John Wilkes is expelled from Parliament three times in the Middlesex election affair

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févr. 1769 – avr. 1769

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51.53° N, 0.27° W

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John Wilkes is expelled from Parliament three times in the Middlesex election affair.

Placé à : town named in the title of the event it links, Middlesex.

The Middlesex election affair was a political controversy in Great Britain concerning the election of a Member of Parliament for the constituency of Middlesex in 1769. After being expelled from Parliament in February 1769 following his election as MP for Middlesex in the 1768 general election, Radical journalist John Wilkes was repeatedly re-elected as MP for Middlesex in a series of three by-elections in February, M…

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