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1945 Combined Scottish Universities by-election

1945 UK Parliamentary by-election

Field	Value
election_name	1945 Combined Scottish Universities by-election
type	parliamentary
country	United Kingdom
seats_for_election	Constituency of Combined Scottish Universities
ongoing	no
previous_election	1938 United Kingdom general election
previous_year	1938
election_date	9–13 April 1945
candidate1	John Boyd Orr
image1	[[File:John Boyd Orr (3x4 crop).jpg	x160px]]
party1	Independent (politician)
popular_vote1	20,197
percentage1	71.2%
candidate2	R. M. Munro
image2	LNP
party2	National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)
popular_vote2	8,177
percentage2	28.8%
title	MP
posttitle	Subsequent MP
before_election	George Morrison
before_party	National Liberal Party (UK, 1931)
after_election	John Boyd Orr
after_party	Independent (politician)
turnout	44.6% (7.5%)
next_election	1945 United Kingdom general election
next_year	July 1945

The 1945 Combined Scottish Universities by-election was a by-election held from 9 to 13 April 1945 for the Combined Scottish Universities, a university constituency of the British House of Commons.

Vacancy

The seat had become vacant on 6 March 1945 when the National Liberal Member of Parliament (MP) George Morrison had resigned by the procedural device of accepting the post of Crown Steward and Bailiff of the Manor of Northstead, a notional 'office of profit under the crown' which is used as a procedural device to enable MPs to resign from the Commons.

Candidates

Two candidates contested the by-election. The Rector of the University of Glasgow, Sir John Boyd Orr, stood as an independent. He was a doctor and biologist, and founder of the Rowett Research Institute.

The other candidate was R. M. Munro of the National Liberal Party.

Result

The result was a victory for Boyd Orr, who won over 70% of the votes. He held the seat until 1946, when he resigned to take up the post of Director of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.

Votes

References

Sources

References

(14 April 1945). "Universities' New M.P. Sir John Orr's Victory". [[The Glasgow Herald]].

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