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1928 Presidential Election
The following elections occurred in the year 1928. Africa * 1928 Southern Rhodesian general election Asia * 1928 Japanese general election * 1928 Persian legislative election * 1928 Philippine House of Representatives elections * 1928 Philippine Senate elections * 1928 Philippine legislative election Europe * 1928 Danish Landsting election * 1928 French legislative election * 1928 German federal election * 1928 Greek legislative election * 1928 Swedish general election * 1928 Luxembourgian legislative election * 1928 Norwegian local elections * 1928 Polish legislative election * 1928 Swiss federal election United Kingdom * 1928 Ashton-under-Lyne by-election * 1928 Carmarthen by-election * 1928 Cheltenham by-election * 1928 Halifax by-election * 1928 Lancaster by-election * 1928 Middlesbrough West by-election * 1928 St Ives by-election United Kingdom local =English local= * 1928 Southwark Borough election North America Canada * 1928 British Columbia general elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 Southern Rhodesian General Election
General elections were held in Southern Rhodesia on 19 September 1928, the second elections to the Legislative Assembly. The Rhodesia Party, which had won an overwhelming victory in the previous elections in 1924, was re-elected with a slightly reduced majority. Electoral system The Electoral Act, 1928 added a procedure whereby electors could vote by post, but otherwise retained the same system as used previously. At this election the franchise was codified for the first time by the Electoral Act, 1928. The basis for the act was a consolidation of the previous regulations created by Order in Council, but the opportunity was taken by the Legislative Assembly to change some of the regulations which they had come to dislike. The principal change in the franchise was to restrict registration to British subjects only, whether by birth or naturalisation; previously, resident aliens could take an oath of allegiance to qualify themselves. A change was also made to the literacy requi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 Cheltenham By-election
The 1928 Cheltenham by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 26 September 1928 for the British House of Commons constituency of Cheltenham in Gloucestershire. The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Sir James Agg-Gardner, had died on 9 August 1928, aged 81. He had held the seat since a by-election in 1911, having previously been Cheltenham's MP from 1874 to 1880, 1885 to 1895, and 1900 to 1906. Candidates The Liberal Party selected 63-year old Sir John Brunner, a political veteran who had been MP for three previous constituencies, most recently Southport from 1923 to 1924. The Conservative Party candidate was 53-year old Sir Walter Preston, who had been MP for Mile End from 1918 to 1923. The Labour Party candidate was Florence Widdowson, aged 37. Result Preston held the seat for the Conservatives with a comfortable majority of 3,760 votes over Brunner. He held the seat until his resignation from the House ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 United States Presidential Election
The 1928 United States presidential election was the 36th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 6, 1928. Republican Secretary of Commerce Herbert Hoover defeated the Democratic nominee, Governor Al Smith of New York. After President Calvin Coolidge declined to seek reelection, Hoover emerged as his party's frontrunner. As Hoover's party opponents failed to unite around a candidate, Hoover received a large majority of the vote at the 1928 Republican National Convention. The strong state of the economy discouraged some Democrats from running, and Smith was nominated on the first ballot of the 1928 Democratic National Convention. Hoover and Smith had been widely known as potential presidential candidates long before the 1928 campaign, and both were generally regarded as outstanding leaders. Both were newcomers to the presidential race and presented in their person and record an appeal of unknown potency to the electorate. Both faced serious discontent within t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 Yukon General Election
The 1928 Yukon general election was held on 16 July 1928 to elect the three members of the Yukon Territorial Council.Steven Smyth, ''The Yukon's Constitutional Foundations: Volume One, The Yukon Chronology (1897-1999)''. Clairedge Press, 1999. The council was non-partisan and had merely an advisory role to the federally appointed Commissioner. Members * Dawson - Andrew Taddie *Mayo - Frank Carscallen *Whitehorse - Willard "Deacon" Phelps References 1928 1928 elections in Canada Election An election is a formal group decision-making process by which a population chooses an individual or multiple individuals to hold public office. Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has opera ... July 1928 events {{Canada-election-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 Toronto Municipal Election
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1928. Sam McBride was elected mayor, defeating incumbent Thomas Foster by a wide margin. Toronto mayor Thomas Foster had first been elected to city council in 1891 and was running for his fourth consecutive term as mayor. He was opposed by Sam McBride who had tried, but failed, to be elected mayor on three previous occasions. ;Results :Sam McBride - 50,324 : Thomas Foster - 34,785 Board of Control There was only one change in the membership of the Board of Control. William D. Robbins regained the seat he had lost two years earlier to D.C. MacGregor. ;Results :Bert Wemp (incumbent) - 47,153 : Joseph Gibbons (incumbent) - 45,655 : A.E. Hacker (incumbent) - 33,433 : William D. Robbins - 29,359 : D.C. MacGregor (incumbent) - 28,858 :Brook Sykes - 24,427 :Benjamin Miller - 18,122 : James Simpson - 12,954 City council ;Ward 1 ( Riverdale) : Robert Siberry (incumbent) - 6,661 : W.A. Summerville (incumbent) - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 Sudbury Municipal Election
