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1905 Elgin Burghs by-election

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Vacancy
Electoral history
Candidates
Campaign
Result
Aftermath
References

The Elgin Burghs by-election was a Parliamentary by-election. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

Vacancy

Alexander Asher had been Liberal MP for the seat of Elgin Burghs since the Elgin Burghs by-election, 1881. He died on 5 August 1905, causing a by-election.^[1]

Electoral history

The seat had been Liberal since the party was founded in 1859. They easily held the seat at the last election, with a comfortable majority;

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1900: Elgin Burghs^[2]

Electorate 4,535}}

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|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Alexander Asher
|votes = 1,744
|percentage =59.5
|change =
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = John Moffat
|votes = 1,187
|percentage =40.5
|change =
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 557
|percentage =19.0
|change =
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 2,931
|percentage = 64.6
|change =
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =
}}{{election box end}}

Candidates

On 17 August the local Liberal Association selected 51-year-old John Sutherland as their candidate to defend the seat.^[3] He had not stood for parliament before. He was born in nearby Lossiemouth.^[4] He was educated at Aberdeen University.^[5] He was a partner in the firm of J & P Sutherland, fish curers of Portsoy.^[6]
The local Conservative Association selected 52-year-old Patrick Rose-Innes as their candidate to gain the seat.^[7] He had not stood for parliament before. He was born in Aberdeenshire and educated at Aberdeen University. He had been a barrister since 1878.^[8]

Campaign

Polling Day was fixed for the 8 September 1905, 34 days after the death of the previous MP.

Result

There was a large swing of over 11% to the Liberals who comfortably held the seat:

{{Election box begin | title=Elgin Burghs by-election, 1905^[9]

Electorate 4,748}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Sutherland
|votes = 2,474
|percentage =70.8
|change =+11.3
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = Patrick Rose-Innes
|votes = 1,021
|percentage =29.2
|change =-11.3
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,458
|percentage =41.6
|change =+22.6
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,495
|percentage = 73.6
|change =+9.0
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =+11.3
}}{{election box end}}

The result was the biggest victory that the Liberals had ever had in the constituency.

Aftermath

Sutherland was re-elected at the following General Election. The result was:

{{Election box begin | title=General Election 1906: Elgin Burghs ^[10]

Electorate 4,867}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = John Sutherland
|votes = 2,742
|percentage =77.7
|change =+6.9
}}{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = E.N.B. Mackenzie
|votes = 786
|percentage =22.3
|change =-6.9
}}{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,956
|percentage =55.4
|change =+13.8
}}{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 3,528
|percentage = 72.5
|change =-1.1
}}{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing =+6.9
}}{{election box end}}

Rose-Innes was not his opponent and instead contested West Lothian in 1906, the Jarrow by-election, 1907 and Middleton in 1910 without success. Sutherland remained as the MP until his death in 1918.

References

1. ^‘ASHER, Alexander’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 13 May 2014
2. ^Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
3. ^"Election Intelligence." Times [London, England] 18 Aug. 1905: 5. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 13 May 2014.
4. ^The Times, 19 August 1918
5. ^The Times, House of Commons, 1910; Politico’s Publishing 2004, p94
6. ^The Times, 19 August 1918
7. ^"News in Brief." Times [London, England] 8 Aug. 1905: 8. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 13 May 2014.
8. ^‘ROSE-INNES, His Honour Sir Patrick’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 13 May 2014
9. ^The Times, 11 September 1905, p4
10. ^Whitaker's Almanack, 1907

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