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Date of election to Westminster Parliament - please check[edit]
This page says he was elected in January 1921, but a check of the United Kingdom Parliament by-election records finds that the Mid-Armagh by-election was on 23 June 1921.Cloptonson (talk) 21:33, 14 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
An article on the constituency itself places the by-election on 23 June, so I will correct the month given in the introductory paragraph from January to June.Cloptonson (talk) 22:11, 14 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I have amended the detail in the last paragraph to clarify that he was possibly the oldest first time MP whose birth date is known (my emphasis). I have estimated his age as 76 years and 331 days - but that is assuming 1921 was not a leap-year. Could someone check for me?
Frank Smith was stated to be 74 years old when he was elected for Nuneaton in the 1929 General Election, but his precise birthdate is not known, his birthyear being given as 1854. The oldest reputed first-time MP was Warren Lisle, said to have been aged 85 on election for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis in the 1780 British General Election, but his birthyear is given as circa 1695 in his History of Parliament Online article, which states he died aged 93 in July 1788.Cloptonson (talk) 22:23, 14 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I have since discovered Sir Robert Pullar was 79 years old less 6 days when elected in an unopposed by-election for Perth in 1907, so I have relegated Armstrong's position to that of one of the oldest first time MPs with known birthdate.Cloptonson (talk) 22:14, 6 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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