Thomas Charles Hunter Hedderwick
Born1850
Died6 February 1918(1918-02-06) (aged 67–68)
NationalityScottish
OccupationPolitician
Years active1896-1900
TitleMember of Parliament for Wick Burghs
Term1896 – 1900
PredecessorJohn Pender
SuccessorArthur Bignold
Political partyLiberal Party
Parent(s)James Hedderwick and Ellen Ness


Thomas Charles Hunter Hedderwick (1850 – 6 February 1918)[1] was a Liberal Party politician in Scotland who served as the member of parliament (MP) for Wick Burghs from 1896 to 1900.

Life

He was the son of the newspaper proprietor James Hedderwick and Ellen Ness.[2]

His first electoral contest was when he unsuccessfully fought South Lanarkshire at the 1892 general election.[3]

In his time in Wick Burghs he had a number of fairly close contests with the Liberal Unionists. He fought the seat unsuccessfully at the 1895 general election,[4] won it at a by-election in 1896, but lost it at the 1900 general election. A petition was lodged relating to the 1900 election, but it was withdrawn.[4]

In the January 1910 general election he stood as the parliamentary candidate for the Liberal Party in Newbury, but was not elected.

References

  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
  2. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: James Hedderwick
  3. Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [First published 1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 551. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
  4. 1 2 Craig 1989, p. 521.


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