1898 North Down by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The North Down by-election of 1898 was held on 7 September 1898. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Irish Unionist Alliance MP, Thomas Waring.https://celt.ucc.ie//DromoreUlsterDiocese.pdf Dromore an Ulster Diocese celt.ucc.ie It was won by the Irish Unionist Alliance candidate John Blakiston-Houston,http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022521/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm 7 June 2008 Leigh Rayment - Commons dead leighrayment.com who unusually, beat another Irish Unionist Alliance candidate, Thomas Corbett. Result 1898 North Down by-electionWalker B.M. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922 1978 Royal Irish Academy Dublin 0901714127 Irish Unionist Alliance John Blakiston-Houston 3,381 52.1 N/A Irish Unionist Alliance Thomas Corbett 3,107 47.9 N/A 274 4.2 N/A 6,488 66.9 N/A 9,702 Irish Unionist Party N/A External links A Vision Of Britain Through Time References Category:1898 elections in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Down constituencies Category:19th century in County Down Category:1898 elections in Ireland Category:September 1898 in the United Kingdom