1868 Pontefract by-election

UK parliamentary by-election August 2019 June 2021 The 1868 Pontefract by-election was held on 21 December 1868. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Liberal MP, Hugh Childers, becoming First Lord of the Admiralty.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000686/18681217/062/0003 Election News – Pontefract 17 December 1868 Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer 30 June 2021 British Newspaper Archive subscription 3 It was retained by Childers who was unopposed.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0000183/18681222/003/0003?browse=true Election Intelligence – Pontefract 22 December 1868 London Evening Standard 30 June 2021 British Newspaper Archive subscription 3 References Category:1868 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1868 in England Category:19th century in Yorkshire Category:December 1868 in the United Kingdom Category:Pontefract Category:Elections in Wakefield Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in West Yorkshire constituencies Category:Unopposed ministerial by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom