William Ballantine (MP)
William Henry Walter Ballantine (1847–1911)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1887 to 1895.
Samuelson unsuccessfully contested the 1885 general election in the Tewkesbury division of Gloucestershire.[2] He entered Parliament nearly two years later, when Ballantine was elected at a as the Member of Parliament (MP) for the city of Coventry, following the elevation to the peerage of the Conservative MP Henry Eaton.[2]
He was re-elected at the next general election, in 1892, but was defeated at the 1895 general election and did not stand for Parliament again.[2]
References[]
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
- ^ a b c Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1989]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 99. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Ballantine
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