1917 Inverness-shire by-election

UK parliamentary by-election December 2020 November 2013 The 1917 Inverness-shire by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the UK House of Commons constituency of Inverness-shire in the Scottish Highlands on 2 January 1917. Vacancy The by-election was caused by the elevation to the peerage of the sitting Liberal MP, John Dewar.The Times, 31 January 1917 p9 Dewar had held the seat since 1900 and had been unopposed at the previous election in December 1910. Candidates thumb|120px|Thomas Morison The Inverness-shire Liberals adopted Thomas Brash Morison KC as their new candidate. Morison was a barrister who had been serving as Solicitor General for Scotland since 1913.The Times, 28 December 1916 p3 There was at this time no tradition of candidates from organised labour contesting Parliamentary elections in this constituency. No nominations were received from the Conservatives who were partners in the wartime Coalition and were presumably content to honour the wartime electoral truce. Morison was therefore returned unopposed.F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918; Macmillan Press, 1974 p543 The result Inverness-shire by-election, 1917 Liberal Party (UK) Thomas Brash Morison Unopposed N/A N/A Liberal Party (UK) N/A See also Lists of United Kingdom by-elections United Kingdom by-election records References Category:Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Scottish constituencies Category:Politics of the county of Inverness Inverness-shire by-election Inverness-shire by-election Category:1910s elections in Scotland Inverness-shire by-election