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1927 Combined Scottish Universities By-election
The 1927 Combined Scottish Universities by-election was a by-election held from 26 to 29 April 1927 for the Combined Scottish Universities, a university constituency of the British House of Commons. Vacancy The seat had become vacant on 16 March 1927 when the Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) Sir Henry Craik, Bt. had died, aged 80. He had held the seat since its creation for the 1918 general election, having previously been MP for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities. Candidates Two candidates contested the by-election. John Buchan, the novelist, of the Unionist Party and Hugh Guthrie of the Labour Party, who had contested Glasgow Camlachie at the 1918 general election. Result The result was a victory for Buchan, who won nearly 88% of the votes. He held the seat until 1935, when he resigned to take up the post of Governor General of Canada. Votes See also * Combined Scottish Universities (UK Parliament constituency) *1934 Combined Scottish Universities ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combined Scottish Universities (UK Parliament Constituency)
The Combined Scottish Universities was a three-member university constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1950. It was created by merging the single-member constituencies of Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities and Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities. Boundaries The constituency was not a physical area but was rather elected by the graduates of the Scottish Universities of St Andrews, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. The constituency returned three Members of Parliament to Westminster, elected by Single Transferable Vote. The by-elections used the first past the post voting system. This University constituency was created by the Representation of the People Act 1918 and abolished in 1950 by the Representation of the People Act 1948. Members of Parliament Election results Elections in the 1910s Elections in the 1920s Elections in the 1930s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1935 Combined Scottish Universities By-election
The 1935 Combined Scottish Universities by-election was a by-election held from 17 to 22 June 1935 for the Combined Scottish Universities (UK Parliament constituency), Combined Scottish Universities, a university constituency of the British House of Commons. Vacancy The seat had become vacant when the sitting Unionist Party (Scotland), Unionist Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP), John Buchan had resignation from the British House of Commons, resigned his seat when he was appointed as Governor General of Canada. He had held the seat since a 1927 Combined Scottish Universities by-election, by-election in April 1927. Candidates The Unionist Party (Scotland), Unionist candidate was 55-year-old John Graham Kerr, Regius Professor of Zoology, Glasgow, Regius Professor of Zoology at the University of Glasgow. The Labour Party (UK), Labour Party candidate was the novelist and poet Naomi Mitchison. There was no Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party candidate. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1927 Elections In The United Kingdom
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1920s Elections In Scotland
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band), a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album ''63/19'' by Kool A.D. * ''Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album '' Refugee'' * "Nineteen", a song by Karma to Burn from the 2001 album ''Almost Heathen''. * "Nineteen" (song), a 2007 song by American singer Billy Ray Cyrus. * "Nineteen", a song by Tegan and Sara from the 2007 album '' The Con''. * "XIX" (song), a 2014 song by Slipknot. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1927 In Scotland
Events from the year 1927 in Scotland. Incumbents * Secretary of State for Scotland and Keeper of the Great Seal – Sir John Gilmour, Bt Law officers * Lord Advocate – William Watson * Solicitor General for Scotland – Alexander Munro MacRobert Judiciary * Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General – Lord Clyde * Lord Justice Clerk – Lord Alness * Chairman of the Scottish Land Court – Lord St Vigeans Events * 28–30 January – gale-force winds batter the British Isles, with a gust of recorded in Paisley and 23 killed. * 23 March – Leith by-election: Liberals hold seat. * 16 April – the Scottish Cup Final is broadcast live on radio for the first time. Celtic F.C. beat East Fife 3–1. * 12 July – official opening in Glasgow of the new Kelvin Hall exhibition venue and George V Bridge. * 14 July – the Scottish National War Memorial is opened at Edinburgh Castle (architect: Robert Lorimer). * 26 September – David MacBra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of United Kingdom By-elections (1918–1931)
This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom held between 1918 and 1931, with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective parties. Where seats changed political party at the election, the result is highlighted: red for a Labour gain, blue for a Conservative gain, orange for a Liberal gain, and grey for any other gain. A total of 233 by-elections were held during this period. Resignations :See Resignation from the British House of Commons for more details. Where the cause of by-election is given as "resignation" or "seeks re-election", this indicates that the incumbent was appointed on his or her own request to an "office of profit under the Crown", either the Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds or the Steward of the Manor of Northstead. These appointments are made as a constitutional device for leaving the House of Commons, whose Members are not permitted to resign. By-elections References * *F. W. S. Craig, ''British Parliamentary Elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1946 Combined Scottish Universities By-election
