Arthur Walters Wills | |
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Member of Parliament for North Dorset | |
In office January 1905 –January 1910 | |
Preceded by | John Kenelm Digby Wingfield-Digby |
Succeeded by | Randolf Littlehales Baker |
Personal details | |
Born | Arthur Walters Wills 1868 |
Died | 17 November 1948 |
Nationality | British |
Political party | Liberal |
Spouse | Margery Eyre-Walker |
Arthur Walters Wills (1868-17 November 1948),was a British Liberal Party politician.
He was a son of George Wills of Moretonhampstead,Devon. He was educated at Harrow and Trinity College,Cambridge. He married in 1908,Margery Eyre-Walker of Byfleet,Surrey. They had two sons and two daughters. [1]
He took honours in law in 1890. As a Barrister-at-law,he was called to Bar in 1894 and joined the Western Circuit. [1]
He sat as Liberal MP for Dorset North from January 1905 to January 1910. He was elected at the first time of asking at the North Dorset by-election in January 1905 when he gained the seat from the Conservatives.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Arthur Wills | 4,239 | 56.0 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | Randolph Baker | 3,330 | 44.0 | -9.9 | |
Majority | 12.0 | 19.8 | |||
Turnout | 90.8 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.9 | |||
He held the seat a year later at the 1906 General Election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Arthur Wills | 4,153 | 54.2 | -1.8 | |
Conservative | Randolf Baker | 3,508 | 45.8 | +1.8 | |
Majority | 8.4 | -3.6 | |||
Turnout | 90.2 | -0.6 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | -1.8 | |||
He lost his seat back to the Conservatives at the January 1910 General Election. He failed to re-gain his seat at the general election 11 months later;
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Randolf Baker | 3,919 | 50.2 | ||
Liberal | Arthur Wills | 3,887 | 49.8 | ||
Turnout | 7,806 | 91.6 | |||
Majority | 32 | 0.4 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
He did not stand for parliament again. [3]
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