1913 Londonderry City by-election

UK parliamentary by-election November 2019 The 1913 Londonderry City by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 30 January 1913.Walker Brian Mercer Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922 Dublin 1978 Royal Irish Academy 182 0-901714-12-7 The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. Vacancy The sitting Unionist MP, James Hamilton succeeded his father on his death as the Duke of Abercorn, so vacated his seat in the House of Commons to take up his seat in the House of Lords. He had been MP here since 1900. Previous result General election December 1910 electorate 5,068 Irish Unionist Alliance James Hamilton 2,415 51.1 +0.5 Irish Parliamentary Party Shane Leslie 2,310 48.9 -0.5 105 2.2 +1.0 4,725 93.2 -1.8 Irish Unionist Alliance +0.5 Candidates The Unionist candidate was 50-year-old Antrim-born, London-based soldier Colonel Hercules Pakenham, whom had previously served as the commanding officer of the London Irish Rifles.https://digitalfilmarchive.net/news/i-want-to-be-elected-20 I Want To Be Elected Digital Film Archive 29 April 2025 The Catholic clergy, whose authority on the choice of nationalist candidate was total, surprisingly selected Liberal David Hogg, a 73-year-old local shirt manufacturer, the Lord Lieutenant of County Londonderry and a Protestant.Siege city: the story of Derry and Londonderry Brian Lacy 9780856404436 Blackstaff Press 1991https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/down-memory-lane-factory-founder-in-home-rule-dispute/28145902.html Down memory lane - Factory founder in Home Rule dispute 17 December 2003 29 April 2025 Belfast Telegraph Hogg was selected as he had a broad appeal across the religious communities in the Londonderry City constituency and as the Lord Lieutenant, refused to appoint anybody who had signed the Ulster Covenant as a Justice of the Peace for the county. Campaign The date of poll was set at 30 January, just 27 days after the automatic vacation of the seat. This left little time for campaigning. Hogg's election address said he was a Liberal and a supporter of the government's Home Rule Bill; he did not canvass during the election.https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1913/jun/10/government-of-ireland-bill#S5CV0053P0_19130610_HOC_375 10 June 1913 Government of Ireland bill Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) 2025-04-29 Hogg only spoke once in the campaign at a public meeting, with the prominent Irish Home Rule politicians Charles O'Neill, Willie Redmond and Shane Leslie also attending and speaking to support Hogg's candidacy. Result The Liberal Party gained the seat from the Irish Unionist Alliance. Londonderry City by-election, 1913 electorate Liberal Party (UK) David Cleghorn Hogg 2,699 50.5 New Irish Unionist Party Hercules Pakenham 2,642 49.5 -1.6 57 1.0 N/A 5,341 97.6 +4.4 Liberal Party (UK) Irish Unionist Alliance N/A Aftermath The election gave supporters of Irish Home Rule a majority of one in the province of Ulster. Hogg was welcomed into the House of Commons during his maiden speech by the Irish Parliamentary Party and the Liberal MPs of Herbert Asquith, David Lloyd George and Winston Churchill. Hogg died in August 1914 causing another by-election at which the Liberal, Sir James Brown Dougherty was returned unopposed.https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1934/01/04/95465111.html SIR JAMES DOUGHERTYI DIES IN ENGLAND AT 89; Prominent Edu Had Been for Many Years a Political Leader in Ireland. 29 April 2025 The New York Times TimesMachine References Further reading Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan. Who's Who: www.ukwhoswho.com Debrett's House of Commons 1916 Category:1913 elections in the United Kingdom Category:20th century in Derry (city) Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Londonderry constituencies Category:Elections in Derry (city) Category:1913 elections in Ireland Category:January 1913 in the United Kingdom