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The Member of Parliament for Pudsey, the Rt. Hon. George Whiteley resigned from Parliament by accepting appointment as Steward of the Manor of Northstead, resulting in a by-election in the constituency.
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Candidates
Frederick Ogden, John James Oddy and J. W. Benson were the three candidates. Eccentric poet Arthur Hunnable announced that he would contest the election, but failed to submit nomination papers.
Campaign
Polling Day was arranged for 20 June 1908, just 18 days after the retirement of the previous MP.
Aftermath
On 26 June, it was announced that Whiteley, the former MP, had been awarded a peerage and would take a seat in the House of Lords.
References
Pudsey by-election, 1908 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA