1877 County Waterford by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 A 1977 by-election was held on 20 January 1877 for the UK House of Commons constituency of County Waterford to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Home Rule League MP Sir John Esmonde, one of the two members returned in the 1874 general election. The by-election was won by the Home Rule candidate, James Delahunty. A Home Rule meeting in Dungarvan on 2 January 1877 endorsed the candidacy of James Esmonde, Kilkenny landlord and brother of the deceased MP, ahead of those of Delahunty, Denis Joseph Rearden and G. C. P. Fitzgerald.https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/61108992/ subscription The County Representation 5 January 1877 The Waterford News and General Advertiser 3 11 March 2016 When the meeting had asked candidates to stand down if not endorsed by it, Delahunty had declined to give such an undertaking. The Kilkenny Farmers' Association had placed an advertisement in The Freeman's Journal and The Waterford News warning voters that Esmonde was "the true type of a bad Irish landlord".http://www.bailii.org/ie/cases/IEHC/1878/1.html Dwyer V. Esmonde 30 November 1878 y [1878] IEHC 1 10 March 2016 BAILII On 14 January, Delahunty and Esmonde were formally nominated, as was Liberal candidate Frederick Lehmann; Esmonde withdrew before polling day.The Pall Mall Budget 17 20 January 1877 28 County Waterford by-election, 1877 (1 seat)Walker B.M. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922 1978 Royal Irish Academy Dublin 0901714127 Home Rule League James Delahunty 1,799 77.1 +26.1 Liberal Party (UK) Frederick Lehmann 534 22.9 New 1,265 54.2 N/A 2,333 71.2 -24.0 3,276 Home Rule League N/A References Category:1877 elections in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Waterford constituencies Category:1877 elections in Ireland