Durham City by-election, April 1871

The Durham City by-election of 1871 was fought on 28 April 1871. The byelection was fought due to the death of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, John Robert Davison.[1] It was won by the Conservative candidate John Lloyd Wharton.[2]

It was the second by-election of the year, as Davison had been required to seek re-election following his appointment as Judge Advocate General. The first by-election had been held on 14 January, in which Davison had been re-elected unopposed.

References

  1. ↑ "Rt. Hon. John Robert Davison, M.P., Q.C.". halhed. Retrieved 10 August 2014.
  2. ↑ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm


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