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1918 Elections
The following elections occurred in the year 1918. Many of these were disrupted by the 1918 Influenza Pandemic, and the First World War. Europe * 1918 Danish Folketing election * 1918 Danish Landsting election * 1918 Dutch general election * 1918 Icelandic sovereignty referendum * 1918 Norwegian parliamentary election * 1918 Portuguese general election * 1918 Romanian National Assembly election * 1918 Ukrainian Constituent Assembly election * 1918 Estonian Constituent Assembly election United Kingdom * 1918 Banbury by-election * 1918 Clapham by-election * 1918 Elgin Burghs by-election * 1918 Finsbury East by-election * 1918 United Kingdom general election * 1918 Irish general election * List of MPs elected in the 1918 United Kingdom general election * 1918 Manchester North East by-election * 1918 Newcastle-upon-Tyne by-election * January 1918 Prestwich by-election * October 1918 Prestwich by-election * 1918 South Shields by-election * 1918 Wansbeck by-election * 1918 Wilton by-e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 Influenza Pandemic
The 1918–1920 influenza pandemic, commonly known by the misnomer Spanish flu or as the Great Influenza epidemic, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus. The earliest documented case was March 1918 in Kansas, United States, with further cases recorded in France, Germany and the United Kingdom in April. Two years later, nearly a third of the global population, or an estimated 500 million people, had been infected in four successive waves. Estimates of deaths range from 17 million to 50 million, and possibly as high as 100 million, making it one of the deadliest pandemics in history. The pandemic broke out near the end of World War I, when wartime censors suppressed bad news in the belligerent countries to maintain morale, but newspapers freely reported the outbreak in neutral Spain, creating a false impression of Spain as the epicenter and leading to the "Spanish flu" misnomer. Limited historical epidemiological ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of MPs Elected In The 1918 United Kingdom General Election
This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) elected in the 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 general election. This Parliament was elected on 14 December 1918, assembled on 4 February 1919 and was dissolved on 26 October 1922. The normal polling day did not apply to the university constituencies (polls open for five days) and Orkney and Shetland (UK Parliament constituency), Orkney and Shetland (poll open two days). Votes in the territorial constituencies were not counted until 28 December 1918 to allow time for postal votes from members of the armed forces to arrive. Coalition and Non-Coalition: In most constituencies in Great Britain one supporter of the coalition government, led by David Lloyd George (the Liberal Prime Minister) and Bonar Law (the Conservative leader), was issued The Coalition Coupon, the so-called coupon. Candidates elected as Liberals or Conservatives, without the coupon, were not necessarily hostile to the government. This list follows the labe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 United States Elections
This year is noted for the end of the First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – 1918 flu pandemic: The "Spanish flu" (influenza) is first observed in Haskell County, Kansas. * January 4 – The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Soviet Russia, Sweden, Germany and France. * January 9 – Battle of Bear Valley: U.S. troops engage Yaqui Native American warriors in a minor skirmish in Arizona, and one of the last battles of the American Indian Wars between the United States and Native Americans. * January 15 ** The keel of is laid in Britain, the first purpose-designed aircraft carrier to be laid down. ** The Red Army (The Workers and Peasants Red Army) is formed in the Russian SFSR and Soviet Union. * January 18 - The Historic Concert for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 Toronto Municipal Election
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1918. Mayor Tommy Church was elected to his fourth consecutive term in office. Toronto mayor Church had first been elected mayor in 1915 and had been reelected every year since. His opponent was Controller R.H. Cameron, who finished some ten thousand votes behind. ;Results :Tommy Church (incumbent) - 27,605 :R.H. Cameron - 17,995 Board of Control There was considerable change to the Board of Control in this election. Three new members were elected: Cameron created one vacancy by choosing to run for mayor, and Thomas Foster had also decided to not run again. Incumbent William Henry Shaw was defeated. : John O'Neill (incumbent) - 24,952 :William D. Robbins - 19,000 :Sam McBride - 17,850 :Charles A. Maguire - 17,711 :William Henry Shaw (incumbent) - 14,255 :D.C. MacGregor - 14,468 :Garnet Archibald - 8,992 :Miles Vokes - 2,720 :Edward Meek - 2,262 City council ;Ward 1 ( Riverdale) : W. W. Hiltz (incumbent) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 Edmonton Municipal Election
The 1918 municipal election was held December 9, 1918 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council, three trustees to sit on the public school board, and four trustees to sit on the separate school board. There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Matthew Esdale, James Kinney, Warren Prevey, and Orlando Bush were all elected to two-year terms in 1917 and were still in office. Charles Wilson was also elected to a two-year term in 1917, but resigned to run for mayor; accordingly, Charles Grant was elected to a one-year term. There were seven trustees on the public school board, but four of the positions were already filled: Henry Douglas, J A McPherson, Arthur Cushing, and E T Bishop had all been elected to two-year terms in 1917. On the eight member separate board, four of the positions were filled: M Kelly, F A French, Joseph Henri Picard, and H J Roche had been elected to two-year terms in 1917. To keep the terms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 Nicaraguan Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary elections were held in Nicaragua in November 1918 for half of the Deputies and a third of the Senators of the National Congress ''National Congress'' is a term used in the names of various political parties and legislatures . Political parties *Ethiopia: Oromo National Congress *Guyana: People's National Congress (Guyana) *India: Indian National Congress *Iraq: Iraqi Nati ....Munro, Dana G. The United States and the Caribbean republics, 1921–1933. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1974. pp. 160. References {{Nicaraguan elections Elections in Nicaragua Nicaragua 1918 in Nicaragua November 1918 events Election and referendum articles with incomplete results ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 Brazilian General Election
