On 17 August the local Liberal Association selected 51-year-old John Sutherland as their candidate to defend the seat.[4] He had not stood for Parliament before. He was born in nearby Lossiemouth.[5] He was educated at Aberdeen University.[6] He was a partner in the firm of J & P Sutherland, fish curers of Portsoy.[7]
The local Conservative Association selected 52-year-old Patrick Rose-Innes as their candidate to gain the seat.[8] He also had not stood for Parliament before. He was born in Aberdeenshire and educated at Aberdeen University. He had been a barrister since 1878.[9]
Campaign
Polling day was fixed for 8 September 1905, 34 days after the death of the previous MP.
Result
There was a large swing of over 11% to the Liberals who comfortably held the seat:
Rose-Innes was not his opponent and instead contested West Lothian in 1906, the 1907 Jarrow by-election and Middleton in 1910 without success. Sutherland remained as the MP until his death in 1918.
References
^Craig, F.W.S. (1987). Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 99.
^'ASHER, Alexander', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, April 2014 accessed 13 May 2014
^Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Bench, 1901
^"Election Intelligence." The Times. London, England. 18 August 1905. p. 5. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 13 May 2014.
^"News in Brief." Times [London, England] 8 Aug. 1905: 8. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 13 May 2014.
^'ROSE-INNES, His Honour Sir Patrick', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 13 May 2014