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1911 North East Lanarkshire By-election
The North East Lanarkshire by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 9 March 1911. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. Electoral history Candidates Although there had been no Labour candidate at the last election, there had been a Labour candidate in January 1910, who finished bottom of the poll. For this by-election, John Robertson was selected as the Labour candidate and was sponsored by the Scottish Miners' Federation. This was the first instance in the 1910-18 parliament in which Liberal and Labour candidates had opposed each other. Labour's intervention to contest this Liberal seat gave the Unionists a real hope of winning. Result Labour's share of the vote was well down on the share they achieved in this seat in both 1901 and 1904. Aftermath A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North East Lanarkshire (UK Parliament Constituency)
North East Lanarkshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1885 to 1918. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system. Boundaries The name relates the constituency to the county of Lanark. The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 provided that the North-East division was to consist of "the parishes of New Monkland, Shotts, Dalziel, Bothwell, and so much of the parish of Hamilton as lies north and east of the River Clyde The River Clyde ( gd, Abhainn Chluaidh, , sco, Clyde Watter, or ) is a river that flows into the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. It is the ninth-longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third-longest in Scotland. It runs through the major cit ...".Redistribution of Seats Act, 1885, Seventh Schedule, Part II Members of Parliament Election results Elections in the 1880s Elections in the 1890s Elections ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Duncan Millar
Sir James Duncan Millar (5 August 1871 – 10 December 1932) was a Scottish barrister and Liberal, later National Liberal politician. Family and education James Duncan Millar was the son of John Millar, a medical doctor from Edinburgh. He had family connections to Duncan McLaren, a former Edinburgh Member of Parliament (MP) and to the famous Liberal John Bright. His maternal grandfather was James Duncan who was a member of The Society of Writers to the Signet the Edinburgh legal association. He was educated at the University of Edinburghwhere he obtained an MA degree and a Bachelor of Laws(LLB). In 1906, he married Ella Forester-Paton of Alloa. They had one daughter and one son.''Who was Who'', OUP 2007 Their son, Ian Alistair Duncan Millar, a Perthshire farmer, stood as Liberal candidate in the Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election in 1963 at which Alec Douglas-Home was returned to the House of Commons, coming second to Home. Law career James Duncan Millar was one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
March 1911 Events
March is the third month of the year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the second of seven months to have a length of 31 days. In the Northern Hemisphere, the meteorological beginning of spring occurs on the first day of March. The March equinox on the 20 or 21 marks the astronomical beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, where September is the seasonal equivalent of the Northern Hemisphere's March. Origin The name of March comes from ''Martius'', the first month of the earliest Roman calendar. It was named after Mars, the Roman god of war, and an ancestor of the Roman people through his sons Romulus and Remus. His month ''Martius'' was the beginning of the season for warfare, and the festivals held in his honor during the month were mirrored by others in October, when the season for these activities came to a close. ''Martius'' remained the first month of the Roman calendar year perhaps as la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1911 Elections In The United Kingdom
A notable ongoing event was the Comparison of the Amundsen and Scott Expeditions, race for the South Pole. Events January * January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory are added to the Commonwealth of Australia. * January 3 ** 1911 Kebin earthquake: An earthquake of 7.7 Moment magnitude scale, moment magnitude strikes near Almaty in Russian Turkestan, killing 450 or more people. ** Siege of Sidney Street in London: Two Latvian people, Latvian anarchists die, after a seven-hour siege against a combined police and military force. Home Secretary Winston Churchill arrives to oversee events. * January 5 – Egypt's Zamalek SC is founded as a general sports and Association football club by Belgian lawyer George Merzbach as Qasr El Nile Club. * January 14 – Roald Amundsen's South Pole expedition makes landfall, on the eastern edge of the Ross Ice Shelf. * January 18 – Eugene B. El ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1910s Elections In Scotland
Year 191 ( CXCI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Apronianus and Bradua (or, less frequently, year 944 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 191 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Parthia * King Vologases IV of Parthia dies after a 44-year reign, and is succeeded by his son Vologases V. China * A coalition of Chinese warlords from the east of Hangu Pass launches a punitive campaign against the warlord Dong Zhuo, who seized control of the central government in 189, and held the figurehead Emperor Xian hostage. After suffering some defeats against the coalition forces, Dong Zhuo forcefully relocates the imperial capital from Luoyang to Chang'an. Before leaving, Dong Zhuo orders his troops to loot the tombs of the Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1911 In Scotland
Events from the year 1911 in Scotland. Incumbents * Secretary for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland Law officers * Lord Advocate – Alexander Ure * Solicitor General for Scotland – William Hunter; then Andrew Anderson Judiciary * Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Dunedin * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Kingsburgh Events * 27 January – opening of Scottish Motor Exhibition in Edinburgh. * March–April – eleven thousand workers at the Singer Manufacturing Co. sewing machine factory on Clydebank go on strike in solidarity with twelve female colleagues protesting against work process reorganisation; four hundred alleged ringleaders are dismissed. * 2 May–4 November – Scottish Exhibition of National History, Art and Industry at Kelvingrove Park, Glasgow. * 9 May – a fire at the Empire Palace Theatre in Edinburgh kills eleven people, including illusionist Sigmund Neuberge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David MacDonald (Conservative Politician)
