The 1922
South Londonderry by-election was held on 18 January 1922. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent UUP MP,
Robert Chichester who had won a
by-election the previous August. It was won unopposed by the UUP candidate Sir
William Hacket Pain
Brigadier-General Sir George William Hacket Pain, KBE, CB (5 February 1855 – 14 February 1924) was a British Army officer and Royal Irish Constabulary commissioner. He played a key part in setting up the Ulster Volunteers as a unionist mili ...
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Hacket Pain retired at the
general election in October 1922 when the constituency was merged with others into a larger
Londonderry constituency.
References
1922 elections in the United Kingdom
By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Londonderry constituencies
Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom (need citation)
20th century in County Londonderry
1922 elections in Northern Ireland
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