1870 Dublin City by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1870 Dublin City by-election was fought on 18 August 1870. The by-election was fought due to the void election of the incumbent MP of the Conservative Party, Sir Arthur Edward Guinness. The election was voided because of his election agent's unlawful efforts, which the court found were unknown to the candidate.Commons debate June 1869 It was won by the Liberal candidate Sir Dominic John Corrigan.http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm House of Commons 25 November 2013 18 January 2014 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140118053557/http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm Corrigan did not stand for re-election in 1874; his support for temperance and Sunday closing (of pubs) is thought to have antagonised his constituents and alcohol companies. Guinness was re-elected in 1874. Result By-election 1870: Dublin CityWalker B.M. Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922 1978 Royal Irish Academy Dublin 0901714127 Liberal Party (UK) Dominic Corrigan 4,468 56.5 +6.7 Home Rule League Edward King-Harman 3,444 43.5 New 1,024 13.0 N/A 7,912 61.3 −24.0 12,899 Liberal Party (UK) Conservative Party (UK) N/A References Category:1870 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1870s in Dublin (city) Category:1870 elections in Ireland Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Dublin (city) constituencies