1953 North Down by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1953 North Down by-election was held on 15 April 1953.http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/dnd.htm North Down 1950-1970 Northern Ireland elections ARK, Northern Ireland’s social policy hub It was held due to the incumbent Ulster Unionist Party MP, Walter Smiles, dying in the sinking of the Princess Victoria off the Copeland Islands, in the same storm which caused the North Sea flood of 1953. It was retained by his daughter, Patricia Ford, who was unopposed when she stood as the Unionist candidate. She became the first woman to sit as an Ulster Unionist MP but she stood down in the 1955 general election. Result 1953 North Down by-electionhttp://by-elections.co.uk/53.html https://web.archive.org/web/20121010071919/http://by-elections.co.uk/53.html 1953 By Election Results by-elections.co.uk dead 2015-08-13 10 October 2012 Ulster Unionist Party Patricia Ford Ulster Unionist Party External links A Vision Of Britain Through Time References Category:1953 elections in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Down constituencies Category:Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Northern Irish constituencies Category:20th century in County Down Category:April 1953 in the United Kingdom Category:1953 elections in Northern Ireland