Template:Did you know nominations/1870 Londonderry City by-election

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 18:06, 19 October 2020 (UTC)

1870 Londonderry City by-election

Caricature of Richard Dowse
Caricature of Richard Dowse
  • ... that Richard Dowse (pictured) faced a strong challenge during the 1870 Londonderry City by-election, despite a trend for ministerial by-elections to be uncontested?"after 1867, the incidence of contested re-elections diminished ... Richard Dowse, QC, appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland, faced a closely fought re-election contest in the borough of Londonderry" from: Otte, Thomas; Readman, Paul (2013). By-Elections in British Politics, 1832-1914. Boydell Press. pp. 73–74. ISBN 978-1-84383-780-0.

Created by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:24, 15 September 2020 (UTC).

  • This article is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline and either hook could be used, the article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. The image is amusing and is in the public domain. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 08:49, 16 September 2020 (UTC)