1882 Carmarthen Boroughs by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election in Wales December 2020 November 2013 The 1882 Carmarthen by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the UK House of Commons constituency of Carmarthen Boroughs in West Wales on 4 January 1882. Vacancy The by-election was caused by the appointment of the sitting Liberal MP, Benjamin Thomas Williams as a county court judge. Williams had himself been elected as MP for Carmarthen at a by-election in 1878. Candidates The Liberals selected John Jones Jenkins, an Alderman and magistrate from Swansea, where he had been mayor three times. The result There being no other candidates putting themselves forward Jenkins was elected unopposed.The Times, 5 January 1882 p. 6 Result 1882 Carmarthen 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 503 Liberal Party (UK) John Jones Jenkins Liberal Party (UK) See also Lists of United Kingdom by-elections United Kingdom by-election records References Category:Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Welsh constituencies Category:1882 in Wales Category:1880s elections in Wales Category:Elections in Carmarthenshire Category:1882 elections in the United Kingdom Category:19th century in Carmarthenshire Category:January 1882 in the United Kingdom