1919 Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Central by-election
Vacancy
The seat had become vacant when the Coalition Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Alexander Theodore Gordon died on 6 March 1919 aged just 37, from heart failure after suffering from influenza.

1919 Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Central by-election

Section Title: Vacancy
Table Section Text: The seat had become vacant when the Coalition Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) Alexander Theodore Gordon died on 6 March 1919 aged just 37, from heart failure after suffering from influenza.

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±

C	Unionist	Alexander Theodore Gordon	6,546	52.6

Liberal	John Henderson	5,908	47.4

Majority	638	5.2	−

Turnout	12,454	−

Unionist hold	Swing

C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

Sentence(s)

The Liberal candidate John Henderson lost to Gordon by the margin of 638 votes in the 1919 Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Central by-election.
In the 1919 Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Central by-election, the Liberal candidate John Henderson had lost to Gordon by a margin of 638 votes.
The Liberal candidate John Henderson lost to Gordon by the margin of 638 votes.

final_sentence: The Liberal candidate John Henderson lost to Gordon by the margin of 638 votes in the 1919 Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Central by-election.
final_sentence: In the 1919 Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Central by-election, the Liberal candidate John Henderson had lost to Gordon by a margin of 638 votes.
final_sentence: The Liberal candidate John Henderson lost to Gordon by the margin of 638 votes.