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 .[ 1]
Electoral system
The 24 members of the House of Keys were elected from 11 constituencies,[ 2] which had between one and three seats.
Constituency
Electorate
Seats
Date of election
Ayre
2,008
3
4 November
Castletown
–
1
N/A
Douglas North
9,978
3
4 November
Douglas South
4,348
2
4 November
Garff
2,257
2
5 November
Glenfaba
2,533
3
6 November
Michael
1,333
2
31 October
Middle
3,189
3
31 October
Peel
2,086
1
30 October
Ramsey
3,169
1
30 October
Rushen
4,293
3
5 November
Source: 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.[ 1]
Results
By constituency
Constituency
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Notes
Ayre
R. Cain
Independent
940
25.6
Re-elected
D.J. Teare
Independent
789
21.5
Re-elected
J.F. Crellin
Independent
707
19.2
Elected
T.B. Cowley
Independent
617
16.8
J. Corlett
Independent
501
13.6
C. Gill
Independent Labour
121
3.3
Castletown
Joseph Davidson Qualtrough
Independent
–
–
Re-elected unopposed
Douglas North
S. Norris
Independent
3,894
27.0
Re-elected
A.B. Crookall
Independent
3,604
25.0
Re-elected
R.G. Johnson
Independent
3,520
24.5
Elected
J. Kelly
Manx Labour Party
3,379
23.5
Douglas South
A.J. Teare
Manx Labour Party
1,792
36.6
Re-elected
W.C. Craine
Manx Labour Party
1,415
28.9
Elected
T.W. Cain
Independent
1,389
28.4
J. Goldsmith
Independent
295
6.1
Garff
W.K. Cowin
Manx Labour Party
629
23.0
Elected
T. Callow
Independent
575
21.0
Elected
J.W. Walton
Independent
549
20.1
J.C. Douglas
Independent
542
19.8
G.C. Preston
Independent
441
16.1
Glenfaba
F.S. Dalgleish
Independent
1,032
26.1
Re-elected
J.T. Quilliam
Independent
799
20.2
Re-elected
W.P. Clucas
Manx Labour Party
791
20.0
G.B. Kermode
Independent
674
17.1
W. Christian
Independent
657
16.6
Michael
J.W. Cannan
Independent
646
45.1
Re-elected
E.J. Curphrey
Independent
560
39.1
Re-elected
W. Shimmin
Manx Labour Party
226
15.8
Middle
C. Gill
Independent
1,553
35.6
Re-elected
W.F. Cowell
Independent
1,113
25.6
Elected
George Frederick Clucas
Independent
940
21.6
Re-elected
T.G. Bridson
Manx Labour Party
750
17.2
Unseated
Peel
Christopher R. Shimmin
Manx Labour Party
803
59.0
Re-elected
T.W. Kermode
Independent
557
41.0
Ramsey
A.H. Teare
Independent
1,401
61.5
Re-elected
A. Hadley
Manx Labour Party
876
38.5
Rushen
J.R. Corrin
Manx Labour Party
1,314
20.7
Re-elected
A. Qualtrough
Independent
1,128
17.7
Re-elected
W. Moore
Independent
1,043
16.4
Elected
E.B. Gawne
Independent
823
12.9
W.H. Costain
Independent
816
12.8
C.A. Cormode
Manx Labour Party
769
12.1
P.H. Cain
Independent
470
7.4
Source: Sherratt
References
^ a b Tom Sherratt (1979) Isle of Man parliamentary election results 1919 – 1979 , p38
^ Sherratt, p39