Wikipedia:Today's featured article/requests/Ministerial by-election

Ministerial by-election

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page.

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/October 5, 2023 by - Dank (push to talk) 22:53, 5 September 2023 (UTC)



Prior to 1926, a successful ministerial by-election was required for members of the British House of Commons to regain their seats after being made ministers. This requirement originated from 17th-century ideas of parliamentary independence from the Crown, which appoints the ministers; while early attempts were made to fully separate ministers and Parliament in a manner similar to that of the future United States, a compromise was reached instead to merely require new ministers to face a by-election to join Parliament. This by-election was in practice usually, but not always, an uncontested formality, and was gradually reformed before finally being abolished in 1926. Ministerial by-elections spread to British colonies in modern-day Canada and Australia, where they were likewise all abolished by the mid-20th century, ending with Western Australia in 1947; in Canada, they played a major role in the 1926 King–Byng affair before being abolished federally in 1931.
 * Most recent similar article(s): Quite a few British stuff, but nothing quite like this.
 * Main editors: John M Wolfson
 * Promoted: August 25, 2023
 * Reasons for nomination: This is one of the harder-to-blurb TFAs, but I like being a rebel and not having the bolded link until the second line like in the article (or even having it as the first link of the blurb 😱). No particular date for this one, but likely suited for one of the "off days". – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 06:54, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Support as nominator. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 06:54, 11 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Support. Gog the Mild (talk) 19:15, 25 August 2023 (UTC)
 * Edited the blurb; now 991 characters., as far as we know, Template:TFA title always takes the first link in the blurb for the TFA page title, so the first link has to be the bolded one. Does this work for you? - Dank (push to talk) 03:51, 27 August 2023 (UTC)
 * That's fine. – John M Wolfson (talk • contribs) 12:27, 27 August 2023 (UTC)