The 1905 Normanton

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was held on 27 November 1905 after the incumbent Liberal-Labour MP William Parrott died. The seat was retained by the Liberal-Labour candidate

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. Hall was a local councilor and chairman of the Rawmarsh School Board. who was sponsored by the

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and would in 1909 take the

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whip. Hall was unopposed.British parliamentary election results 1885-1918, Craig, F.W.S.

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