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September 1923 Election
The following elections occurred in the year 1923. Asia * China presidential election * Hong Kong sanitary board election * Persian legislative election * India ** Madras Presidency legislative council election ** general election * Palestinian Legislative Council election * Turkish general election Africa * Egyptian parliamentary election * Liberian general election * Nigerian general election Europe * Estonia: ** 1923 Estonian parliamentary election ** Estonian religious education referendum * 1923 Greek legislative election * 1923 Irish general election * 1923 Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes parliamentary election * Latvian church property referendum * Switzerland: Referendums United Kingdom * 1923 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election * 1923 Darlington by-election * 1923 United Kingdom general election * List of MPs elected in the 1923 United Kingdom general election * 1923 Morpeth by-election * 1923 Tiverton by-election * 1923 Willesden East by-election No ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Republic Of China Presidential Election
The 1923 Chinese presidential election was the election held on 5 October 1923 in Beijing for the third term of the President of China. Zhili warlord Cao Kun won the election through bribery. The capital was under control of the Zhili Clique after the Zhili–Anhui War. In 1922 the Zhili warlords Wu Peifu and Cao Kun restored the "old" parliament elected in 1912. Cao bribed the congressmen to elect him President, personally paying members 5,000 yuan each starting on the 1st of October. This was done in the name of payment of arrears, as members had not been paid regularly for some time. On October 3, Representative Shao Ruipeng of Zhejiang Province took photos of the checks given to members and reported it to the Beijing prosecutor's office. On October 5, Cao received a large majority of the votes cast. There were 12 spoiled ballots, such as one for bandit Sun Meiyao, who was responsible for the Lincheng Outrage. There was also a ballot cast for "5,000 yuan". The bribery sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Berwick-upon-Tweed By-election
The Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election of 31 May 1923 was a by-election to the British House of Commons which saw Mabel Philipson become the third woman to take her seat in Parliament. The election was caused when her husband, Hilton Philipson, was deprived of his seat due to corruption by his election agent. The result was formally a Conservative Party gain as husband and wife fought as members of different parties. Mrs Philipson, a former actress, performed much better at the polls than her party had expected. Previous election At the 1922 general election, the contest in the Berwick-upon-Tweed constituency had attracted some wider attention as the seat was fought between two candidates both representing strands of the same Liberal Party. Former cabinet minister Walter Runciman was the official party nominee, selected at the last minute after the sitting MP stood down, while Hilton Philipson was nominated as a ' National Liberal' supported by David Lloyd George. The local branch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Toronto Municipal Election
Municipal elections were held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, on January 1, 1923. Charles A. Maguire was reelected to his second term as mayor. Toronto mayor Charles A. Maguire had been acclaimed as mayor the election previously. The 1923 campaign focused on Sir Adam Beck's proposal of an electrical radial railway along the length of the Toronto water front and further into the neighbouring cities. Maguire was in favour of the controversial plan. His main opponent was R.J. Fleming who opposed the scheme. Fleming had previously served as mayor of Toronto several decades previously. The radial plan was voted down in a referendum that accompanied the vote, but Maguire was reelected mayor. ;Results : Charles A. Maguire - 46,362 : R.J. Fleming - 38,961 Board of Control One new member was elected to the Board of Control: Alderman Joseph Singer. ;Results : Thomas Foster (incumbent) - 36,040 :Joseph Gibbons (incumbent) - 33,740 : Wesley Hiltz (incumbent) - 32,551 : Joseph Singer - 32,03 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Quebec General Election
The 1923 Quebec general election was held on February 5, 1923, to elect members of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Quebec, Canada. The incumbent Quebec Liberal Party, led by Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, was re-elected, defeating the Conservative Party of Quebec (historical), Quebec Conservative Party, led by Arthur Sauvé. It was the first of four election victories in a row for Taschereau. However, he had held office since 1920, following the resignation of the previous premier, Lomer Gouin. Redistribution of ridings An Act passed prior to the election increased the number of MLAs from 81 to 85 through the following changes: Results This was the last Quebec election in which a candidate won in multiple ridings. Joseph-Édouard Perrault took both Abitibi (provincial electoral district), Abitibi and Arthabaska (electoral district), Arthabaska, and he would later resign from Abitibi to allow Hector Authier to be elected in a byelection later that year. , - ! colspan=2 rowspa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Prince Edward Island General Election
