1898 North Down by-election

The North Down by-election of 1898 was held on 7 September 1898. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Irish Unionist Alliance MP, Thomas Waring.[1] It was won by the Irish Unionist Alliance candidate John Blakiston-Houston,[2] who unusually, beat another Irish Unionist Alliance candidate, Thomas Corbett.

  1. ^ "Dromore an Ulster Diocese" (PDF). celt.ucc.ie.
  2. ^ "Leigh Rayment - Commons". leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008.