Vicary Gibbs (St Albans MP)
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Vicary Gibbs was a British barrister, merchant and Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1892 to 1904. He lost his seat after his business created a conflict of interest.
Gibbs in 1895
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
Vicary Gibbs (St Albans MP)
…the meantime, the Liberals had decided to contest the seat, and at a meeting on 24 January they had adopted Slack as their candidate. At the resulting by-election on 12 February 1904, Slack won the seat with a majority of 132 votes (1.4% of the total). At the 1906 general election Gibbs stood unsuccessfully in Bradford Central…
John Bamford Slack
Vicary Gibbs
HMS Triumph in January 1904