The 1938

Doncaster Doncaster (, ) is a city in South Yorkshire, England. Named after the River Don, it is the administrative centre of the larger City of Doncaster. It is the second largest settlement in South Yorkshire after Sheffield. Doncaster is situated in ...

by-election was held on 17 November 1938. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Labour MP,

Alfred Short Alfred Short (1882 – 24 August 1938, London) was a British trades unionist and Labour politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Wednesbury from 1918 to 1931, and for Doncaster from 1935 until 1938. Alfred Short began his working life apprenti ...

. It was won by the Labour candidate John Morgan.

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