1886 Dublin University by-election

UK parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1886 Dublin University by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of Dublin University on 13 August 1886. Following the general election of that year and the formation of a new government, both elected members in this two-seat constituency were appointed to government posts: David Plunket as First Commissioner of Works, and Hugh Holmes as Attorney-General for Ireland. According to the rules of the era, this required them to submit to re-election. No other candidate was nominated for either seat,The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 195 (219 in web page) and Plunket and Holmes were therefore elected unopposed: Plunket at 11 o'clock and Holmes at 12.The Times, 14 August 1886 References Category:1886 elections in the United Kingdom Category:August 1886 in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Dublin University Category:Unopposed ministerial by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Irish constituencies Category:1886 elections in Ireland