1921 Elections in Europe - 1921 Elections in the United Kingdom, Cardiganshire By-Election, 1921, Bedford By-Election, 1921 (Paperback)

Chapters: 1921 Elections in the United Kingdom, Cardiganshire By-Election, 1921, Bedford By-Election, 1921, Woolwich East By-Election, 1921, Penrith and Cockermouth By-Election, 1921, Northern Ireland General Election, 1921, Irish Elections, 1921, Westminster Abbey By-Election, 1921, Orkney and Shetland By-Election, 1921, Southwark South East By-Election, 1921, Louth By-Election, 1921, East Dorset By-Election, 1921, Penistone By-Election, 1921. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 45. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Cardiganshire by-election, 1921 was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Cardiganshire on 18 February 1921. The election was important for the bitterness of the contest between the Coalition and Independent factions within the Liberal Party and the deepening of this division within the party as a factor in the long term decline of Liberalism in Wales. The by-election was caused by the desire of Prime Minister David Lloyd George to find a Parliamentary seat for his private secretary Captain Ernest Evans. Lloyd George persuaded the sitting Coalition Liberal MP, Matthew Vaughan-Davies, who had represented the constituency for more than twenty-five years, to accept a peerage so creating an opportunity for Evans to enter Parliament. Unsurprisingly the Coalition Liberals chose Ernest Evans as their candidate. Evans was a lawyer. He had been called to the Bar in 1910 and after the First World War he became private secretary to Lloyd George. He held that post until 1920. . Evans was supported by Lloyd Georges Unionist partners in the Coalition government. At first it was reported that Evans might not be opposed as he was a Cardiganshire man; his father was Clerk to the County Council. However, the local Liberal Association was rep...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2375261