Election Name: | 1903 Dulwich by-election |
Type: | presidential |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Previous Election: | Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s |
Previous Year: | 1900 |
Next Election: | Dulwich (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s |
Next Year: | 1906 |
Election Date: | 15 December 1903 |
Candidate1: | Harris |
Party1: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Popular Vote1: | 5,819 |
Percentage1: | 57.0% |
Candidate2: | Masterman |
Party2: | Liberal Party (UK) |
Popular Vote2: | 4,382 |
Percentage2: | 43.0% |
Map Size: | 250px |
MP | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent MP |
Before Election: | Maple |
Before Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
After Election: | Harris |
After Party: | Conservative Party (UK) |
The 1903 Dulwich by-election was a by-election held on 15 December 1903 for the British House of Commons constituency of Dulwich in South London.
The by-election was triggered by the death of the serving Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP), Sir John Blundell Maple.
The main issue in the by-election, as with the Lewisham by-election held on the same day, was tariff reform. Harris was a supporter of Joseph Chamberlain's proposals for Imperial Preference and was supported by the Tariff Reform League. Masterman was a supporter of the Liberal party policy of Free trade. Harris's involvement in the Jameson Raid affair was raised by his opponents.