1958 East Aberdeenshire by-election
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1958-east-aberdeenshire-by-election-212-5128
title:
1958 East Aberdeenshire by-election
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The 1958 East Aberdeenshire by-election was held on 20 November 1958 when the incumbent Conservative MP, Sir Robert Boothby was elevated to a life peerage. The by-election was retained by the Conservative candidate Patrick Wolrige-Gordon. Wolrige-Gordon was still an undergraduate at Oxford and at the time of his election the youngest MP, having been only 23 at the time. In 1955 Boothby had won the seat with a majority of just over 10,000 votes, and prior to his elevation, had served in his seat
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UK Parliamentary by-election
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_East_Aberdeenshire_by-election
date created:
2013-11-09T13:09:00Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T05:58:20Z
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