1921 Mid Down By-election
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The 1921 Mid Down by-election was held on 2 July 1921. The by-election was held due to the incumbent
Ulster Unionist The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) is a Unionism in Ireland, unionist political party in Northern Ireland. The party was founded in 1905, emerging from the Irish Unionist Alliance in Ulster. Under Edward Carson, it led unionist opposition to the I ...
MP, James Craig, being elected
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. It was won by the UUP 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 ...
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