1900 Liverpool School Board election

Elections to the Liverpool School Board were held on Friday 16 November 1900. These were held every three years, when all fifteen board members were elected. There were nineteen candidates for the fifteen board member positions.

Each voter had fifteen votes to cast.

After the elections, the composition of the school board was:

Allegiance	Members	±	Votes
Church of England	6	-2	174,523
Catholic	4	0	199,688
Non-Sectarian	4	0	133,603
Protestant	1	0	107,063
Labour	0		20,690
Independent Church of England	0		18,735
Independent Non-Sectarian	0		10,967
Total Votes cast			665,269
Electorate			105,201
Turnout			42%

* - Retiring board member seeking re-election

Elected

Allegiance	Name	Votes
Protestant	George Wise	107,063
Non-sectarian	Miss Melly *	52,909
Catholic	Michael Fitzpatrick *	50,458
Catholic	Dr. Sparrow *	50,280
Catholic	J. R. Yates	49,809
Catholic	C. McArdle *	49,141
Non-sectarian	J. C Stitt	45,280
Non-sectarian	W. Evans *	39,847
Church of England	Rev. Canon Lester *	36,427
Non-sectarian	R. G. Hough *	35,414
Church of England	J. H. Goodyear *	34,044
Church of England	Rev. W. J. Adams	33,275
Church of England	Dr. H. A. Clarke	32,801
Church of England	J. L. Bailey	29,124
Church of England	Rev. Geo. Howell *	24,309

Not Elected

Church of England	N. Bewley *	20,970
Labour	Samuel Reeves	20,690
Independent Church of England	Rev. J. Bell-Cox *	18,735
Independent Non-Sectarian	T. C. Ryley *	10,967

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References

1. Liverpool Daily PostSaturday 17 November 1900