1892 Belfast East by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The Belfast East by-election of 1892 was held on 9 March 1892 after the incumbent Irish Unionist Party, MP Edward de Cobain, was expelled from the House of Commons of the United Kingdom after a criminal conviction. It was retained by the Irish Unionist Party candidate Gustav Wilhelm Wolff.http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Bcommons2.htm Archived copy 8 June 2015 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20120224095640/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Bcommons2.htm 24 February 2012 In April 1891, a warrant was issued for the arrest of Edward de Cobain for "the commission of unnatural offences in Belfast" and he fled to the continent being seen at one time in Bilbao. He refused to resign his seat, saying it was tantamount to an admission of guilt. The House of Commons ordered him to attend and when he failed to do so he was expelled on 26 February 1892. Belfast East by-election, 1892The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 193 (217 in web page) Irish Unionist Gustav Wilhelm Wolff 4,746 64.6 -15.7 Independent Unionist William Thomas Charley 2,607 35.4 N/A 2,139 29.2 -31.4 7,353 64.8 -7.8 11,339 Irish Unionist External links A Vision Of Britain Through Time (Constituency elector numbers) References East Category:1892 elections in the United Kingdom Category:19th century in Belfast Category:1892 elections in Ireland