The 1894
Brigg by-election was held on 7 December 1894. The
by-election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...
was held due to the appointment of the incumbent
Liberal
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MP,
Samuel Danks Waddy
Samuel Danks Waddy (27 June 1830 – 30 December 1902) was an English politician.
He was born in Gateshead, the son of Samuel Dousland Waddy, a Methodist minister. The family soon moved to Sheffield and his father was instrumental in the foundi ...
as
recorder
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of
Sheffield
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. It was won by the
Conservative candidate
John Maunsell Richardson
John Maunsell Richardson JP DL (Great Limber, Caistor, Lincolnshire 12 June 1846 – Westminster, London, 22 January 1912), known to his friends as the "Cat", was a cricketer who played First-class cricket for Cambridge University, Member o ...
.
Votes
References
1894 in England
Brigg
1894 elections in the United Kingdom
By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Lincolnshire constituencies
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