1911 Arfon by-election
The Arfon by-election, 1911 was a parliamentary by-election held on 11 February 1911 for the Arfon division in Caernarvonshire in North Wales, a constituency of the British House of Commons. It was the first by-election to be held after the December 1910 general election.
The by-election was held because the sitting Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) William Jones had been appointed as a Junior Lord of the Treasury in H. H. Asquith's Liberal government, and until the 1920s MPs appointed to positions in government had to seek re-election. Jones had held the seat since the 1895 general election, and at the by-election he was re-elected unopposed.[1]
Jones died in 1915, triggering another by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | William Jones | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | |||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
References[]
- ^ "Carnavonshire (Arfon)". Dublin Daily Express. 13 February 1911 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)
- Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 469. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
Categories:
- 1911 in Wales
- 1910s elections in Wales
- 1911 elections in the United Kingdom
- Politics of Caernarfonshire
- History of Caernarfonshire
- Unopposed ministerial by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Welsh constituencies
- February 1911 events