1911 North Tyrone by-election

North Tyrone returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system.

The by-election was held due to the incumbent Liberal MP, Redmond Barry, becoming Lord Chancellor of Ireland, requiring him to cease membership of the House of Commons.

Instead, the Unionist campaign sought to weaken the ties between the Liberal candidate and his would be supporters.

A number of the Unionist influenced newspapers attempted to undermine Russell's campaign, by attacking him personally.

He was even referred to as a political Carpet-bagger, despite the fact that he was a local man.