The 1897 East Denbighshire by-election was a parliamentary

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 ...

held for the

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constituency of East Denbighshire in

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on 28 September 1897.

Vacancy

The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting

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MP,

George Osborne Morgan Sir George Osborne Morgan, 1st Baronet, (8 May 1826 – 25 August 1897) was a Welsh lawyer and Liberal politician. Life Born at Gothenburg, Sweden, Morgan was educated at Friars School, Bangor, Shrewsbury School and Balliol College, Oxfor ...

Candidates

Two candidates were nominated by the

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and the Liberals. The Liberal Party nominated

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, a barrister. The Conservative Party nominated

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, a barrister and former and future MP for Denbigh Boroughs.

References

{{Westminster by-elections in Wales 1868-1899 1897 elections in the United Kingdom 1897 in Wales 1890s elections in Wales September 1897 events History of Denbighshire By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Welsh constituencies