932) was a British Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician from Carlisle, Cumbria, Carlisle. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, House of Commons from 1905 to 1910. Background Chance was from a long-established family of businessmen and politicians in Carlisle. He ran the family's cotton-manufacturing firm in the town, Ferguson Brothers, and served as Mayor of Carlisle in 1904, before becoming a member of Cumberland County Council, England, Cumberland County Council. Both his grandfather Joseph Ferguson (MP), Joseph Ferguson and his uncle Robert Ferguson (Carlisle MP), Robert Ferguson had been Member of Parliament, Members of Parliament (MPs) for the Carlisle (UK Parliament constituency), borough of Carlisle and he was a brother-in-law of Henry Seton-Karr, Sir Henry Seton-Karr, the MP for St Helens (UK Parliament constituency), St Helens. Carlisle's MP since 1886 was William Gully, 1st Viscount S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
