Edward Frederick Lindley Wood death in 1959 led to the first Oxford Chancellor election to be contested since what year?
University of Oxford Chancellor election, 1960:  It was the first election for Oxford Chancellor to be contested since 1925. Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax: Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax, (16 April 1881 – 23 December 1959), styled Lord Irwin from 1925 until 1934 and Viscount Halifax from 1934 until 1944, was one of the most senior British Conservative politicians of the 1930s.
1925