July 1922 North Down by-election

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The 1922 North Down by-election was held on 21 July 1922. The by-election was held due to the assassination of the incumbent UUP MP, Henry Wilson who had been elected in the February 1922 North Down by-election. It was won unopposed by the UUP candidate John Simms.^[1]

Result
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Result

July 1922 North Down by-election^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	UUP	John Simms	Unopposed
Registered electors
	UUP hold

External links

A Vision Of Britain Through Time

References

↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
↑ Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.

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July 1922 North Down by-election

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