The 1922 Moray and Nairn by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the

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of Moray and Nairn on 21 June 1922. The seat had become vacant when the Coalition Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) Archibald Williamson, 1st Baron Forres was elevated to the

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as Baron Forres. He had held the seat since its creation at the 1918 general election. The Coalition Liberal candidate,

Thomas Maule Guthrie Thomas Maule Guthrie (1870 – 30 March 1943) was a Scottish Liberal Party politician. He was educated at Craigmount School, Edinburgh.''The Liberal year book'', Volume 18, Page 62, 1922 (Liberal Publication Dept:Great Britain) He was elected ...

, was returned unopposed. He represented the constituency until his defeat at the 1923 general election.

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