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- noun an
election held to fill apolitical office that has becomevacant between regularly-scheduled elections.
Etymologies
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Examples
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It's clear that the byelection was another boost for ourselves and Ukip, and another bad day for the "big three"
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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It's clear that the byelection was another boost for ourselves and Ukip, and another bad day for the "big three"
Letters from me on Norwich North in today's Guardian/Indy 2009
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When Brown decides to call the byelection will give us an insight into how confident he feels about his own position in the party and what hope he holds out for this autumn relaunch turning things around for his government.
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When Brown decides to call the byelection will give us an insight into how confident he feels about his own position in the party and what hope he holds out for this autumn relaunch turning things around for his government.
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Council now has 60 days to either appoint someone to fill the seat or call a byelection, a move that would cost more than $125,000.
Thestar.com - Home Page Carola Vyhnak 2011
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With the deputy prime minister calling the byelection a two-horse race with Labour, Cameron sidestepped an invitation to insist it is a three-horse affair by saying it had been one on 6
The Guardian World News Michael White 2011
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Premier Jean Charest called the byelection after the PQ's Camil Bouchard resigned from politics earlier this year.
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McGuinty won't have to call a byelection to replace Fonseca if he stays on the job until
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The byelection is a political curio as the first in the context of a coalition government for decades, and the first caused by the Labour MP being thrown out in an unprecedented electoral court ruling.
The Guardian World News Patrick Wintour 2010
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The timing will depend on when Prime Minister Stephen Harper calls a byelection to replace Wasylycia-Leis, if that even happens before the next general federal election.
Winnipeg Sun 2010
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