1898 North Down by-election explained

The North Down by-election of 1898 was held on 7 September 1898. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Irish Unionist Alliance MP, Thomas Waring.^[1] It was won by the Irish Unionist Alliance candidate John Blakiston-Houston,^[2] who unusually, beat another Irish Unionist Alliance candidate, Thomas Corbett.

External links

• A Vision Of Britain Through Time

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dromore an Ulster Diocese. celt.ucc.ie.
2. Web site: Leigh Rayment - Commons. https://web.archive.org/web/20080607022521/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm. 7 June 2008. dead. leighrayment.com.