1911 Ross and Cromarty by-election

UK parliamentary by-election October 2021 November 2013 The 1911 Ross and Cromarty by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 14 June 1911.Craig F.W.S. 1987 Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987 Chichester Parliamentary Research Services 105 It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. Vacancy James Galloway Weir died. He had been the sitting Liberal MP since 1892. Electoral history This was a safe Liberal seat that the party had won at every election since 1847. Weir was returned at the last general election in December 1910. The previous contested election before that was the General Election in January 1910; General election January 1910: Ross and CromartyBritish parliamentary election results 1885-1918 by F.W.S. Craig (1974) Electorate 8,211 Liberal Party (UK) James Galloway Weir 4,430 75.8 +7.1 Liberal Unionist Party (UK) Neil Maclean 1,418 24.2 -7.1 3,012 51.6 +14.2 5,848 71.2 +1.4 Liberal Party (UK) +7.1 Candidates The Liberal candidate selected to defend the seat was 31-year-old Ian Macpherson. He was educated at the University of Edinburgh and was called to the Bar, by the Middle Temple in 1906.October 2020 He had contested Wigtownshire in January 1910 and East Renfrewshire in December 1910. The Liberal Unionist candidate was the 35-year-old William Paterson Templeton. He was the Organising Secretary of Unionist Workers' League. He was standing for Parliament for the first time.https://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-218015;jsessionid=267E5B425B99E480DAEAA5C2B688C9EC?index=2&query=0&results=AdvancedSearchResults Templeton, William Paterson, (1876–1938) WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO Campaign April 2014 Result Polling took place on 14 June. Macpherson easily held the seat for the Liberals. Compared with the last contested election, his share of the vote only dropped by 1%; thumb|right|Ian MacPherson 1911 Ross and Cromarty by-election Electorate Liberal Party (UK) Ian Macpherson 3,717 74.8 -1.0 Liberal Unionist Party (UK) William Templeton 1,253 25.2 +1.0 2,464 49.6 -2.0 4,970 60.2 -11.0 Liberal Party (UK) -1.0 Aftermath A General Election was due to take place by the end of 1915. By the autumn of 1914, the following candidates had been adopted to contest that election. Liberal:Ian Macpherson Due to the outbreak of war, the election was postponed. Macpherson supported the Lloyd George Coalition Government and received their endorsement at the 1918 election. General election 14 December 1918: Ross and CromartyBritish parliamentary election results 1918-1949 by F.W.S. Craig (1974) Electorate 20,685 Liberal Party (UK) Ian Macpherson 8,358 78.9 +4.1 Independent (politician) Hector Munro 2,238 21.1 New 6,120 57.8 +8.2 10,596 51.2 -9.0 Liberal Party (UK) N.A Templeton did not contest the 1918 elections but was later elected as MP for Banffshire. References Ross and Cromarty by-election Ross and Cromarty by-election Category:1910s elections in Scotland Ross and Cromarty by-election Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Scottish constituencies Category:Politics of the county of Ross and Cromarty