General elections were held in the Isle of Man between 28 October and 6 November 1924. Independent candidates won a majority of seats in the House of Keys.Tom Sherratt (1979) Isle of Man parliamentary election results 1919 – 1979, p38
Electoral system The 24 members of the House of Keys were elected from 11 constituencies,Sherratt, p39 which had between one and three seats.
ConstituencyElectorateSeatsDate of electionAyre2,0083Castletown–1N/ADouglas North9,9783Douglas South4,3482Garff2,2572Glenfaba2,5333Michael1,3332Middle3,1893Peel2,0861Ramsey3,1691Rushen4,2933Source: Sherratt
Campaign A total of 43 candidates contested the elections; 31 independents, 11 from the Manx Labour Party and one from Independent Labour. Despite winning seats in the 1919 elections, neither the National Party nor the Liberal Party nominated candidates.
Results
By constituency ConstituencyCandidatePartyVotes%NotesAyreR. CainIndependent94025.6Re-electedD.J. TeareIndependent78921.5Re-electedJ.F. CrellinIndependent70719.2ElectedT.B. CowleyIndependent61716.8J. CorlettIndependent50113.6C. GillIndependent Labour1213.3CastletownJoseph Davidson QualtroughIndependent––Re-elected unopposedDouglas NorthS. NorrisIndependent3,89427.0Re-electedA.B. CrookallIndependent3,60425.0Re-electedR.G. JohnsonIndependent3,52024.5ElectedJ. KellyManx Labour Party3,37923.5Douglas SouthA.J. TeareManx Labour Party1,79236.6Re-electedW.C. CraineManx Labour Party1,41528.9ElectedT.W. CainIndependent1,38928.4J. GoldsmithIndependent2956.1GarffW.K. CowinManx Labour Party62923.0ElectedT. CallowIndependent57521.0ElectedJ.W. WaltonIndependent54920.1J.C. DouglasIndependent54219.8G.C. PrestonIndependent44116.1GlenfabaF.S. DalgleishIndependent1,03226.1Re-electedJ.T. QuilliamIndependent79920.2Re-electedW.P. ClucasManx Labour Party79120.0G.B. KermodeIndependent67417.1W. ChristianIndependent65716.6MichaelJ.W. CannanIndependent64645.1Re-electedE.J. CurphreyIndependent56039.1Re-electedW. ShimminManx Labour Party22615.8MiddleC. GillIndependent1,55335.6Re-electedW.F. CowellIndependent1,11325.6ElectedGeorge Frederick ClucasIndependent94021.6Re-electedT.G. BridsonManx Labour Party75017.2UnseatedPeelChristopher R. ShimminManx Labour Party80359.0Re-electedT.W. KermodeIndependent55741.0RamseyA.H. TeareIndependent1,40161.5Re-electedA. HadleyManx Labour Party87638.5RushenJ.R. CorrinManx Labour Party1,31420.7Re-electedA. QualtroughIndependent1,12817.7Re-electedW. MooreIndependent1,04316.4ElectedE.B. GawneIndependent82312.9W.H. CostainIndependent81612.8C.A. CormodeManx Labour Party76912.1P.H. CainIndependent4707.4Source: Sherratt
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