General elections were held in the Isle of Man between 7 and 15 November 1929. 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 electionAyre2,1313Castletown–1N/ADouglas North8,0953Douglas South–2N/AGarff2,3322Glenfaba2,5543Michael1,2972Middle3,9273Peel2,0021Ramsey3,1221Rushen4,5433Source: Sherratt
Campaign A total of 40 candidates contested the elections; 30 independents, eight from the Manx Labour Party and two from Independent Labour.
Results
By constituency ConstituencyCandidatePartyVotes%NotesAyreD.J. TeareIndependent92523.8Re-electedR. CainIndependent82921.3Re-electedA.J. CottierIndependent69818.0ElectedJ. CorlettIndependent54414.0E.B.C. FarrantIndependent49312.7C. GillIndependent Labour39610.2CastletownJoseph Davidson QualtroughIndependent––Re-elected unopposedDouglas NorthA.B. CrookallIndependent4,00429.5Re-electedT.R. RadcliffeIndependent2,79520.6ElectedJ. KellyManx Labour Party2,56818.9ElectedS. NorrisIndependent2,56418.9UnseatedR.F. FargherIndependent8576.3J.J. CowleyIndependent8025.9Douglas SouthA.J. TeareManx Labour Party––Re-elected unopposedW.C. CraineManx Labour Party––Re-elected unopposedGarffW.K. CowinManx Labour Party86835.0Re-electedT. CallowIndependent70428.4Re-electedG.W. FilliterIndependent59524.0C.F. CorkhillIndependent31012.5GlenfabaF.S. DalgleishIndependent95031.5Re-electedR. KneenIndependent92930.8Re-electedW.P. ClucasManx Labour Party83427.7J. DukeIndependent Labour2999.9MichaelJ.F. CrellinIndependent74246.5Re-electedT.H. KneenIndependent44427.8ElectedJ. CallisterIndependent40925.6MiddleC. GillIndependent1,87231.3Re-electedGeorge Frederick ClucasIndependent1,66427.9Re-electedW.F. CowellIndependent1,37223.0Re-electedA. RadcliffeManx Labour Party1,06617.8PeelChristopher R. ShimminManx Labour Party86159.6Re-electedW.R. IrvingIndependent58440.4RamseyW.H. AlcockIndependent1,20751.8ElectedA.H. TeareIndependent1,07346.1UnseatedL. NelsonIndependent482.1RushenR. KneenManx Labour Party1,37623.6ElectedJ.S. KermodeIndependent1,28522.1ElectedW. MooreIndependent1,12019.2Re-electedW.A. KellyIndependent1,11819.2A. QualtroughIndependent92515.9Source: Sherratt
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