General elections were held in Brazil on 1 March 1918. Dieter Nohlen (2005) ''Elections in the Americas: A data handbook, Volume II'', p173 The presidential elections were won by former President Rodrigues Alves, who received 99.1% of the vote.Nohlen, p. 230 However, he died of the Spanish flu in 1919 before he could take office. Vice-President Delfim Moreira became Acting President until fresh elections were held on 13 April 1919. Results The estimated population of Brazil in 1918 was of 28.9 million, of which just 1,726,000 were eligible to vote. References {{Brazilian elections General elections in Brazil Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ... 1918 in Brazil March 1918 events Election and referendum articles with incomplete results Elections of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 Argentine Legislative Election
The Argentine legislative elections of 1918 were held on 3 March. Voters chose their legislators and numerous governors, and with a turnout of 56.4%. Background President Hipólito Yrigoyen, elected in 1916 in the nation's first, free elections, responded (like numerous other administrations before his) to opposition with less than democratic means: the placing of provincial governments under federal intervention. His first target, Marcelino Ugarte, was the Conservative Governor of Buenos Aires Province (home to over one in three Argentines, and to most of the source of the nation's growing wealth, the Pampas); Ugarte's removal on April 24, 1917, would be followed by six others by the time the first Yrigoyen-era mid-term elections arrived a year later.Walter, Richard. ''The Province of Buenos Aires and Argentine Politics, 1912-1943''. Cambridge University Press, 1985. The President's lack of support in Congress for these moves (which, on the Ugarte issue, lost a floor vote by 36 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 Wilton By-election
The 1918 Wilton by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Wilton in Wiltshire on 6 November 1918. The seat had become vacant when the Conservative Member of Parliament Sir Charles Bathurst had been elevated to the peerage as Viscount Bledisloe. He had held the seat since the January 1910 general election. The Conservative candidate, Hugh Morrison, was returned unopposed. This was the last by-election before the general election held in December 1918, when the Wilton constituency was abolished. See also * Wilton (UK Parliament constituency) * 1900 Wilton by-election * The town of Wilton * List of United Kingdom by-elections The list of by-elections in the United Kingdom is divided chronologically by parliament: Parliament of the United Kingdom *List of United Kingdom by-elections (1801–1806) * List of United Kingdom by-elections (1806–1818) *List of United Kingd ... References * {{By-elections to the 30th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 Wansbeck By-election
The 1918 Wansbeck by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the House of Commons constituency of Wansbeck in Northumberland on 28 May 1918. Vacancy The by-election was caused by the death on 20 April 1918 of the sitting Liberal MP Rt Hon. Charles Fenwick, at the age of 68. He had held the seat since the general election of 1885. Fenwick was prominent figure in the Northumberland Miners' Association having first worked as a coal miner at the age of 10. He was one of a large group of miners representatives who refused to join the Labour party. Electoral history Fenwick, as a sponsored candidate of the Northumberland miners, had won the seat for the Liberals at every election since the seat was created in 1885. When the Miners Federation of Great Britain voted to affiliate to the Labour party in 1909, Fenwick, retaining the support of the Northumberland miners, contested both 1910 general elections as a Liberal candidate. The Labour party did not field a candidate agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1918 South Shields By-election
This year is noted for the end of the World War I, First World War, on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, as well as for the Spanish flu pandemic that killed 50–100 million people worldwide. Events Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January * January – 1918 flu pandemic: The "Spanish flu" (influenza) is first observed in Haskell County, Kansas. * January 4 – The Finnish Declaration of Independence is recognized by Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Soviet Russia, Sweden, German Empire, Germany and France. * January 9 – Battle of Bear Valley: U.S. troops engage Yaqui people, Yaqui Native American warriors in a minor skirmish in Arizona, and one of the last battles of the American Indian Wars between the United States and Native Americans. * January 15 ** The keel of is laid in Britain, the first purpose-designed aircraft carrier to be laid down. ** The Red Army (The Workers and Peasants Red Army) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 1918 Prestwich By-election
The Prestwich by-election, 1918 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Prestwich on 28 October 1918. The seat had become vacant upon the death in action near Merville of the sitting Liberal MP, the Hon. Captain Oswald Cawley. Cawley had only held the seat since being election in a by-election in January of that year. The Liberal candidate, Austin Hopkinson, was returned unopposed in support of the Coalition government of prime minister David Lloyd George.''The Times'', 29 October 1918 & ''Who was Who'', OUP 2007 References See also * January 1918 Prestwich by-election * List of United Kingdom by-elections (1900–1918) {{By-elections to the 30th UK Parliament Prestwich Prestwich 1910s in Lancashire Prestwich 1918-10 Prestwich 1918-10 Prestwich 1918-10 Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom (need citation) Prestwich Prestwich ( ) is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Bury, Greater Manc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
