Thomas Hedderwick

Thomas Charles Hunter Hedderwick (1850 – 6 February 1918)^[1] was a Liberal Party politician in Scotland who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wick Burghs from 1896 to 1900.

His first electoral contest was when he unsuccessfully fought South Lanarkshire at the 1892 general election.^[2]

In his time in Wick Burghs he had a number of fairly close contests with the Liberal Unionists. He fought the seat unsuccessfully at the 1895 general election,^[3] won it at a by-election in 1896, but lost it at the at the 1900 general election. A petition was lodged relating to the 1900 election, but it was withdrawn.^[3]

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 551. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
^ ^a ^b Craig, op. cit, page 521

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Thomas Hedderwick

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by John Pender	Member of Parliament for Wick Burghs 1896 – 1900	Succeeded by Arthur Bignold

Persondata
Name	Hedderwick, Thomas Charles Hunter
Alternative names
Short description	British politician
Date of birth	1850
Place of birth
Date of death	6 February 1918
Place of death