1877 Launceston by-election

The 1877 Launceston by-election was fought on 3 March 1877. The by-election was fought due to the resignation of the incumbent Conservative MP, James Henry Deakin (junior). It was won by the Conservative candidate Sir Hardinge Stanley Giffard. ^[1]

1877 Launceston by-election ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hardinge Giffard	392	58.9	−8.8
	Liberal	Robert Collier [3]	274	41.1	+8.8
Majority			118	17.8	−16.6
Turnout			666	80.6	−4.1
Registered electors			826
	Conservative hold		Swing	-8.8

References

• Cornwall portal

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
2. F. W. S. Craig, British Parliamentary Election Results 1832–1885 (2nd edition, Aldershot: Parliamentary Research Services, 1989)
3. "To the Electors of the Borough of Launceston" . Cornish & Devon Post . 18 October 1879. p. 4. Retrieved 4 January 2018– via British Newspaper Archive.