Talk:List of deaths of candidates during general elections of the United Kingdom
Latest comment: 3 years ago by Dhrm77 in topic Expand article, perhaps?
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Death of speaker edit
"If the deceased candidate is the Speaker of the United Kingdom seeking re-election the election must be stopped immediately". The entire election of all 500+ candidates, or just the one constituency? If the former it needs to be clearer and given a reference, if the latter then how is this case different? -- John of Reading (talk) 04:10, 7 June 2010 (UTC)
The speaker doesn't stand for a party. But the party rules, rather than the independent rules apparently apply.
94.192.59.93 (talk) 18:07, 8 May 2015 (UTC)
Expand article, perhaps? edit
Should this article be expanded to all countries?
In the United States for instance, there are at least 6 instances of candidates who died and still were elected. One just recently. Here is a short list:
- Mel Carnahan - Missouri - 2000
- Patsy Mink - Hawaii - 2002
- Harry Stonebraker - Missouri - 2009
- Carl Geary - Tennessee - 2010
- Jenny Oropeza - California - 2010
- David Andahl - North Dakota - 2020