BRITISH BY-ELECTION
JOWITT RE-ELECTED FOR PRESTON Australian Press Assn. —United Service. London, July 31. The Preston by-election caused by the resignation of Sir William Jowitt, Attorney-General, in order to re-contest in the interests of Labour the seat which he had won as a Liberal before accepting a post ,in the MacDonald Labour Government, resulted: — Sir W. Jowitt, K.C. (Lab.) .. 35,608 Dr. A. B. Howitt (C.) 29,168 S. M. Holden (Ind.) 410 [The voting of the general election was as follows: —T. Shaw (Lab.), 37,705; W. A. Jowitt (L.), 31,277: A. P„ Howitt (C.), 29,116: C. E. G. Emmott (C.), 27.754: S. M. Holden (Ind.). 2111. As there are two seats Mr. Shaw and Sir William Howitt were elected.!
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Dominion, Volume 22, Issue 263, 2 August 1929, Page 10
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