1999 Hamilton South by-election
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1999-hamilton-south-by-election-190-18099081
title:
1999 Hamilton South by-election
text:
On 4 August 1999, NATO announced that the Member of Parliament for the constituency of Hamilton South, in Scotland, George Robertson, had been chosen as their new Secretary-General. This meant that Robertson was required to resign from his seat which he had won at the 1997 general election. The seat had fallen vacant in a Parliamentary recess, and the law does not permit a by-election to be called during a recess if the sitting member resigns by taking the Chiltern Hundreds. Robertson was elevat
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1999 Scottish Parliamentary by-election with record number of candidates
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Hamilton_South_by-election
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2023-12-25T06:58:00Z
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13
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