David Henderson MacDonald (c. 1857 – 22 June 1919) was briefly the Conservative MP for Bothwell in Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was elected MP for Bothwell at the 1918 General Election after defeating the Labour candidate John Robertson by 322 votes, becoming the first MP from Bothwell. MacDonald did not serve long as an MP, as he died in June 1919 (at age 61), after just 176 days in office. Robertson went on to win the ensuing by-election. See also *List of United Kingdom MPs with the shortest service List of United Kingdom MPs with the shortest service is an annotated list of the Members of the United Kingdom Parliament since 1900 having total service of less than 365 days. ''Nominal service'' is the number of days elapsed between the Decla ... References * External links * 1850s births 1919 deaths Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs UK MPs 1918–1922 {{Conservative-UK-MP-1850s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 United Kingdom General Election
The 1918 United Kingdom general election was called immediately after the Armistice with Germany which ended the First World War, and was held on Saturday, 14 December 1918. The governing coalition, under Prime Minister David Lloyd George, sent letters of endorsement to candidates who supported the coalition government. These were nicknamed "Coalition Coupons", and led to the election being known as the "coupon election". The result was a massive landslide in favour of the coalition, comprising primarily the Conservatives and Coalition Liberals, with massive losses for Liberals who were not endorsed. Nearly all the Liberal MPs without coupons were defeated, including party leader H. H. Asquith. It was the first general election to include on a single day all eligible voters of the United Kingdom, although the vote count was delayed until 28 December so that the ballots cast by soldiers serving overseas could be included in the tallies. It resulted in a landslide victory for t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleveland (UK Parliament Constituency)
Cleveland was a county constituency in the Langbaurgh Wapentake (also known as Cleveland), North Riding of Yorkshire, England. Electorate It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the British House of Commons, using the first past the post voting system. All elections were conducted with a secret ballot, which had been introduced under the Ballot Act 1872. The franchise was initially restricted, and extended on several occasions: * The Representation of the People Act 1884 gave a vote to adult males who met a property qualification; women, and about 40% of men, had no vote * The Representation of the People Act 1918 extended the vote to all adult males and to women over the age of 30 who met certain property qualifications * The Representation of the People Act 1928 allowed women to vote from age 21, on the same terms as men * The Representation of the People Act 1948 abolished the plural votes previously granted to electors who met a property qualification because of their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motherwell (UK Parliament Constituency)
Motherwell was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1974. It was formed by the division of Lanarkshire. The name was changed in 1974 to Motherwell and Wishaw. It is famous for returning the first-ever SNP MP ( Robert McIntyre in 1945) and arguably the first Communist Party MP (Walton Newbold in 1922). Boundaries From 1918 the constituency consisted of "The burghs of Motherwell and Wishaw, together with the part of the Middle Ward County District which is contained within the extraburghal portion of the parish of Dalziel." Members of Parliament Election results Elections in the 1970s Elections in the 1960s Elections in the 1950s Elections in the 1940s Elections in the 1930s Elections in the 1920s Ferguson was associated with the Grand Orange Lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bothwell (UK Parliament Constituency)
Bothwell was a county constituency in Lanarkshire represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1983. It was formed by the division of Lanarkshire constituency. Boundaries From 1918 the constituency consisted of "The part of the Middle Ward County District which is contained within the parishes of Old Monkland and Bothwell, exclusive of all burghs or portions of burghs situated therein." The Representation of the People Act 1948 provided that the constituency was to consist of "The sixth district, the electoral divisions of Baillieston, Mount Vernon and Carmyle, Springboig and Garrowhill in the ninth district and that part of the electoral division of Old Monkland in the said ninth district which is bounded on the North by the city of Glasgow and the burgh of Coatbridge, on the West by the electoral division of Baillieston and on the South and East by the electoral divisions of Tannochside and Bellshill North."Representation of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Goff
Sir Park Goff, 1st Baronet, King's Counsel, KC (12 February 1871 – 14 April 1939) was a barrister and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative Party politician in England. Goff was Knight Bachelor, knighted on 26 June 1918, and at the 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 general election he was elected as Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), member of parliament (MP) for Cleveland (UK Parliament constituency), Cleveland. He had stood as a Coalition Conservative, and like others holding the "coalition coupon", he defeated the sitting Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party MP Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel, Herbert Samuel. Goff was re-elected in 1922 United Kingdom general election, 1922, but the constituency remained a 3-way marginal seat, with Liberal, Conservative and Labour Party (UK), Labour Party candidates all polling over 27% of the votes throughout the 1920s, and he lost in 1923 United Kingdom general election, 1923 to the Liberal candidate Charles Walter Starmer, Si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
