Thomas Charles Hunter Hedderwick (1850 – 6 February 1918) was a

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politician in

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who served as the

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(MP) for Wick Burghs from 1896 to 1900.

Life

He was the son of the newspaper proprietor

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and Ellen Ness.Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: James Hedderwick His first electoral contest was when he unsuccessfully fought

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at the 1892 general election. In his time in Wick Burghs he had a number of fairly close contests with the

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s. He fought the seat unsuccessfully at the 1895 general election, won it at a by-election in 1896, but lost it at the 1900 general election. A petition was lodged relating to the 1900 election, but it was withdrawn. In the January 1910 general election he stood as the parliamentary candidate for the

in Newbury, but was not elected.

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* * 1850 births 1918 deaths Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Highland constituencies Scottish Liberal Party MPs UK MPs 1895–1900 {{Scotland-Liberal-UK-MP-stub