This must have seemed a winnable seat as the result at the 1929 general election had been a narrow victory for the Conservative Richard Long by just 67 votes over the Liberal Harcourt Johnstone, with Labour in third place.
Port Harcourt | Ed Harcourt | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | Johnstone Strait | Johnstone | Keith Johnstone | George Johnstone Stoney | Edward Harcourt | Derek Johnstone | William Johnstone Hope | William Johnstone | Simon Harcourt, 1st Viscount Harcourt | Parker Johnstone | Nic Harcourt | Harcourt Williams | Harcourt | François Louis, Count of Harcourt | Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt | Davey Johnstone | William Johnstone Ritchie | William Johnstone (actor) | University of Port Harcourt | St. Johnstone F.C. | Robert Johnstone (editor) | Robert Johnstone | Jimmy Johnstone | Jay Johnstone | Ian Johnstone | Harcourt (publisher) | Harcourt Butler |