1877 County Clare by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1877 Clare by-election was fought on 13 August 1877. The by-election was fought due to the death of the incumbent Home Rule MP, Sir Colman O'Loghlen. It was won by the Home Rule candidate Sir Bryan O'Loghlen.May 2021 The result was remarkable in that O'Loghlen did not seek the nomination and was elected without his consent. He refused to take his seat as he was Attorney-General of Victoria. This position was considered an office of profit and thus disqualified him from membership of the House of Commons. A select committee was established to consider the issue and reported in 1879. They found that this was the case and the seat was declared vacant.CLARE COUNTY WRIT. https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1879/apr/25/clare-county-writ#S3V0245P0_18790425_HOC_77 Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) 25 April 1879 26 January 2017 Some controversy remained because O'Loghlen's position was in a colony and not in the United Kingdom.http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons4.htm THE HOUSE OF COMMONS CONSTITUENCIES BEGINNING WITH "C" Sir Bryan O'Loghlen,3rd baronet, MP for Clare 1877-1879 (bottom of page) Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page https://web.archive.org/web/20090810231604/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons/Ccommons4.htm 10 August 2009 dead 26 January 2017 A writ was moved for another by-election in 1879. 1877 County Clare by-electionClare Election Leicester Daily Mercury 14 August 1877 6 October 2016 http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000759/18770814/036/0003 British Newspaper Archive subscription Home Rule League Sir Bryan O'Loghlen 1,721 47.2 Independent Nationalist O'Gorman Mahon 1,149 31.5 Irish Conservative Party Robert Carey Reeves 764 20.9 +2.9 Home Rule League Francis Burton 15 0.4 572 15.7 -3.5 3,649 68.9 Home Rule League -18.9 References Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Clare constituencies Category:1877 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1877 elections in Ireland Category:August 1877 in the United Kingdom