// Workers AI · dad joke modeDid 1916 Widnes by-election vote go well? Yes, it filled a seat.
The 1916 Widnes by-election was held on 22 May 1916. The by-election was held due to the incumbent Conservative MP, William Walker resigning to permit him to donate his entire thoroughbred racing stock to create a National Stud in an arm's-length transaction. He was returned unopposed at the by-election.[1]
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[edit]- ↑ Widnes By-Election, Evening Post, Volume XCVIII, Issue 49, 27 August 1919, Page 6, hosted on Papers Past, New Zealand National Library
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