1908 Ross By-election
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The 1908 Ross by-election was held on 31 January 1908. The
by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, or a bypoll in India, is an election used to fill an office that has become vacant between general elections. A vacancy may arise as a result of an incumben ...
was held due to the death of the incumbent Liberal MP, Alan Coulstoun Gardner. It was won by the
Liberal Unionist The Liberal Unionist Party was a British political party that was formed in 1886 by a faction that broke away from the Liberal Party. Led by Lord Hartington (later the Duke of Devonshire) and Joseph Chamberlain, the party established a political ...
candidate and previous MP for Ross Percy Clive.


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