UK Parliamentary by-election
The 1887 Dublin University by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of Dublin University on 7–12 July 1887.[ 1]
The by-election resulted from the resignation of Hugh Holmes , one of the members in this two-seat constituency, following his appointment as a high court judge. Two candidates were nominated: Richard Clere Parsons, an engineer and third son of the Earl of Rosse ,[ 2] and Dodgson Hamilton Madden , a serjeant-at-law . Parsons received 712 votes; Madden received 1,376 and was therefore elected.[ 3] [ 4]
John Thomas Ball , a former Lord Chancellor of Ireland , was on Madden's support committee and seconded his nomination on 7 July. At the time, Ball was one of the Lords Justices of Ireland deputising for Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 6th Marquess of Londonderry , the absent Lord Lieutenant of Ireland . Members of the Irish Parliamentary Party complained in the Commons that Ball's action was inappropriate.[ 5]
Result
References
^ Craig, F.W.S. (1987). Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987 . Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 289.
^ ‘PARSONS, Hon. Richard Clere’, Who Was Who , A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 6 June 2013
^ The Times , 9 July 1887
^ The Constitutional Year Book , 1904, published by Conservative Central Office , page 195 (219 in web page)
^ "Contested Elections—The Lord Justices as Governors of Ireland" . Hansard . Vol. HC Deb vol 317. 8 July 1887. cc221–222. Retrieved 5 November 2022 .
^ Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922 . Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127 .
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