1903 Dublin University by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election March 2023 March 2023 The 1903 Dublin University by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held from 28 February to 5 March 1903.Craig F.W.S. 1987 Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987 Chichester Parliamentary Research Services 294 The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. The seat had become vacant following the resignation of the incumbent Liberal Unionist MP, W. E. H. Lecky due to ill health.Lecky, William Edward Hartpole Prothero George Walter George Prothero 2 1 Lecky vacated his Parliamentary seat by being appointed Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds on 18 February 1903.27526 20 February 1903 1129 Lecky had been Member of Parliament for the constituency since an 1895 by-election. Candidates Janes Henry Mussen Campbell was the Solicitor-General for Ireland, a post he had held since 1901. 1908 Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, for 1908 https://archive.org/details/dodspeeragebaron00unse/ London Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd. 232 Lee Henry 1920 History of the Campbell Family https://archive.org/details/historyofcampbel00newy/ New York R. L. Polk and Company, Inc. 132–133 Mohr Thomas Autumn 2012 The Privy Council appeal as a minority safeguard for the Protestant community of the Irish Free State, 1922–1935 https://nilq.qub.ac.uk/index.php/nilq/article/download/394/290/814 Northern Ireland Law Quarterly 63 3 365–395 15 March 2023 He had been made an Irish Queen's Counsel in 1892, and in February 1902 was elected a Bencher of Gray's Inn.Court circular 10 February 1902 6 36687 He had been elected Irish Unionist MP for the seat of Dublin St Stephen's Green in an 1898 by-election but lost the seat at the 1900 general election. Arthur Warren Samuels was a barrister who had been made a Queen's Counsel in 1894. 1923 Thom's Irish Who's Who 1923 https://archive.org/details/thomsirishwhoswh00dubl/ Dublin Alexander Thom & Co. Ltd. 225 He had been called to the Irish Bar in 1877 and the English Bar in 1896.Stenton Michael Lees Stephen 1979 Who's Who of British Members of Parliament 3 https://archive.org/details/whoswhoofbritish0003unse Brighton The Harvester Press Limited 316 0-85527-325-9 Both candidates were Unionists. 7 March 1903 British and Foreign https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19030307.2.46 The Star 4 Christchurch, N.Z. 15 March 2023 Vincent John Stenton Michael 1971 McCalmont's Parliamentary Poll Book. British Election Results 1832-1918 8 II https://archive.org/details/mccalmontsparlia0000mcca/ Brighton The Harvester Press 71 0 85527 000 4 It was reported that the members of the Irish Bar who had votes supported Campbell over Samuels. March 20, 1903 Week To Week https://www.jstor.org/stable/44514597 The New Irish Jurist and Local Government Review 3 19 129–136 15 March 2023 Result The Irish Unionist Alliance won the seat. 1903 Dublin University by-electionWalker Brian Mercer Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922 Dublin 1978 Royal Irish Academy 164 0-901714-12-7 1908 The Liberal Year Book for 1908 https://archive.org/details/liberalyearbook01unkngoog/ London The Liberal Publication Department 248–249 1919 The Constitutional Year Book for 1919 https://archive.org/details/constitutional1919londuoft/ London National Unionist Association 340 1906 The Popular Guide to the House of Commons 1906 https://archive.org/details/popularguidetoh00unkngoog/ London The Pall Mall Press 73 Irish Unionist Alliance James Campbell 1,492 51.2 N/A Irish Unionist Alliance Arthur Samuels 1,421 48.8 N/A 71 2.4 N/A 2,913 64.0 N/A 4,553 Irish Unionist Alliance Liberal Unionist Party N/A References Category:1903 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1903 elections in Ireland Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Dublin University 1903 Category:February 1903 in the United Kingdom