1904 Isle of Thanet by-election

General Election 1900: Isle of Thanet ^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	James Lowther	unopposed	n/a	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing	n/a

Candidates

In anticipation of a forthcoming general election, the local Liberal association, about 6 months earlier, had selected 44 year old Joseph King as their candidate. He lived in Surrey, where he had previously been elected to the county council.^[2]

Campaign

The usually Conservative supporting newspaper The Times, took a position in opposition to the Conservative candidate.^[3]

Isle of Thanet by-election, 1904 ^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Marks	4,048	52.5	n/a
	Liberal	Joseph King	3,666	47.5	n/a
Majority			382	5.0	n/a
Turnout				71.3	n/a
	Conservative hold		Swing

General Election 1906: Isle of Thanet ^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Harry Marks	5,154	51.3
	Liberal	Joseph King	3,961	39.5
	Ind. Conservative	Frederick E McCormick Goodhart	925	9.2	n/a
Majority			1,193	11.8
Turnout				84.4	+13.1
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918, FWS Craig
^ Black and White October 1, 1904
^ Black and White October 1, 1904
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918, FWS Craig
^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918, FWS Craig

[1] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918, FWS Craig

[2] Black and White October 1, 1904

[3] Black and White October 1, 1904

[4] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918, FWS Craig

[5] British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918, FWS Craig

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