Ministerial by-election
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ministerial-by-election-178-822517
title:
Ministerial by-election
text:
From 1708 to 1926, members of parliament (MPs) of the House of Commons of Great Britain automatically vacated their seats when made ministers in government and had to successfully contest a by-election in order to rejoin the House; such ministerial by-elections were imported into the constitutions of several colonies of the British Empire, where they were likewise all abolished by the mid-20th century. The requirement of MPs to rejoin the House upon ministerial appointment arose from 17th-centur
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description:
Former type of by-election in Westminster systems
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministerial_by-election
date created:
2006-05-09T00:29:39Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T09:34:03Z
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