1903 Dulwich by-election

UK parliamentary by-election April 2022 1903 Dulwich by-election presidential United Kingdom Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s 1900 Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s 1906 15 December 1903 Harris 85px Conservative Party (UK) 5,819 57.0% Masterman 85px Liberal Party (UK) 4,382 43.0% Dulwich1885.png 250px MP Subsequent MP Maple Conservative Party (UK) Harris Conservative Party (UK) The 1903 Dulwich by-election was a by-election held on 15 December 1903 for the British House of Commons constituency of Dulwich in South London. Vacancy The by-election was triggered by the death of the serving Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP), Sir John Blundell Maple. Candidates The Unionist (Conservative) candidate was Dr Frederick Rutherfoord Harris, who had previously been elected MP for Monmouth Boroughs in the 1900 general election but was disqualified the next year as a result of an election petition alleging irregularities. The Liberal Party candidate was Charles Masterman. Campaign thumb|Arrest of Jameson after the raid - Petit Parisien 1896 The main issue in the by-election, as with the Lewisham by-election held on the same day, was tariff reform. Harris was a supporter of Joseph Chamberlain's proposals for Imperial Preference and was supported by the Tariff Reform League. Masterman was a supporter of the Liberal party policy of Free trade. Harris's involvement in the Jameson Raid affair was raised by his opponents. Result Dulwich by-election, 1903The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 158 (182 in web page) Conservative Party (UK) Frederick Rutherfoord Harris 5,819 57.0 N/A Liberal Party (UK) Charles Masterman 4,382 43.0 New 1,437 14.0 N/A 10,201 75.5 N/A Conservative Party (UK) N/A See also List of United Kingdom by-elections Dulwich constituency References The Times, 16 December 1903 March 2012 Dulwich,1903 Dulwich by-election Dulwich by-election Dulwich,1903 By-election, 1903 Category:December 1903 in the United Kingdom