1902 Woolwich by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election April 2023 April 2023 The 1902 Woolwich by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 25 April 1902.Craig F.W.S. 1987 Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987 Chichester Parliamentary Research Services 96 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. The seat had become vacant following the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, Edwin Hughes due to ill health. 23 April 1902 The Member for Woolwich https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/88709700/8880140 The Kalgoorlie Miner Kalgoorlie 5 14 April 2023 Hughes vacated his Parliamentary seat by being appointed Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds on 18 April 1902.27427 22 April 1902 2687 Hughes had been Member of Parliament for the constituency since the 1885 general election. Candidates The Conservative candidate was Lord Charles Beresford. He had served as Member of Parliament for County Waterford from 1874 to 1880, for Marylebone East from 1885 to 1889, and for City of York from 1898 to 1900. He had been second in command of the Mediterranean Fleet from January 1900 to February 1902.Court circular 5 February 1902 10 36683Beresford Lord Charles Lord Charles Beresford 1914 The Memoirs of Lord Charles Beresford II https://archive.org/details/memoirsadmirall01unkngoog/ Boston Little, Brown & Company 469 Contemporary press reports suggested Frank Hugh O'Donnell would stand as a Liberal candidate. 23 April 1902 Woolwich election https://papuraunewydd.llyfrgell.cymru/view/3485830/3485832 Evening Express 2 14 April 2023 O'Donnell had been Home Rule Member of Parliament for Dungarvan from 1877 to 1885. However, in the end no Liberal candidate stood. Result The date for nominations was set for Friday 25 April and polling day for Wednesday 30 April. 24 April 1902 Woolwich Election https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9581516 The Mercury Hobart 3 14 April 2023 As only one candidate was nominated, there was no poll. 1902 Woolwich by-electionCraig F.W.S. F. W. S. Craig 1974 British Parliamentary Election Results 1885-1918 https://books.google.com/books?id=ah2vCwAAQBAJ London and Basingstoke Palgrave Macmillan 60 978-1-349-02300-4 1919 The Constitutional Year Book for 1919 https://archive.org/details/constitutional1919londuoft/ London National Unionist Association 289 1908 The Liberal Year Book for 1908 https://archive.org/details/liberalyearbook01unkngoog/ London The Liberal Publication Department 362–363 Conservative Party (UK) Charles Beresford 15,376 Conservative Party (UK) References Woolwich by-election Category:Woolwich Woolwich,1902 Category:1902 in London Woolwich,1902 Category:Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in English constituencies