Manx general election, 1919

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General elections were held in the Isle of Man between 27 October and 6 November 1919. Independent candidates won a majority of seats in the House of Keys. [1]

Contents

Electoral system

The 24 members of the House of Keys were elected from 11 constituencies, [2] which had between one and three seats.

ConstituencyElectorateSeatsDate of election
Ayre 2,231331 October
Castletown 1N/A
Douglas North 10,28534 November
Douglas South 3,99424 November
Garff 2,414230 October
Glenfaba 2,617327 October
Michael 1,395231 October
Middle 3,295330 October
Peel 2,18016 November
Ramsey 2,96114 November
Rushen 4,47533 November
Source: Sherratt

Campaign

A total of 47 candidates contested the elections; 28 independents, 11 from the Manx Labour Party, 5 from the National Party and three from the Liberal Party. [1] There was only one candidate in Castletown, who was elected unopposed. [3]

Results

PartyVote%Seats+/–
Manx Labour Party 8,67521.614New
Liberal Party 6,41215.972
National Party 4,73311.791
Independents20,32650.6317
Total40,14610024
Valid votes
Invalid/blank votes
Total
Registered voters/turnout35,847
Source: Sherratt

By constituency

ConstituencyCandidatePartyVotes%Notes
Ayre W.C. SouthwardIndependent92227.4Re-elected
J.D. ClucasIndependent88426.3Elected
D.J. TeareIndependent75022.3Elected
R. CainIndependent54816.3
S.W. AndersonIndependent2557.6Unseated
Castletown Joseph Davidson Qualtrough IndependentRe-elected unopposed
Douglas North S. NorrisIndependent2,46917.7Elected
R.C. Cain Liberal Party 2,27916.3Elected
J. Cunningham Liberal Party 2,10515.1Re-elected
R.B. Moore Liberal Party 2,02814.5
C.T.W. Hughes-Games National Party 1,48410.6
W.T. Pickett Manx Labour Party 1,43610.3
M. Carine National Party 1,3399.6Unseated
J. Garside National Party 6654.8Unseated
W.G.G.T. HargraveIndependent1761.3
Douglas South A.J. Teare Manx Labour Party 1,13130.2Elected
J.L. Goldie Taubman National Party 93625.0Re-elected
G.J. BurtonwoodIndependent80821.6
T.M.L. Quayle Manx Labour Party 55914.9
J. Corkill National Party 3098.3
Garff J.R. KerruishIndependent77627.6Re-elected
T.S. CorlettIndependent76627.2Elected
W. Dickinson Manx Labour Party 66923.8
T. Crossley Manx Labour Party 60121.4
Glenfaba E. CallisterIndependent78926.7Re-elected
F.S. DalgleishIndependent78026.4Re-elected
G.B. KermodeIndependent75825.6Elected
W.P. Clucas Manx Labour Party 63221.4
Michael E.J. CurpheyIndependent50243.0Re-elected
R.S. CorlettIndependent49642.5Re-elected
C. Gill Manx Labour Party 17014.6
Middle George Frederick Clucas Independent92724.5Elected
C. GillIndependent85022.5Elected
T.G. Bridson Manx Labour Party 73519.4Elected
W.F. CowellIndependent70618.6Unseated
W. ChristianIndependent56815.0Unseated
Peel Christopher R. Shimmin Manx Labour Party 87263.8Elected
W.O. QuayleIndependent49436.2
Ramsey A.H. TeareIndependent1,17358.7Re-elected
A. Hadley Manx Labour Party 82741.4
Rushen J.R. Corrin Manx Labour Party 1,04321.0Elected
J. QualtroughIndependent95919.3Re-elected
A. QualtroughIndependent82316.6Re-elected
W. MooreIndependent81416.4
J.J. QualtroughIndependent65913.3
T.F. QuineIndependent58711.8Unseated
J. CowleyIndependent871.7
Source: Sherratt

Aftermath

Following the elections, W.C. Southward (Ayre), J.R. Kerruish (Garff), J. Cunningham (Douglas North) and J. Qualtrough (Rushen) were elevated to the Legislative Council. By-elections were subsequently held for their replacements in mid-December:

ConstituencyCandidatePartyVotes%Notes
Ayre
19 December
R. CainIndependent78755.2Elected
T.E. KneenIndependent63944.8
Garff
18 December
W. KermeenIndependent73655.9Elected
E. OliverIndependent58044.1
Douglas North
19 December
R.B. Moore Liberal Party 1,71581.1Elected
W.T. Pickett Independent Labour 39918.9
Rushen
23 December
W. MooreIndependent97354.1Elected
C.A. Cormode Manx Labour Party 82645.9
Source: Sherratt

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References

  1. 1 2 Tom Sherratt (1979) Isle of Man parliamentary election results 1919 - 1979, p38
  2. Sherratt, p39
  3. Sherratt, p37