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1908 Montrose Burghs by-election

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1908 Montrose Burghs by-election

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Candidate Harcourt Burgess Constable
Party Liberal Ind. Labour Party Conservative
Popular vote 3,083 1,937 1,576
Percentage 46.7 29.4 23.9

MP before election

John Morley
Liberal

Subsequent MP

Robert Harcourt
Liberal

The Montrose Burghs by-election of 1908 was held on 12 May 1908. The by-election was held due to the elevation to the peerage of the incumbent Liberal MP, John Morley. It was won by the Liberal candidate Robert Harcourt.[1]

Montrose Burghs by-election, 1908[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Robert Harcourt 3,083 46.7
Ind. Labour Party Joseph Burgess 1,937 29.4
Conservative Andrew Constable 1,576 23.9
Majority 1,146 17.3
Turnout 6,596 80.4
Liberal hold Swing

References

  1. ^ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
  2. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1889