1887 Dublin University by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 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.Craig F.W.S. 1987 Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987 Chichester Parliamentary Research Services 289 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,‘PARSONS, Hon. Richard Clere’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 6 June 2013 and Dodgson Hamilton Madden, a serjeant-at-law. Parsons received 712 votes; Madden received 1,376 and was therefore elected.The Times, 9 July 1887The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 195 (219 in web page) 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.Contested Elections—The Lord Justices as Governors of Ireland https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1887/jul/08/contested-elections-the-lord-justices-as Hansard 5 November 2022 HC Deb vol 317 y cc221–222 8 July 1887 Result 1887 Dublin University by-electionWalker B.M. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922 1978 Royal Irish Academy Dublin 0901714127 Irish Unionist Alliance Dodgson Madden 1,376 65.9 N/A Irish Unionist Alliance Richard Clare Parsons 712 34.1 N/A 664 31.8 N/A 2,088 51.0 N/A 4,092 Irish Unionist Alliance N/A References Category:1887 elections in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Dublin University Category:1887 elections in Ireland