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 |
Party1: | Liberal Party (UK) |
Popular Vote1: | 3,661 |
Percentage1: | 65.1% |
Candidate2: | Gammell |
Party2: | Conservative Party (UK) |
Popular Vote2: | 1,963 |
Percentage2: | 34.9% |
Map Size: | 250px |
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.[1]
The election saw the picketing of polling stations by suffragettes protesting at the Liberal government's unwillingness to bring in votes for women.[2]
The Liberal candidate, Arthur Cecil Murray won the seat in a straight fight with his Conservative opponent Sidney James Gammell.[3]