The 1914 Belfast East by-election was held on 6 April 1914. 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 death of the incumbent

Irish Unionist Unionism is a political tradition on the island of Ireland that favours political union with Great Britain and professes loyalty to the British Crown and constitution. As the overwhelming sentiment of Ireland's Protestant minority, following ...

MP,

Robert McMordie Robert James McMordie, KC (31 January 1849 – 25 March 1914) was an Irish barrister, politician, and Lord Mayor of Belfast. Son of the Rev. J A McMordie, he was born in Cumran, County Down, and educated at the Royal Academical Institution, ...

. It was won by the

candidate

Robert Sharman-Crawford Robert Gordon Sharman-Crawford PC (8 September 1853 – 20 March 1934) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Sharman-Crawford studied at Trinity College, Dublin before becoming an officer in the British Army and managing the family ...

, who was unopposed.

Elections in the 1910s

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A Vision Of Britain Through Time

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Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Irish constituencies 1914 elections in Ireland {{Belfast-stub