1904 St Albans by-election
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The 1904 St Albans by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 12 February 1904. The constituency returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by th
John Bamford Slack
Vicary Gibbs
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HMS Triumph in January 1904
John Bamford Slack
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Sir John Bamford Slack was a British politician, member of the Liberal Party and Methodist lay preacher.
1904 St Albans by-election
…2 February, and the writ was moved the following day. The polling date was set as 12 February. Both Gibbs and the Liberal Party prospective candidate John Bamford Slack were campaigning in the constituency before his disqualification was formalised. The Times newspaper reported on 20 January that the by-election was…
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