Template:Did you know nominations/Liverpool Exchange by-election, 1897

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The result was: promoted by Panyd^{The muffin is not subtle} 01:44, 8 September 2012 (UTC)

Liverpool Exchange by-election, 1897 edit

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... that during the Liverpool Exchange by-election in 1897, the Liberal candidate Russell Rea was denounced by a Conservative Party politician as a "white slave" of Irish Nationalists?

ALT2:... that at the Liverpool Exchange by-election in 1897, both candidates used teams of cyclists to get out the vote?
ALT3:... that at the Liverpool Exchange by-election in 1897, two people were charged with personation of dead voters?
Reviewed: Stephanie Millward

Created/expanded by BrownHairedGirl (talk). Self nom at 13:22, 6 September 2012 (UTC) teams of cyclists to find people who had not voted

No issues at all. Prefer the initial hook even though it's a bit long; I can't imagine readers seeing anything unusual about campaigners using bicycles to visit voters, or the kind of minor electoral fraud that happens at every election. Mogism (talk) 23:12, 6 September 2012 (UTC)