1914 Londonderry City by-election

1914 UK parliamentary by-election November 2019 The 1914 Londonderry City by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 30 November 1914.Walker Brian Mercer Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922 Dublin 1978 Royal Irish Academy 183 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. Liberal Sir James Brown Dougherty was elected unopposed. Dougherty was the last Liberal MP elected in Ireland.http://www.liberalhistory.org.uk/uploads/58_Farr_James_Wood.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20131017212607/http://www.liberalhistory.org.uk/uploads/58_Farr_James_Wood.pdf Farr James Wood 17 October 2013 www.liberalhistory.org.uk 30 April 2025 Vacancy James Hamilton, Marquis of Hamilton had been elected as a Unionist in the 1910 general election, facing Nationalist opposition. He then succeeded to the Dukedom of Abercorn, resulting in the 1913 Londonderry City by-election, where the Roman Catholic hierarchy supported the 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 1991 Hogg died in August 1914 and the by-election was called for 30 November. Though the constituency was nominally marginal, an All-Party truce agreed following the outbreak of the First World War led to the other parties agreeing not to contest the seat and allow the Liberal Party to retain it. The press opined that the by-election would have been an exciting contest had there not been the all-party agreement. Previous result By-Election 30 January 1913: Londonderry City 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 Party Candidate The Liberals selected Sir James Brown Dougherty as their candidate.https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5431906/969417 BRITISH POLITICS. 2 December 1914 30 April 2025 The Advertiser Trove Dougherty was a Presbyterian Church in Ireland minister, a professor of Logic and English, and a civil servant.https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1934/01/04/95465111.html?zoom=16 SIR JAMES DOUGHERTY DIES IN ENGLAND AT 89; Prominent Educator Had Been for Many Years a Political Leader in Ireland. January 4, 1934 The New York Times 2025-04-30 19 en Result By-Election 30 November 1914: Londonderry City Electorate Liberal Party (UK) James Brown Dougherty UnopposedDebrett's House of Commons 1918 p 249 N/A N/A Liberal Party (UK) Aftermath Dougherty did not stand in the 1918 United Kingdom general election, when the seat was won by Eoin MacNeill of Sinn Féin in a contested election against Unionist and Nationalist candidates.https://liberalhistory.org.uk/timeline-event/on-this-day-30-11-1914/ On this day 30-11-1914 Journal of Liberal History 30 April 2025 References Craig, F. W. S. (1974). British parliamentary election results 1885-1918 (1 ed.). London: Macmillan. Category:1914 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:Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Irish constituencies Category:November 1914 in the United Kingdom Category:1914 elections in Ireland