The 1928 municipal election was held on December 3, 1928. Charles Bibby was acclaimed the Mayor of the City of Sudbury.''The Sudbury Daily Star.'' (December 5, 1928) p.1“Fournier Ward Shapes Slate For Next Year.” (December 5, 1928). ''The Sudbury Star'' p. 1. The candidates elected to Sudbury City Council were: * Peter Fenton * Leo J. Robert * Philippe Lanthier * J. Newburn * Dan Jessup * F. C. Muirhead At the time of this election, the candidates were elected to serve the City of Sudbury and were not elected to represent each of the wards individually. Election moments The election results were not fully tabulated until 12 o’clock the day after the election. During the election, there was a minor mix-up in the returns. Councillor Drybrough’s total was given at ''751'' when in reality it was ''731''. The town clerk, W. J. Ross, who was responsible of for returns, was questioned by the ''Sudbury Star'' regarding this discrepancy. The reporter requested that Mr. Ross ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 Nova Scotia General Election
The 1928 Nova Scotia general election was held on 1 October 1928 to elect members of the 39th House of Assembly of the Province of Nova Scotia, Canada. It was won by the Liberal-Conservative party. Results Results by party Retiring incumbents ;Liberal-Conservative * William Boardman Armstrong, Colchester *William Hudson Farnham, Digby *Alexander Montgomerie, Halifax * Alexander O'Handley, Cape Breton East *William Drysdale Piercey, Halifax Nominated candidates Legend bold denotes party leader † denotes an incumbent who is not running for re-election or was defeated in nomination contest 0 Valley , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Annapolis , , , Obediah Parker Goucher3,68925.90% , , John D. McKenzie3,45024.22% , , , , , Obediah Parker Goucher , - , , , Harry Thompson MacKenzie3,64525.59% , , Daniel Owen3,46124.30% , , , , , Harry Thompson MacKenzie , - , rowspan=2 bgcolor=whitesmoke, Digby , , Jean-Louis Philippe Robicheau3,12522.88% , , , Joseph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 Newfoundland General Election
The 1928 Newfoundland general election was held on 2 June 1928 to elect members of the 27th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal Party led by Richard Squires defeated the Conservative Party led by Frederick C. Alderdice and formed the government with the support of Fishermen's Protective Union members. Legislation had been introduced so that persons named to the Executive Council were no longer required to run for reelection. Helena E. Squires, elected in a 1930 by-election, became the first woman elected to the Newfoundland assembly. In April 1925, women over the age of 25 had been granted the right to vote; in the 1928 general election, 90 per cent of women eligible to vote cast a ballot. Results by party * As Liberal-Progressives Elected members (Fishermen's Protective Union MHAs are listed as Liberals) * Bay de Verde ** John C. Puddester Conservative * Bay Roberts ** John Parsons Liberal * Bell Island ** Joseph M. Greene Lib ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 Edmonton Municipal Election
The 1928 municipal election was held December 10, 1928 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to join Edmonton City Council and three trustees to join the public school board during the year of 1929 and 1930. Three trustees were elected by acclamation to join the separate school board for 1929 and 1930. There were also six bylaws put to a citywide vote. 10 aldermen sat on city council at any one time. Four of the positions were already filled: Ralph Bellamy, A C Sloane, James East, and L S C Dineen were all elected to two-year terms in 1927 and were still in office. John C. Bowen had also been elected to a two-year term, but had resigned in order to run for mayor. Rice Sheppard (SS) was elected in the 1928 election to finish his term. Labour did well in this election, electing four new alderman (counting farmer activist Sheppard) to add to East and Dineen who were continue to serve in 1929. These six out of 11 seats would give Labour a majority position in 1929. There were seven tru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 British Columbia General Election
The 1928 British Columbia general election was the seventeenth general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on June 7, 1928, and held on July 18, 1928. The new legislature met for the first time on January 22, 1929. The Conservative Party defeated the governing Liberal Party, taking over half the popular vote, and 35 of the 48 seats in the legislature. The Liberals' popular vote also increased significantly, but because of the disappearance of the Provincial Party and the Canadian Labour Party, which had won over 35% of the vote together in the previous election, the Liberals were defeated. Notably, as of 2019, this remains the final election in British Columbia history where the Conservative Party would achieve power in its own right. Results Note: * Party did not nominate candidates in the previous election. Results by riding , - , , &nb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 Southwark Borough Election
Elections to the Metropolitan Borough of Southwark The Metropolitan Borough of Southwark (''Br'' sʌðɨk was a metropolitan borough in the County of London from 1900 to 1965. It was created to cover the western section of the ancient borough of Southwark and the parish of Newington. In common ... were held in 1928. The borough had ten wards which returned between 3 and 9 members. Election summary At the previous elections in 1925 the Ratepayers Association won 44 seats to the Labour Party's 16. The Ratepayers Association was the name adopted for an anti-Labour Party electoral alliance. By 1928 this electoral alliance had ended in two of the ten of wards. In other wards, candidates reverted to running either as Liberals (Progressives) or Municipal Reform (Conservatives). Election result *Liberal gain 5 from Ratepayers and 1 from Labour *Liberal gain 3 from Ratepayers *No Change *Municipal Reform gain 4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1928 St Ives By-election
The 1928 St Ives by-election was a by-election held on 6 March 1928 for the British House of Commons constituency of St Ives in Cornwall. Vacancy The by-election was caused by the resignation of the sitting Unionist Party Member of Parliament (MP) Anthony Hawke on his appointment to be a High Court judge. Electoral history Hawke had first won the seat at the 1922 general election. He lost it to the Liberal candidate Sir Clifford Cory at the 1923 general election when there was also a Labour candidate in the field but won it back from Cory in a straight fight in 1924. Candidates *The Unionists picked Sir Andrew Caird (1870-1956) one of Lord Northcliffe’s newspaper editors and directors to defend the seat. *The Liberal Party challenger was Hilda Runciman, the wife of leading Liberal MP, Rt Hon. Walter Runciman. *The Reverend Frederick Jesse Hopkins, intervened for the Labour Party. Campaign The by-election was a three-cornered contest, though given the elect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
