1919 North Londonderry by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 1919 North Londonderry by-election United Kingdom by-election Popular North Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s 1918 1919 03 04 yes 1922 North Londonderry by-election 1922 by Irish Unionist Alliance Hugh T. Barrie Irish Unionist Alliance Coalition 9,933 69.6% 3.1% File:Patrick McGilligan 1925 (cropped).jpg Patrick McGilligan Sinn Féin 4,333 30.4% 3.1% MP Hugh Anderson Irish Unionist Alliance Subsequent MP Hugh T. Barrie Irish Unionist Alliance The 1919 North Londonderry by-election was held on 4 March 1919. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Irish Unionist MP, Hugh Anderson. It was won by the Irish Unionist candidate Hugh T. Barrie. Barrie's Sinn Féin opponent, Patrick McGilligan, later become Irish Minister for External Affairs. Background Hugh Anderson had been elected for North Londonderry in the 1918 United Kingdom general election. Three days after taking his Parliamentary oath of allegiance, he stepped down as an MP, citing that he believed that as he was the High Sheriff of County Londonderry, this was an office of profit so he was actually disqualified from being an MP.Callan Aaron H.T. Barrie—the forgotten man of Ulster politics? History Ireland 2019 27 2 31 26853007 https://www.historyireland.com/volume-27/%EF%BB%BFh-t-barrie-the-forgotten-man-of-ulster-politics/ 0791-8224 Accordingly, he was appointed as the Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead, the official office of profit whereby he could vacate his seat.https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201213/cmselect/cmpolcon/373/373we03.htm House of Commons - Political and Constitutional Reform Committee: Written evidence submitted by Robert Rogers, Clerk of the House of Commons Parliament of the United Kingdom 30 April 2025 Hugh T. Barrie was selected by the Irish Unionists to contest the seat, having previously been the North Londonderry MP from 1906 until 1918.Irish home rule, 1867-1921 xii Alan O'Day 1998 Manchester University Press 9780719037764 He was the vice-president of the Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland and represented Ulster at the Irish Convention. Patrick McGilligan was selected as the Sinn Féin candidate. The North Londonderry by-election was the last Westminster election Sinn Féin contested prior to the partition of Ireland.Making up the numbers Dan Boyle https://books.google.com/books?id=xXUsDwAAQBAJ History Press 2017 9780750985345 Result By-Election 4 March 1919: North Londonderryhttps://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/51027182 Londonderry bye-election The Examiner Trove 1919-03-24 2025-04-30 Irish Unionist Party Hugh T. Barrie 9,933 69.6 –3.1 Sinn Féin Patrick McGilligan 4,333 30.4 +3.1 5,600 39.2 -6.2 14,266 Irish Unionist Party –3.1 Aftermath After winning, Barrie would hold the seat until 1922 when he died. The 1922 North Londonderry by-election was won by the new Ulster Unionist Party unopposed.https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001426/19220609/099/0006 Register 1922-06-09 subscription Ballymena Observer British Newspaper Archive 30 April 2025 Although losing, McGilligan would later be appointed as the Minister for External Affairs in the Irish Free State. References Category:1919 elections in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Londonderry constituencies Category:20th century in County Londonderry Category:1919 elections in Ireland Category:March 1919 in the United Kingdom