Kinross and West Perth by-election declaration
Kinross and West Perth by-election declaration of results. The by-election was held on 21st December 1938 due to the resignation of the the incumbent Unionist member of parliament Katharine Stewart-Murray, Duchess of Atholl (right), who resigned as a protest against the government's foreign policy of appeasement. She sought re-election as an Independent, but was beaten by William McNair Snadden (left) and regained for the Unionists. The returning officer, Sheriff D P Blades, is in the centre
Picture No
14115103
Media ID
46835958
Size
4867px x 3628px
(3.4MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd. / Mary Evans
Source
Unattributed photograph in The Bystander, 4th January 1939, p2
Date
1938
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