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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Abingdon by-election, 1916, Arfon by-election, 1911, Arfon by-election, 1915, Armagh by-election, 1954, Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1916, Ashton-under-Lyne by-election, 1939, Banbury by-election, 1918, Banbury by-election, 1922, Barnstaple by-election, 1910, Berwick-upon-Tweed by-election, 1941, Birmingham Edgbaston by-election, 1940, Bolton by-election, 1916, Buckingham by-election, 1943, Carmarthen Boroughs by-election, 1878, Carmarthen by-election, 1882, Carmarthen by-election, 1928, Carmarthen by-election, 1941, Chelmsford by-election, 1892, Chelsea by-election, 1944, Chesterton by-election, 1915, Chesterton by-election, 1916, Chesterton by-election, 1917, City of London by-election, 1904, City of London by-election, 1938, City of London by-election, 1940, Consett by-election, 1943, Eastbourne by-election, 1932, Eastbourne by-election, 1935, East Dorset by-election, 1921, East Perthshire by-election, 1903, Fareham by-election, 1939, Govan by-election, 1910, Greenock by-election, 1941, Guildford by-election, 1931, Hemsworth by-election, 1934, Hemsworth by-election, 1946, Keighley by-election, 1915, Leominster by-election, 1912, Liverpool East Toxteth by-election, 1895, Liverpool East Toxteth by-election, 1916, Liverpool Everton by-election, 1892, Liverpool Exchange by-election, 1922, Liverpool Kirkdale by-election, 1898, Liverpool Kirkdale by-election, 1915, Liverpool Scotland by-election, 1929, Manchester North East by-election, 1918, Mansfield by-election, 1941, Merionethshire by-election, 1899, Middlesbrough West by-election, 1940, Middlesbrough West by-election, 1945, Middleton and Prestwich by-election, 1920, Moray and Nairn by-election, 1922, Newcastle-under-Lyme by-election, 1942, Newcastle-upon-Tyne by-election, 1918, Normanton by-election, 1933, North East Derbyshire by-election, 1942, Nottingham Central by-election, 1940, Nuneaton by-election, 1942, Pontefract by-election, 1941, Portsmouth by-election, 1916, Portsmouth South by-election, 1939, Preston by-election, 1940, Prestwich by-election, October 1918, Reading by-election, 1910, Rochdale by-election, 1940, Rossendale by-election, 1904, Rotherham by-election, 1910, Rothwell by-election, 1942, Saffron Walden by-election, 1915, Sheffield Hallam by-election, 1916, Shipley by-election, 1910, Southampton by-election, 1917, South Shields by-election, 1916, South Shields by-election, 1918, Spalding by-election, 1917, Spennymoor by-election, 1942, Spen Valley by-election, 1940, St Albans by-election, 1943, Swansea District by-election, 1910, Swansea East by-election, 1940, Thirsk and Malton by-election, 1915, Wansbeck by-election, 1940, Wells by-election, 1939, Westminster Abbey by-election, 1932, West Bromwich by-election, 1941, Whitechapel and St Georges by-election, 1942, Wilton by-election, 1900, Wilton by-election, 1918, Wisbech by-election, 1917, Wycombe by-election, 1868. Excerpt: The City of London by-election, 1904 was a parliamentary by-election held in England on 9 February 1904 for the House of Commons constituency of City of London. The by-election was triggered by the disqualification of the sitting Conservative Party Member of Parliament (MP), Hon. Alban Gibbs. The 57-year-old Gibbs was re-elected unopposed. Gibbs had been an MP for the City of London since the 1892 general election, when he was elected to succeed his father Hucks Gibbs. Alban Gibbs and his bother Vicary (MP for St Albans were partners in the family business Antony Gibbs and Son. This firm had organised the sale to the Admiralty of the two Swiftsure class battleships, Triumph and Swiftsure, which had been constructed in England for the Chilean Navy. Financial difficulties prevented Chile from completing the purchased, and they were bought for the Royal Navy to prevent them from being purchased by Russia, which had made a cash...
