General elections were held in the Isle of Man between 23 and 29 November 1934. 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 electionAyre2,2623Castletown–1N/ADouglas North8,4813Douglas South6,5722Garff2,4622Glenfaba2,5013Michael1,3102Middle4,4683Peel–1N/ARamsey3,1191Rushen4,5293Source: Sherratt
Campaign A total of 39 candidates contested the elections; 30 independents, seven from the Manx Labour Party and two from Independent Labour.
Results
By constituency ConstituencyCandidatePartyVotes%NotesAyreD.J. TeareIndependent91721.0Re-electedE.B.C. FarrantIndependent90520.7ElectedA.J. CottierIndependent90020.6Re-electedG. TeareIndependent84519.4J.W. BrewIndependent60413.8J. CorlettIndependent1964.5CastletownJoseph Davidson QualtroughIndependent––Re-elected unopposedDouglas NorthS. NorrisIndependent3,74329.3Re-electedA.E. KittoIndependent3,66728.7ElectedR.Q. HamptonIndependent2,73921.4ElectedJ. KellyManx Labour Party2,62620.6UnseatedDouglas SouthA.J. TeareManx Labour Party2,99140.3Re-electedW.C. CraineManx Labour Party2,51834.0Re-electedT.H. CowinIndependent1,90725.7GarffW.K. CowinManx Labour Party93133.3Re-electedT. CallowIndependent82329.5Re-electedE. OliverIndependent61422.0R.H. McGuffieIndependent Labour42615.2GlenfabaT.A. QuayleIndependent1,36731.5Re-electedR. KneenIndependent1,06924.6Re-electedJ. ClintonIndependent1,05024.1UnseatedJ. CallisterIndependent85919.8MichaelJ.F. CrellinIndependent57647.8Re-electedT.H. KneenIndependent52643.6Re-electedC. GillIndependent Labour1048.6MiddleC. GillIndependent2,27430.7Re-electedGeorge Frederick ClucasIndependent1,92626.0Re-electedJ.H.L. CowinIndependent1,79124.2Re-electedT.G BridsonManx Labour Party1,41619.1PeelMarion ShimminManx Labour Party––Re-elected unopposedRamseyW.H. AlcockIndependent1,68870.3Re-electedF. RomeIndependent71329.7RushenR. KneenManx Labour Party1,59020.2Re-electedW.A. KellyIndependent1,42118.1ElectedA. QualtroughIndependent1,29116.4ElectedA. MooreIndependent1,24915.9J.A. QualtroughIndependent91611.7J.S. KermodeIndependent7449.5UnseatedJ.J. McArdIndependent6408.2Source: Sherratt
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