1895 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election

The 1895 Liverpool East Toxteth by-election was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 29 November 1895 for the British House of Commons constituency of Liverpool East Toxteth.

Vacancy

On 14 November the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), Baron Henry de Worms was ennobled as Baron Pirbright. His previous title was as a Hereditary Baron of the Austrian Empire, but his British peerage gave him a seat in the House of Lords, and automatically disqualified him from the Commons.

Candidates

The Conservatives selected as their candidate Augustus Frederick Warr, a local solicitor working in the field of commercial law. Warr was a Liverpool City Councillor and a former President of the Liverpool Law Society. His father, who died later that year, had been the vicar of St Saviour's Church in Liverpool.

Result

The writ was received on 26 November, and Friday 29 November was set as nomination day, with polling on Tuesday 3 December.

However, at the close of nominations on Friday, Warr was the only candidate, so he was returned unopposed without any need for a vote.

Aftermath

Warr was re-elected unopposed at the next general election, in 1900. He resigned his seat in October 1902, and died in 1908.

References

"No. 26680". The London Gazette. 15 November 1895. p. 6182.
"Court Circular". The Times. 15 October 1895. p. 3. Retrieved 8 September 2012.(subscription required)
"Index". The Times. 30 November 1897. p. 9. Retrieved 8 September 2012.(subscription required)
^ "Election Intelligence: Liverpool (East Toxteth division)". The Times. 30 November 1895. p. 11, column 4. Retrieved 8 September 2012.(subscription required)
"Obituary: Canon George Winter Warr". The Times. 31 December 1895. p. 4, col B. Retrieved 8 September 2012.(subscription required)
"Court Circular". The Times. 27 November 1895. p. 5. Retrieved 8 September 2012.(subscription required)
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) . British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 139. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 170 (194 in web page)
"Election Intelligence. Liverpool (East Toxteth Division)". The Times. 29 October 1902. p. 8. Retrieved 8 September 2012.(subscription required)
"Obituary. Augustus Frederick Warr". The Times. 26 March 1908. p. 8. Retrieved 8 September 2012.(subscription required)

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1885–1900	Walton, 1886 Exchange, 1887 West Derby, 1888 Everton, 1892 West Derby, 1893 East Toxteth, 1895 Exchange, 1897 Kirkdale, 1898
1900–1918	East Toxteth, 1902 West Derby, 1903 Everton, 1905 Kirkdale, 1907 Kirkdale, 1910 Kirkdale, 1915 East Toxteth, 1916 Abercromby, 1917
1918–1945	West Derby, 1919 Exchange, 1922 Edge Hill, 1923 West Toxteth, 1924 Scotland, 1929 East Toxteth, 1929 Wavertree, 1931 East Toxteth, 1931 Exchange, 1933 West Derby, 1935 Wavertree, 1935 West Toxteth, 1935
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1895	August: West Cavan Inverness Burghs September: Dublin St Stephen's Green South Kerry Limerick Waterford November: Kensington South Liverpool East Toxteth Harrow December: Dublin University
1896	January: Belfast North St Pancras South Brixton February: Wycombe Montrose Burghs Southampton Lichfield March: South Louth East Kerry April: Dublin College Green North Kerry May: Aberdeen North Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities June: Frome Wick Burghs November: Bradford East
1897	January: Cleveland Salisbury Forfarshire February: Romford Walthamstow Glasgow Bridgeton Chertsey March: Halifax June: Petersfield July: South Roscommon August: Sheffield Brightside September: East Denbighshire October: Barnsley November: Middleton Liverpool Exchange Deptford
1898	January: Plymouth York Mid Armagh Dublin St Stephen's Green February: South East Durham Marylebone West Wolverhampton South Birmingham Edgbaston Pembrokeshire Cricklade March: Stepney Maidstone Wokingham May: West Staffordshire Newark South Norfolk June: Hertford Durham July: Gravesend West Down Reading August: Great Grimsby Launceston Southport September: North Down Darlington October: Ormskirk November: North Fermanagh Oxford December: Liverpool Kirkdale
1899	January: Aylesbury Newton Epsom February: Birmingham North Londonderry North West Lanarkshire Rotherham North Antrim March: Hythe Elland North Norfolk April: Harrow May: Merionethshire Oxford University Southport June: Edinburgh South Edinburgh East July: Osgoldcross Oldham St Pancras East October: Bow and Bromley November: Exeter December: Wells
1900	February: London University York Mid Armagh Rossendale Newark Plymouth South Mayo March: North Sligo Brixton Holborn May: Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities Portsmouth Dublin University Isle of Wight Manchester South July: Wilton
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