The 1946 Combined Scottish Universities by-election was a by-election held from 22 to 27 November 1946 for the Combined Scottish Universities, a university constituency of the British House of Commons. It was the last election for a university constituency of the UK Parliament; the Combined Scottish Universities was abolished along with the other university seats for the 1950 general election. Vacancy The seat had become vacant on 16 October 1946 when the independent Member of Parliament (MP) Sir John Boyd Orr had resigned by the procedural device of accepting the post of Steward and Bailiff of the Chiltern Hundreds, a notional 'office of profit under the crown' which is used as a procedural device to enable MPs to resign from the Commons. After his resignation, Boyd took up the position of Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. He had held the seat he was first elected at a by-election in 1945. Candidates Five candidates contested t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1945 Combined Scottish Universities By-election
The 1945 Combined Scottish Universities by-election was a by-election held from 9 to 13 April 1945 for the Combined Scottish Universities (UK Parliament constituency), Combined Scottish Universities, a university constituency of the British House of Commons. Vacancy The seat had become vacant on 6 March 1945 when the National Liberal Party (UK, 1931), National Liberal Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) George Alexander Morrison, George Morrison had resignation from the British House of Commons, resigned by the procedural device of accepting the post of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead, a notional 'office of profit under the crown' which is used as a procedural device to enable MPs to resign from the Commons. Candidates Two candidates contested the by-election. The Rector of the University of Glasgow, Sir John Boyd Orr, 1st Baron Boyd-Orr, John Boyd Orr, stood as an independent (politics), independent. He was a doctor and biolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1938 Combined Scottish Universities By-election
The 1938 Combined Scottish Universities by-election was a by-election held from 21 to 25 February 1938 for the Combined Scottish Universities, a university constituency of the British House of Commons. Vacancy The seat had become vacant when the National Labour Member of Parliament (MP) (and former Prime Minister), Ramsay MacDonald had died on 9 November 1937, aged 71. He had held the seat since the by-election in 1936, having held several other seats since he was first elected to Parliament at the 1906 general election. Candidates The parties in the National Government did not usually stand candidates against each other, and since in this case the seat was held by National Labour, there was no Unionist of National Liberal candidate. The National Government supported a "National" candidate Sir John Anderson, a former civil servant who had been Governor of Bengal from 1932 to 1937. The Scottish National Party candidate was Andrew Dewar Gibb, the Regius Professor of Law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1936 Combined Scottish Universities By-election
The 1936 Combined Scottish Universities by-election was a by-election held from 27 to 31 January 1936 for the Combined Scottish Universities (UK Parliament constituency), Combined Scottish Universities, a university constituency of the British House of Commons. Vacancy The seat had become vacant when the Unionist Party (Scotland), Unionist Member of Parliament (United Kingdom), Member of Parliament (MP) Noel Skelton had died at the age of 55 on 22 November 1935, 3 days before being returned posthumously at the 1935 United Kingdom general election, 1935 general election. A lawyer, journalist and Conservative intellectual, he had held the seat since being elected unopposed at the 1931 United Kingdom general election, 1931 general election. Candidates The Unionists and their Conservative Party (UK), Conservative allies were the dominant group in the National Government (United Kingdom), National Government, whose parties did not usually stand candidates against each other. A by-el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1934 Combined Scottish Universities By-election
The 1934 Combined Scottish Universities by-election was a by-election held from 7 to 12 March 1934 for the Combined Scottish Universities, a university constituency of the British House of Commons. Vacancy The seat had become vacant on 30 December 1933 when the Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) Dugald Cowan had died, aged 68. He had held the seat since its creation for the 1918 general election. Candidates Two candidates contested the by-election. The Liberal Party candidate was Dr George Morrison. The other candidate was Robert Gibson of the Labour Party, who had unsuccessfully contested Roxburgh and Selkirk in 1929 and Edinburgh North in 1931. Result The result was a clear victory for Morrison, who won nearly 80% of the votes. He joined the National Liberal Party in 1935 and held the seat until his resignation in 1945, triggering another by-election. Gibson unsuccessfully contested Dundee at the 1935 general election, and was elected as MP for Greenock at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor General Of Canada
The governor general of Canada (french: gouverneure générale du Canada) is the federal viceregal representative of the . The is head of state of Canada and the 14 other Commonwealth realms, but resides in oldest and most populous realm, the United Kingdom. The , on the advice of Canadian prime minister, appoints a governor general to carry on the Government of Canada in the 's name, performing most of constitutional and ceremonial duties. The commission is for an indefinite period—known as serving '' at Majesty's pleasure''—though five years is the usual length of time. Since 1959, it has also been traditional to alternate between francophone and anglophone officeholders—although many recent governors general have been bilingual. The office began in the 17th century, when the French crown appointed governors of the colony of Canada. Following the British conquest of the colony, the British monarch appointed governors of the Province of Quebec (later the Cana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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