Example sentences of "[pron] be elected [noun] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The quickest entry to Government is by Mr Derek Spencer , QC , who was elected MP for Brighton Pavilion on Thursday . |
| 2 | In late 1797 he was elected adjutant-general for county Antrim and preparations began for a rebellion . |
| 3 | He was elected sheriff for Kent in 1679 and knighted in the same year . |
| 4 | In 1979 , he was elected MP for Putney , south-west London , the seat he held with an increased majority last Thursday despite predictions that he faced defeat . |
| 5 | He was elected MP for the mining constituencies of West Durham ( 1868–80 ) , East Durham ( 1881–5 ) , and Monmouth ( 1886–92 ) ; his parliamentary work was mostly concerned with matters affecting the coal industry and the City , though he was also an early advocate of ‘ gas and water socialism ’ . |
| 6 | A political career was now inevitable and in the July 1886 general election he was elected MP for his native county of Merioneth . |
| 7 | In 1780 he was elected MP for Southwark , defeating Henry Thrale and thereby provoking the contempt of Dr Samuel Johnson [ q.v . ] . |
| 8 | He was elected MP for North Belfast in 1887 , moving to London but rarely speaking in Parliament . |
| 9 | In 1885 he was elected MP for Merionethshire . |
| 10 | After contesting Waterford City in 1837 he was elected MP for Harwich in 1841 . |
| 11 | As a Tory , he was elected MP for Andover shortly before his death . |
| 12 | He was elected MP for Malmesbury in 1529 , and again in 1547 , and may well have served in intervening Parliaments for which the names of the members for Malmesbury are unknown . |
| 13 | In late 1987 he was elected President for a seven-year term . |