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1908 Kincardineshire by-election

UK parliamentary by-election

Field	Value
election_name	1908 Kincardineshire by-election
type	presidential
country	United Kingdom
previous_election	Kincardineshire (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1900s
previous_year	1906
next_election	Kincardineshire (UK Parliament constituency)#Elections in the 1910s
next_year	Jan. 1910
election_date	25 April 1908
candidate1	Murray
image1	[[File:Arthur_Murray_crop.jpg	85px]]
party1	Liberal Party (UK)
popular_vote1	3,661
percentage1	65.1%
candidate2	Gammell
image2	[[File:Sydney_James_Gammell.jpg	85px]]
party2	Conservative Party (UK)
popular_vote2	1,963
percentage2	34.9%
map_size	250px
title	MP
posttitle	Subsequent MP
before_election	John William Crombie
before_party	Liberal Party (UK)
after_election	Arthur Cecil Murray
after_party	Liberal Party (UK)

The 1908 Kincardineshire by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the British House of Commons constituency of Kincardineshire on 25 April 1908. The seat had become vacant when the sitting Liberal Member of Parliament John Crombie died on 22 March 1908.

The election saw the picketing of polling stations by suffragettes protesting at the Liberal government's unwillingness to bring in votes for women.

The Liberal candidate, Arthur Cecil Murray won the seat in a straight fight with his Conservative opponent Sidney James Gammell.

Result

|reg. electors = 7,119

References

The Times, 23 March 1908
The Times, 27 April 1908
The Times House of Commons, 1910; Politico's Publishing 2004 p100
''The Times House of Commons 1910''; Politico's Publishing 2004 p100

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