The 1869 Youghal by-election was fought on 11 May 1869. The by-election was fought due to the election of the Liberal incumbent MP, Christopher Weguelin, being voided due to bribery. Weguelin had won the seat in the 1868 general election.
It was won by another Liberal candidate Montague John Guest. [1]
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Thomas Matthias Weguelin was an English Liberal Party politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1857 and 1880.
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Christopher Weguelin was an Irish Liberal politician.