Template:Did you know nominations/Charles MacTavish
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 17:26, 11 March 2020 (UTC)
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Charles MacTavish
- ... that Charles Carroll MacTavish's election in 1847 as the Member of Parliament for Dundalk was challenged on the grounds that he was, in fact, not British but American? Source: The main source for the ins-and-outs of the election committee is this contemporary report in the Newry Gazette, which unfortunately is the only digital source that discusses the nationality challenge in real detail.
- ALT1:... that Charles Carroll MacTavish, grandson of a signatory of the American Declaration of independence, was briefly a member of the British House of Commons? Source: MacTavish's brief career as an MP is given by a number of sources including the one above, but also the History of Parliament / Rush database. A family tree is given in Wake 2012 as well as summarised in the Newry Gazette article.
5x expanded by Andrew Gray (talk). Self-nominated at 18:35, 19 February 2020 (UTC).
This article is a five-fold expansion and is new enough and long enough. The hook facts are cited inline and either could be used, although I prefer ALT1. The article is neutral and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 07:17, 4 March 2020 (UTC)
Hi, I came by to promote ALT1 per Cwmhiraeth's review, but the article doesn't mention the British House of Commons. Yoninah (talk) 22:56, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
- @Yoninah: Ah - terminology issue. We tend to just say "member of / stood for / elected to Parliament" rather than specifying "in the House of Commons", so the article didn't use that exact phrase. I've tweaked so it actually specifies the Commons in one place, though you could also say "...was briefly a member of the British parliament?" in the hook if you'd prefer, since that's the terminology the article mostly uses. Happy either way. Andrew Gray (talk) 23:15, 10 March 2020 (UTC)
