Joseph Andrews (politician)
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Joseph Ormond Andrews was a Liberal Party
politician in the United Kingdom
.
Andrews was educated at the Ripon Cathedral Choir School.
A barrister by profession, Andrews was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1898 and practised on the North Eastern circuit. A Freemason, he was a member of the Zetland Lodge in Leeds. A keen sportsman, he was a follower of the Bramham Moor Hounds, and ran horses at the Wetherby Steeplechase.
He was elected as Member of Parliament
(MP) for Barkston Ash
at a by-election
in October 1905 following the death of Sir Robert Gunter
, defeating the Conservative
candidate George Lane-Fox by 228 votes. The seat had never been won by the Liberals before.
However, as Parliament was not sitting at the time, Andrews was unable to take his seat.
Andrews lost the seat only 3 months later at the 1906 general election
to the Conservative Party
candidate George Lane-Fox, losing by 548 votes. His defeat was one of the few Liberal losses at an election which saw the party win a landslide majority in the House of Commons
.
Andrews thus became one of the shortest-serving Members of Parliament, and one of only a handful never to take their seats.
Andrews died, in 1909, at Boston Spa
, Leeds
after two operations for appendicitis. He was 36 years old and left a widow and two children.
Liberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
politician in the United Kingdom
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Andrews was educated at the Ripon Cathedral Choir School.
A barrister by profession, Andrews was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in 1898 and practised on the North Eastern circuit. A Freemason, he was a member of the Zetland Lodge in Leeds. A keen sportsman, he was a follower of the Bramham Moor Hounds, and ran horses at the Wetherby Steeplechase.
He was elected as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
(MP) for Barkston Ash
Barkston Ash (UK Parliament constituency)
Barkston Ash was a parliamentary constituency centred on the village of Barkston Ash in the West Riding of Yorkshire . It was represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 until 1983...
at a by-election
By-election
A by-election is an election held to fill a political office that has become vacant between regularly scheduled elections....
in October 1905 following the death of Sir Robert Gunter
Robert Gunter
Sir Robert Gunter, 1st Baronet was a British army officer, property developer and Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1905....
, defeating the Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
candidate George Lane-Fox by 228 votes. The seat had never been won by the Liberals before.
However, as Parliament was not sitting at the time, Andrews was unable to take his seat.
Andrews lost the seat only 3 months later at the 1906 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1906
-Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**...
to the Conservative Party
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...
candidate George Lane-Fox, losing by 548 votes. His defeat was one of the few Liberal losses at an election which saw the party win a landslide majority in the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
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Andrews thus became one of the shortest-serving Members of Parliament, and one of only a handful never to take their seats.
Andrews died, in 1909, at Boston Spa
Boston Spa
Boston Spa is a village and civil parish in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England, south of Wetherby, on the banks of the River Wharfe...
, Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
after two operations for appendicitis. He was 36 years old and left a widow and two children.