bye-election
- a variation of by-election.
Example Sentences
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The leader of the Irish Labour Party, Joan Burton, has now nominated Ms Cahill to be the party's candidate in an upcoming bye-election to replace its County Donegal senator, Jimmy Harte.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2015
Last week rich, tangy Sir Walter Runciman was like to burst with pride when his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Walter Runciman, was returned to the House of Commons from a bye-election in the Constituency of St. Ives.
From Time Magazine Archive
In a parliamentary bye-election at Aylesbury, Bucks., fought largely over Conservative Prime Minister Chamberlain's foreign policy, the Conservative candidate, Sir Stanley Reed, won a comfortable victory over his Liberal and Laborite opponents.
From Time Magazine Archive
His political career started in 1883 when he was elected to Parliament on a bye-election for Newcastle-on-Tyne.
From Time Magazine Archive
"It shall go to headquarters this evening—and you'll have the satisfaction of knowing that you've financed all the three bye-election campaigns that are coming—or nearly."
From Delia Blanchflower by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
