Pudsey by-election, 1908
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The Member of Parliament
for Pudsey
, the Rt. Hon. George Whiteley
resigned from Parliament
by accepting appointment as Steward of the Manor of Northstead, resulting in a by-election in the constituency.
Eccentric poet Arthur Hunnable
announced that he would contest the election, but failed to do so.
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,...
for Pudsey
Pudsey
Pudsey is a market town in West Yorkshire, England. Once an independent town, it was incorporated into the metropolitan borough of the City of Leeds in 1974, and is located midway between Bradford and Leeds city centres. It has a population of 32,391....
, the Rt. Hon. George Whiteley
George Whiteley, 1st Baron Marchamley
George Whiteley, 1st Baron Marchamley PC was a British Liberal politician. He served as Chief Whip between 1905 and 1908 in the Liberal administrations of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman and H. H...
resigned from Parliament
Resignation from the British House of Commons
Members of Parliament sitting in the House of Commons in the United Kingdom are technically forbidden to resign. To circumvent this prohibition, a legal fiction is used...
by accepting appointment as Steward of the Manor of Northstead, resulting in a by-election in the constituency.
Eccentric poet Arthur Hunnable
Arthur Hunnable
Arthur Hunnable , often known as Captain Hunnable, was a British poet and minor fraudster, best known for his frequent but unsuccessful attempts to become a candidate for election to Parliament....
announced that he would contest the election, but failed to do so.