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The 1945 British Columbia general election was the 21st general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on August 31, 1945, and held on October 25, 1945. The new legislature met for the first time on February 21, 1946.
The 1941 British Columbia general election was the twentieth general election in the Province of British Columbia, Canada. It was held to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. The election was called on September 9, 1941, and held on October 21, 1941.
Parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom occur when a Member of Parliament (MP) vacates a House of Commons seat during the course of a parliament.
The 1941 Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 18 August 1941 for the British House of Commons constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed.
The 1941 Hampstead by-election was a by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Hampstead in London on 27 November 1941.
The 1941 Edinburgh by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 11 December 1941 for the British House of Commons constituency of Edinburgh Central in Scotland.
The 1944 New South Wales state election was held on 27 May 1944. It was conducted in single member constituencies with compulsory preferential voting and was held on boundaries created at a 1940 redistribution. The election was for all of the 90 seats in the Legislative Assembly.
The 1941 South Dorset by-election was held on 22 February 1941. The by-election was held due to the succession to the peerage by writ of acceleration of the incumbent Conservative MP, Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, as Baron Cecil of Essendon the junior subsidiary title of The Marquessate of Salisbury then held by his father. It was won by the Conservative candidate Victor Montagu.
The 1941 Petersfield by-election was held on 22 February 1941. The by-election was held due to the appointment as Governor of Burma of the incumbent Conservative MP, Reginald Dorman-Smith. It was won by the unopposed Conservative candidate George Jeffreys.
The 1941 Hitchin by-election was held on 10 March 1941. Called in consequence of the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Arnold Wilson, it was won (unopposed) by the Conservative Party candidate John Seymour Berry.
The 1941 Bodmin by-election was held on 11 March 1941. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, John Rathbone. It was won by the unopposed Conservative candidate Beatrice Wright.
The Birmingham King's Norton by-election of 1941 was held on 8 May 1941. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Ronald Cartland, who was killed on active service during the Dunkirk evacuation. It was won by the Conservative candidate John Peto.
The 1941 Hornsey by-election was held on 28 May 1941. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Euan Wallace. It was won by the Conservative candidate David Gammans.
The 1941 West Dorset by-election was held on 21 June 1941. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Philip Colfox. It was won by the Conservative candidate Simon Wingfield Digby.
The 1941 Dudley by-election was held on 23 July 1941. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Dudley Joel. It was won by the Conservative candidate Cyril Lloyd.
The 1941 Scarborough and Whitby by-election was held on 24 September 1941. The by-election was caused by the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Paul Latham, who had been charged with indecency. The Conservative candidate was Alexander Spearman, who had formerly contested Mansfield and Gorton unsuccessfully. In keeping with wartime practice, the by-election was not contested by the other parties in the coalition government, but Spearman was opposed by W. R. Hipwell, the editor of the tabloid newspaper Reveille, running as an 'independent Democrat'. Spearman won with 12,518 votes; Hipwell received 8,086. Thirty-six percent of the electorate cast their votes. Hipwell's campaign focused on complaints about the conditions of Services personnel. He ran again as an Independent Progressive in by-elections in Hampstead, Salisbury and The Hartlepools.
The 1941 Brighton by-election was held on 15 November 1941. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Lord Erskine. It was won by the Conservative candidate Anthony Marlowe, who was unopposed.
The 1941 Harrow by-election was held on 2 December 1941. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, Isidore Salmon. It was won by the Conservative candidate Norman Bower. By the time of the by-election, Harrow's electorate had more than quadrupled since 1924, and stood at 168,594 voters in 1941.
The following lists events that happened during 1941 in Chile.
Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1938. One third of the council seats were up for election, the term of office of each councillor being three years.
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- ↑ Craig, F.W.S., ed. (1969). British parliamentary election results 1918-1949 . Glasgow: Political Reference Publications. p. 453. ISBN 0-900178-01-9.
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