Election Name: | 1922 Inverness by-election |
Type: | presidential |
Country: | United Kingdom |
Previous Election: | Inverness (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s |
Previous Year: | 1918 |
Next Election: | Inverness (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1920s |
Next Year: | 1922 |
Election Date: | 16 March 1922 |
Candidate1: | Murdoch Macdonald |
Party1: | Liberal Party (UK) |
Popular Vote1: | 8,340 |
Percentage1: | 51.0% |
Candidate2: | Alexander Livingstone |
Party2: | Independent Liberal |
Popular Vote2: | 8,024 |
Percentage2: | 49.0% |
MP | |
Posttitle: | Subsequent MP |
Before Election: | Morison |
Before Party: | Liberal Party (UK) |
After Election: | MacDonald |
After Party: | National Liberal Party (UK, 1922) |
Alliance1: | Coalition |
Votes For Election: | Constituency of Inverness |
Turnout: | 50.1% (12.8%) |
Registered: | 29,263 |
The 1922 Inverness by-election was a by-election held on 16 March 1922 for the British House of Commons constituency of Inverness.
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.
At the last general election, the Liberal candidate, Sir Thomas Morison was elected with the endorsement of the Coalition Government.
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.[1]
The result was a victory for the Coalition Liberal candidate.
Sir Murdoch Macdonald held the seat until he retired in 1950 aged 83.