The 1915
St Austell
St Austell (; kw, Sans Austel) is a town in Cornwall, England, south of Bodmin and west of the border with Devon.
St Austell is one of the largest towns in Cornwall; at the 2011 census it had a population of 19,958.
History
St Austell wa ...
by-election was held on 24 November 1915. The
by-election was held due to the incumbent
Liberal MP,
Thomas Agar-Robartes, dying of wounds sustained in the
Battle of Loos in the
First World War. It was won by the
Liberal candidate
Sir Francis Layland-Barratt who was unopposed due to a
War-time electoral pact.
References
1915 in England
1915 elections in the United Kingdom
By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Cornish constituencies
Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom (need citation)
St Austell
1910s in Cornwall
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