The 1915 Swansea District by-election was held on 6 February 1915. 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 incumbent

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MP,

David Brynmor Jones Sir David Brynmor Jones, KC (probably forenamed Brynmor; originally surnamed Jones, later surnamed Brynmor-Jones; 1851 – 6 August 1921) was a British barrister, historian and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Member of Parliament. Life David ...

, becoming a High Court Judge. It was won by the

candidate

Thomas Jeremiah Williams Thomas Jeremiah Williams (1872 – 12 June 1919) was a Welsh barrister and Liberal politician. Family and Education Thomas Jeremiah Williams was the eldest son of William Williams who was Liberal Member of Parliament for the Swansea Distric ...

who was unopposed due to a

War-time electoral pact The war-time electoral pact was an electoral pact established by the member parties of the UK coalition governments in the First World War, and re-established in the Second World War. Under the pact, in the event of a by-election only the party whi ...

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