General elections were held in the Isle of Man between 27 October and 6 November 1919. Independent candidates won a majority of seats in the House of Keys.Tom Sherratt (1979) Isle of Man parliamentary election results 1919 – 1979, p38
Electoral system The 24 members of the House of Keys were elected from 11 constituencies,Sherratt, p39 which had between one and three seats.
ConstituencyElectorateSeatsDate of electionAyre2,2313Castletown–1N/ADouglas North10,2853Douglas South3,9942Garff2,4142Glenfaba2,6173Michael1,3952Middle3,2953Peel2,1801Ramsey2,9611Rushen4,4753Source: Sherratt
Campaign A total of 47 candidates contested the elections; 28 independents, 11 from the Manx Labour Party, 5 from the National Party and three from the Liberal Party. There was only one candidate in Castletown, who was elected unopposed.Sherratt, p37
Results
By constituency ConstituencyCandidatePartyVotes%NotesAyreW.C. SouthwardIndependent92227.4Re-electedJ.D. ClucasIndependent88426.3ElectedD.J. TeareIndependent75022.3ElectedR. CainIndependent54816.3S.W. AndersonIndependent2557.6UnseatedCastletownJoseph Davidson QualtroughIndependent––Re-elected unopposedDouglas NorthS. NorrisIndependent2,46917.7ElectedR.C. CainLiberal Party2,27916.3ElectedJ. CunninghamLiberal Party2,10515.1Re-electedR.B. MooreLiberal Party2,02814.5C.T.W. Hughes-GamesNational Party1,48410.6W.T. PickettManx Labour Party1,43610.3M. CarineNational Party1,3399.6UnseatedJ. GarsideNational Party6654.8UnseatedW.G.G.T. HargraveIndependent1761.3Douglas SouthA.J. TeareManx Labour Party1,13130.2ElectedJ.L. Goldie TaubmanNational Party93625.0Re-electedG.J. BurtonwoodIndependent80821.6T.M.L. QuayleManx Labour Party55914.9J. CorkillNational Party3098.3GarffJ.R. KerruishIndependent77627.6Re-electedT.S. CorlettIndependent76627.2ElectedW. DickinsonManx Labour Party66923.8T. CrossleyManx Labour Party60121.4GlenfabaE. CallisterIndependent78926.7Re-electedF.S. DalgleishIndependent78026.4Re-electedG.B. KermodeIndependent75825.6ElectedW.P. ClucasManx Labour Party63221.4MichaelE.J. CurpheyIndependent50243.0Re-electedR.S. CorlettIndependent49642.5Re-electedC. GillManx Labour Party17014.6MiddleGeorge Frederick ClucasIndependent92724.5ElectedC. GillIndependent85022.5ElectedT.G. BridsonManx Labour Party73519.4ElectedW.F. CowellIndependent70618.6UnseatedW. ChristianIndependent56815.0UnseatedPeelChristopher R. ShimminManx Labour Party87263.8ElectedW.O. QuayleIndependent49436.2RamseyA.H. TeareIndependent1,17358.7Re-electedA. HadleyManx Labour Party82741.4RushenJ.R. CorrinManx Labour Party1,04321.0ElectedJ. QualtroughIndependent95919.3Re-electedA. QualtroughIndependent82316.6Re-electedW. MooreIndependent81416.4J.J. QualtroughIndependent65913.3T.F. QuineIndependent58711.8UnseatedJ. CowleyIndependent871.7Source: Sherratt
Aftermath Following the elections, W.C. Southward (Ayre), J.R. Kerruish (Garff), J. Cunningham (Douglas North) and J. Qualtrough (Rushen) were elevated to the Legislative Council. By-elections were subsequently held for their replacements in mid-December:
ConstituencyCandidatePartyVotes%NotesAyre19 December R. CainIndependent78755.2ElectedT.E. KneenIndependent63944.8Garff18 DecemberW. KermeenIndependent73655.9ElectedE. OliverIndependent58044.1Douglas North19 DecemberR.B. MooreLiberal Party1,71581.1ElectedW.T. PickettIndependent Labour39918.9Rushen23 DecemberW. MooreIndependent97354.1ElectedC.A. CormodeManx Labour Party82645.9Source: Sherratt
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