Inverness by-election, 1922

The Inverness by-election, 1922 was a by-election held on 16 March 1922 for the British House of Commons constituency of Inverness.

Vacancy

The by-election was caused by the resignation of the sitting Coalition Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) Rt Hon. Sir Thomas Brash Morison, upon his appointment as a Senator of the College of Justice. Morison had held the seat since 1917.

Electoral history

At the last general election, the Liberal candidate, Sir Thomas Morison was elected with the endorsement of the Coalition Government.

Thomas Morison

General Election, 1918: Inverness^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	±
	Liberal	Sir Thomas Brash Morison	7,991	n/a
	Highland Land League	George James Bruce	2,930	n/a
Majority				n/a
Turnout				n/a
	Liberal win

Candidates

The Inverness Liberal Association chose as their candidate to defend the seat, Sir Murdoch Macdonald. Macdonald was a supporter of the Coalition Government and received the additional support of the Inverness Unionist Association. The Scottish Liberal Federation, who were opposed to the Coalition Government, organised support for Mackenzie Livingstone, who was adopted as an Independent Liberal candidate.^[2]

Result

The result was a victory for the Coalition Liberal candidate.

By-election 1922: Inverness
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Coalition Liberal	Sir Murdoch Macdonald	8,340	51.0
	Independent Liberal	Alexander Mackenzie Livingstone	8,024	49.0
Majority			316	2.0
Turnout				50.1
	Coalition Liberal hold		Swing

Aftermath

General Election, 1922: Inverness^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	National Liberal	Sir Murdoch Macdonald	9,796
	Independent Liberal	Alexander Mackenzie Livingstone	8,785
Majority			1,011
Turnout
	National Liberal hold		Swing

Sir Murdoch Macdonald held the seat until he retired in 1950 aged 83.

References

↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920
↑ "News in Brief." Times [London, England] 6 Mar. 1922: 9. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 7 June 2016.
↑ The Times, 20 November 1922

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