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The October 1917 Dublin University by-election was held on 5 October 1917. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Irish Unionist MP, Arthur Warren Samuels, becoming Solicitor-General for Ireland. It was retained by Samuels who was unopposed due to a War-time electoral pact.
The 1935 United Kingdom general election was held on Thursday 14 November 1935 and resulted in a large, albeit reduced, majority for the National Government now led by Stanley Baldwin of the Conservative Party. The greatest number of members, as before, were Conservatives, while the National Liberal vote held steady. The much smaller National Labour vote also held steady but the resurgence in the main Labour vote caused over a third of their MPs, including National Labour leader Ramsay MacDonald, to lose their seats.
South Down is a parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom House of Commons. The current MP for the constituency is Chris Hazzard of Sinn Féin.
The National Party was a short-lived British political party created in August 1917 as a right-wing split from the Conservative Party.
Arthur Warren Samuels was an Irish Unionist Alliance Member of Parliament (MP) in the United Kingdom Parliament and subsequently a Judge. The Irish Unionists were the Irish wing of the Conservative Party.
Leitrim–Sligo was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1923 to 1937. The constituency elected 7 deputies to the Dáil, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
This is a list of members of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly between the 1914 election and the 1917 election, together known as the Ninth Parliament. The re-election of Premier John Scaddan's Labor Government with a 26-24 majority in 1914 was tempered when, a year later, Labor member Joseph Gardiner's seat was declared vacant on account of his non-attendance and a Liberal was elected in his stead, and Labor became a minority government when on 18 December 1915, Edward Johnston resigned from the Labor Party and became an independent. On 27 July 1916, the Scaddan Ministry was defeated and the Liberals' Frank Wilson became the new Premier.
Laurence O'Neill was an Irish politician and corn merchant. O'Neill was elected to Dáil Éireann as an independent Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin Mid at the 1922 general election. He did not contest the 1923 general election and he was an unsuccessful candidate at the September 1927 general election.
The 1919 Dublin University by-election was held on 28 July 1919. The by-election was held due to the appointment to the High Court of Justice in Ireland of the incumbent Irish Unionist MP, Arthur Warren Samuels. It was uncontested and the Irish Unionist candidate William Morgan Jellett was elected. It was the last election to the UK Parliament to be held in the 26 counties that would become the Irish Free State in 1922.
The North Armagh by-election of 1917 was held on 22 November 1917. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Conservative MP, Sir William Moore, becoming a Judge of the High Court of Justice in Ireland. It was won by the Conservative candidate William Allen, who was unopposed.
The Basingstoke by-election of 1917 was held on 25 October 1917. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Conservative MP, Arthur Salter, becoming a Judge on the High Court of Justice. It was won by the Conservative candidate Sir Auckland Geddes, who was unopposed due to a War-time electoral pact.
The South County Dublin by-election of 1917 was held on 6 July 1917. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Irish Parliamentary MP, William Francis Cotton. It was won by the Irish Parliamentary candidate Michael Louis Hearn, who was unopposed.
The Belfast South by-election of 1917 was held on 2 July 1917. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Conservative MP, James Chambers. It was won by the Conservative candidate William Arthur Lindsay, who was elected unopposed.
The South Longford by-election of 1917 was held on 9 May 1917 due to the death of the incumbent Irish Parliamentary MP, John Phillips. The by-election ended in a surprise Sinn Féin victory over the Irish Parliamentary Party following a very close vote. The result was not announced until 10 May due to a recount.
The Belfast South by-election of 1917 was held on 9 April 1917. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Irish Unionist MP, James Chambers, becoming Solicitor-General for Ireland. Chambers was re-elected unopposed.
The February 1917 Dublin University by-election was held on 5 February 1917. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Irish Unionist MP, James Campbell, becoming Lord Chief Justice of Ireland. It was won by the Irish Unionist candidate Arthur Warren Samuels.
The North Roscommon by-election of 1917 was held on 3 February 1917. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Irish Parliamentary MP, James Joseph O'Kelly. The election took place nine months after the 1916 Rising. The election was contested by Thomas Devine, standing for the Irish Parliamentary Party, who was expected to win comfortably, and Jasper Tully, a local newspaper owner who was running as an independent.
Elections to Londonderry Borough Council were held on 16 October 1946. The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) retained their majority with Sir Basil McFarland continuing as Mayor of Londonderry. The elections were postponed from the original February date due to an unusually large number of objections to the list of electors.
Elections to Liverpool City Council were due to be held on 2 November 1914.
The 1916 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1916.
The 1918 Calgary municipal election was held on December 9, 1918 to a Mayor and six Aldermen to sit on Calgary City Council. Additionally a Commissioner, three members for the Public School Board were elected.
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