The 1923 Prince Edward Island general election was held in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island on July 24, 1923. The opposition Conservatives led by James D. Stewart gained many seats to defeat the incumbent government of Liberal Premier John Howatt Bell. This election had a number of firsts for PEI. It was the first election in which women on the Island could vote, following legislation passed in 1921. It also featured the first organized third party in a PEI election, when local members of the Progressive Party Progressive Party may refer to: Active parties * Progressive Party, Brazil * Progressive Party (Chile) * Progressive Party of Working People, Cyprus * Dominica Progressive Party * Progressive Party (Iceland) * Progressive Party (Sardinia), Italy ... ran four candidates in three Prince County districts and collected just over 2% of the vote. Party Standings Members Elected The Legislature of Prince Edward Island had two levels of membership from 1893 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Ontario General Election
The 1923 Ontario general election was the 16th general election held in the Province of Ontario, Canada. It was held on June 25, 1923, to elect the 111 Members of the 16th Legislative Assembly of Ontario ("MLAs"). The Ontario Conservative Party, led by George Howard Ferguson, was elected to power with a majority in the Legislature (although taking less than half the votes cast). This election ended the rule of the United Farmers of Ontario-Labour coalition government of Ernest C. Drury. Campaign Voter turnout The election saw a voter turnout of just 54.7%, the lowest voter turnout in Ontario history until the 2007 election. The low election turn-out was in part caused by the worst wind, rain and lightning storm in years inundating the western part of the province. The electrical storm and hurricane began shortly after the polls closed, resulting in massive disruption of telegraph and telephone communications, which hampered the reporting of results. Results The 1923 ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Newfoundland General Election
The 1923 Newfoundland general election was held on 3 May 1923 to elect members of the 25th General Assembly of Newfoundland in the Dominion of Newfoundland. The Liberal Reform Party, an alliance between the Liberals led by Richard Squires and the Fishermen's Protective Union of William Coaker, formed the government. The Liberal-Labour-Progressive party, now led by William J. Higgins, formed the opposition. Squires was forced to resign as Prime Minister in 1923 after allegations of corruption were brought forward. William Warren became Liberal Reform Party leader and Prime Minister. After Warren's government was defeated following a motion of no confidence, Albert Hickman was asked to form a government and Warren joined Higgins in a new Liberal-Conservative Progressive Party. Seat totals Elected members * Bay de Verde ** William H. Cave Liberal Reform ** Richard Cramm Liberal Reform * Bonavista Bay ** William F. Coaker Liberal Reform ** Robert G. Winsor Liberal Reform * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Edmonton Municipal Election
The 1923 municipal election was held December 10, 1923 to elect a mayor and six aldermen to sit on Edmonton City Council and four trustees to sit on the public school board. Robert Crossland, Paul Jenvrin, Thomas Magee, and Joseph Henri Picard were acclaimed to two-year terms on the separate school board. There were ten aldermen on city council, but four of the positions were already filled: Joseph Adair, James Collisson, Daniel Knott, and Rice Sheppard (SS) were all elected to two-year terms in 1922 and were still in office. Kenneth Alexander Blatchford had also been elected to a two-year term in 1922, but had resigned in order to run for mayor. Accordingly, William Rea was elected to a one-year term. There were seven trustees on the public school board, but three of the positions were already filled: W H Alexander, L T Barclay, and E T Bishop had all been elected to two-year terms in 1922 and were still in office. The same was true on the separate board, where P M Dunne, J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Alberta Prohibition Plebiscite
The 1923 Alberta prohibition plebiscite, held on November 5, 1923, was a province-wide plebiscite held in Alberta, Canada, to allow alcoholic beverages. It was triggered by an affirmative vote in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta and based on the presentation of a 56,000-name petition in accordance with the requirements of the Direct Legislation Act (1913), a citizens referendum law or initiative law, which was in force at the time. Prohibition was defeated by nearly 58 percent (58%) of the vote and was replaced by the government sale of liquor and strictly-regulated taverns. Liquor would be sold in government stores, and the government took out the profit motive for "pushing" alcohol and engaged in little advertising to encourage sales. Consumers of liquor had to buy permits, which, if misused, could be "interdicted." As well, after the end of prohibition, the government brought in the local option vote and so communities could hold votes to prohibit sales of liquor in thei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1923 Willesden East By-election
The 1923 Willesden East by-election was a parliamentary by-election for the British House of Commons constituency of Willesden East held on 3 March 1923. The constituency was a large one extending from Kilburn in the south to the Welsh Harp and on to Neasden. Vacancy The by-election was caused by the resignation of the sitting Unionist MP, Sir Harry Mallaby-Deeley. Mallaby-Deeley had been MP for Willesden East since the 1918 general election. Despite the protestations of ill-health which Mallaby-Deeley cited to justify his standing down from Parliament, he lived for another 14 years during which he carried on a substantial business career. The strong likelihood is that Mallaby-Deeley was asked to stand aside and cause a by-election as a route back into Parliament for the Hon. G.F.Stanley, Electoral history At the previous General Election, the constituency had become a Unionist/Liberal marginal; Candidates *The Unionist candidate was Hon. George Stanley, the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
