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1882 Caernarvon Boroughs by-election
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UK parliamentary by-election in Wales
December 2021
November 2021
The 1882 Caernarvon Boroughs by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the House of Commons constituency of Caernarvon Boroughs in North Wales on 30 March 1882.
Vacancy
The by-election was caused by the death of the sitting Liberal MP, William Bulkeley Hughes.
Candidates
Two candidates nominated.
The Liberal Party nominated Welsh landowner Love Jones-Parry.March 2012
An independent Liberal Robert Sorton-ParryTuesday https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001502/18820419/056/0003 2 September 2022 Eddowes's Journal, and General Advertiser for Shropshire, and the Principality of Wales 19 Apr 1882 3 also nominated. He was a former Sheriff of Caernarvonshire.
Results
1882 Caernarvon Boroughs by-electionCraig F. W. S. F. W. S. Craig British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 1977 Macmillan Press London 978-1-349-02349-3 1st hardcover 500
Liberal Party (UK)
Love Jones-Parry
2,037
77.4
N/A
Independent Liberal
Robert Sorton-Parry
596
22.6
N/A
1,441
54.8
N/A
2,633
62.3
N/A
4,223
Liberal Party (UK)
N/A
See also
List of United Kingdom by-elections (1868–1885)
References
Category:1882 in Wales
Category:1880s elections in Wales
Category:1882 elections in the United Kingdom
Category:March 1882 in the United Kingdom
Category:History of Gwynedd
Category:Politics of Caernarfonshire
Category:History of Caernarfonshire
Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Welsh constituencies