Launceston by-election, 1898

The 1898 Launceston by-election was held on 3 August 1898. It was held due to the death of the incumbent Liberal MP Thomas Owen. It was retained by the Liberal candidate Sir John Fletcher Moulton.

Launceston by-election, 1898^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Liberal	John Fletcher Moulton	3,951	58.0	+3.0
	Liberal Unionist	Sir Frederick Wills	2,863	42.0	-3.0
Majority			1,088	16.0	+6.0
Turnout				71.7	+1.6
	Liberal hold		Swing	+3.0

References

↑ British parliamentary election results, 1885-1918 (Craig)

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1895	August: West Cavan Inverness Burghs September: Dublin St Stephen's Green South Kerry Limerick Waterford November: Kensington South Liverpool East Toxteth Harrow December: Dublin University

1896	January: Belfast North St Pancras South Brixton February: Paddington South Wycombe Montrose Burghs Southampton Lichfield March: South Louth East Kerry April: Dublin College Green North Kerry May: Aberdeen North Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities June: Frome Wick Burghs November: Bradford East

1897	January: Cleveland Salisbury Forfarshire February: Romford Walthamstow Glasgow Bridgeton Chertsey March: Halifax June: Petersfield July: South Roscommon August: Sheffield Brightside September: East Denbighshire October: Barnsley November: Middleton Liverpool Exchange Deptford

1898	January: Plymouth York Mid Armagh Dublin St Stephen's Green February: South East Durham Marylebone West Wolverhampton South Birmingham Edgbaston Pembrokeshire Cricklade March: Stepney Maidstone Wokingham May: West Staffordshire Newark South Norfolk June: Hertford Durham July: Gravesend West Down Reading August: Great Grimsby Launceston Southport September: North Down Darlington October: Ormskirk November: North Fermanagh Oxford December: Liverpool Kirkdale

1899	January: Aylesbury Newton Epsom February: Birmingham North Londonderry North West Lanarkshire Rotherham North Antrim March: Hythe Elland North Norfolk April: Harrow May: Merionethshire Oxford University Southport June: Edinburgh South Edinburgh East July: Osgoldcross Oldham St Pancras East October: Bow and Bromley November: Exeter December: Wells

1900	February: London University York Mid Armagh Rossendale Newark Plymouth South Mayo March: North Sligo Brixton Holborn May: Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities Portsmouth Dublin University Isle of Wight Manchester South July: Wilton

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