Richard Mathias
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Sir Richard Mathias, 1st Baronet (1 June 1863 – 26 October 1942)[1] was a Liberal Party politician in the United Kingdom. He was elected at the December 1910 general election as member of parliament (MP) for Cheltenham, but was subsequently unseated on petition.[2] His brother was the Liberal candidate at the resulting by-election in April 1911, but lost by four votes to the Conservative Party candidate, former MP Sir James Agg-Gardner.
He was made a baronet on 28 June 1917, of Vaendre Hall, Monmouthshire.[3]
In 1918 he was made a Deputy Lieutenant of Monmouthshire[4] and was Sheriff of Monmouthshire in 1923.
In 1922 he contested the general election as an Independent candidate for Merthyr losing to the Labour candidate in a 2-way contest.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | <templatestyles src="Template:Tooltip/styles.css" />±%Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Richard Collingham Wallhead | 17,516 | 53.0 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Sir Richard Mathias | 15,552 | 47.0 | Script error: No such module "String". | |
| Majority | 1,964 | 6.0 | Script error: No such module "String". | ||
| Turnout | 90.6 | Script error: No such module "String". | |||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". | Swing | n/a | |||
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See also
List of United Kingdom MPs with the shortest service
References
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- ↑ Dictionary of National Biography: Gardner, Sir James Tynte Agg
- ↑ London Gazette, issue 30224 published on 10 August 1917. Page 10 of 48
- ↑ London Gazette, issue 30793 published on 12 July 1918. Page 11 of 68
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig
- ↑ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918-1949, FWS Craig