1922 Newport by-election
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The 1922 Newport by-election was by-election held in the parliamentary constituency of Newport in Wales on 18 October 1922. The by-election attracted especial attention, both at the time and since, as
Lewis Haslam
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Lewis Haslam
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Lewis Haslam, was a Liberal Party Member of Parliament in Wales, representing Monmouth Boroughs from 1906 to 1918 and then Newport from 1918 until his death in 1922.
1922 Newport by-election
…had been part of the Monmouth Boroughs constituency. In the 1918 general election the seat inherited both Monmouth's Liberal tradition and its MP, with Lewis Haslam winning as a "Coalition Liberal" supporting the Coalition Government and endorsed by both the Liberal and Conservative parties. Locally Conservatives…
Lewis Haslam, circa 1905.