1870 Merionethshire by-election

UK parliamentary by-election in Wales May 2022 November 2022 The 1870 Merionethshire by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the UK House of Commons constituency of Merionethshire in North Wales on 17 January 1870. Vacancy The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting Liberal MP, David Williams.National Library of Wales: Dictionary of Welsh Biography Candidates Two candidates were nominated. The Liberal Party nominated former High Sheriff of Merionethshire Samuel Smith. The Conservative Party nominated Charles John Tottenham,Colonel Tottenham https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000094/18781221/011/0004 6 January 2018 North Wales Chronicle 21 December 1878 4 British Newspaper Archive subscription an Honorary Colonel in the Denbighshire Yeomanry Cavalry.https://www.jstor.org/stable/44222913 JSTOR Result 1870 Merionethshire by-electionCraig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 1977 Macmillan Press London 978-1-349-02349-3 1st hardcover 527 Liberal Party (UK) Samuel Holland 1,610 62.6 N/A Conservative Party (UK) Charles John Tottenham 963 37.4 N/A 647 25.2 N/A 2,573 80.7 N/A 3,187 Liberal Party (UK) N/A References Category:1870 elections in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Welsh constituencies Category:1870 in Wales Category:1870s elections in Wales Category:January 1870 in the United Kingdom Category:History of Merionethshire