General elections were held in the

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between 27 October and 6 November 1919. Independent candidates won a majority of seats in the

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.Tom Sherratt (1979) ''Isle of Man parliamentary election results 1919 – 1979'', p38

Electoral system

The 24 members of the House of Keys were elected from 11 constituencies, which had between one and three seats.

Campaign

A total of 47 candidates contested the elections; 28 independents, 11 from the

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, 5 from the National Party and three from the

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. There was only one candidate in Castletown, who was elected unopposed.Sherratt, p37

Results

By constituency

Aftermath

Following the elections, W.C. Southward (Ayre), J.R. Kerruish (Garff), J. Cunningham (Douglas North) and J. Qualtrough (Rushen) were elevated to the Legislative Council. By-elections were subsequently held for their replacements in mid-December:

References

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