Alexander Boulton

Alexander Claude Forster Boulton (1862 – 12 March 1949)[1] was a British Liberal Party politician whose career in the House of Commons lasted less than a year.

He was elected at the 1906 general election as Member of Parliament for the Ramsey division of Huntingdonshire, a constituency which had been held by Conservatives since its creation in 1885.[2] He was defeated at the January 1910 general election, and was unsuccessful when he stood again in December 1910.[2]

Boulton did not stand again until the 1923 general election, when he fought the Conservative-held New Forest and Christchurch division of Hampshire. The seat had not been contested in either 1918 or 1922, and in a straight contest with the sitting Conservative MP, Boulton won 46% of the votes.[3] Boulton stood again at the 1924 general election, when a Labour candidate also contested the seat. The Conservative vote increased, and Boulton's second-placed vote was less than half the Tory total. He did not stand for Parliament again.[3]

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)
  2. ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 300. ISBN 0-900178-27-2. 
  3. ^ a b Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 366. ISBN 0-900178-06-X. 

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Ailwyn Fellowes		 Member of Parliament for Ramsey
1906 – January 1910		 Succeeded by
Oliver Locker-Lampson