1907 Halifax by-election

UK parliamentary by-election November 2019 The 1907 Halifax by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the UK House of Commons constituency of Halifax in the West Riding of Yorkshire on 6 March 1907. Vacancy Under the provisions of the Succession to the Crown Act 1707 and a number of subsequent Acts, MPs appointed to certain ministerial and legal offices were at this time required to seek re-election.F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918; Macmillan Press, 1974 pxiv The by-election in Halifax was caused by the appointment of the sitting Liberal MP, John Henry Whitley as a Junior Lord of the Treasury, the formal title given to the government’s junior whips in Parliament.The Times, 1 March 1907 p11 Candidates Whitley, who had held the seat since 1900 fought the seat again in the Liberal interest. Halifax was a constituency at that time returning two members and there was recent history of both Liberal Unionist and Labour Party MPs being elected there. However the Unionist members met on 2 March to consider whether or not to run a candidate and decided to do so only if Labour contested the election. Later that day Labour announced they would not oppose Whitley The Times, 4 March 1907 p9 and there being no other nominations, Whitley was therefore returned unopposed on 6 March 1907.F W S Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results, 1885-1918; Macmillan Press, 1974 p116 Result Halifax by-election, 1907 Liberal Party (UK) John Henry Whitley Unopposed N/A N/A Liberal Party (UK) See also List of United Kingdom by-elections United Kingdom by-election records References Category:1907 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1907 in England Category:1900s in Yorkshire Category:March 1907 in the United Kingdom Category:Halifax, West Yorkshire Category:Elections in Calderdale Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in West Yorkshire constituencies Category:Unopposed ministerial by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in English constituencies