The 1900 Wilton by-election was a parliamentary

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held for the

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of Wilton in

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on 17 July 1900. The seat had become vacant when the

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Member of Parliament

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had succeeded to the peerage as

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. He had held the seat since the 1892 general election. The Conservative candidate,

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, was returned unopposed.The Constitutional Year Book
1904, published by

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, page 155 (179 in web page) This was the last by-election before the general election held from September to October 1900.

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