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Thomas Richardson (Hartlepool MP, born 1846)

Thomas Richardson (Hartlepool MP, born 1846)

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Not to be confused with Thomas Richardson (Hartlepool MP died 1890).
For other people named Thomas Richardson, see Thomas Richardson (disambiguation).

Sir Thomas Richardson (28 December 1846 – 22 May 1906)[1] was an English Liberal Unionist politician.

Richardson in 1895.

Richardson stood unsuccessfully for Parliament in The Hartlepools at the 1892 general election, losing by a narrow margin of 76 votes (less than 1% of the total) to the sitting Liberal Party member, Christopher Furness.[2] He won the seat at the 1895 general election, with a majority of 81 votes, but at the next general election, in October 1900, Furness retook the seat with a large majority.[2] Richardson did not stand again.

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  1. [1]
    Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
  2. [2]
    Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 119. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
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