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1950 Belfast West by-election

1950 Belfast West by-election

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There was a by-election for Belfast West constituency on 29 November 1950.

It occurred after the winner at the 1950 UK general election, James Godfrey MacManaway, was disqualified as he was a priest.

Thomas Teevan, the Unionist candidate, narrowly beat Jack Beattie, a former MP for the constituency who was the candidate of the Irish Labour Party, by 913 votes. However Beattie beat Teevan at the 1951 general election.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
  2. [2]
    "1950 By Election Results". Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2015.


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