1887 South Kerry by-election

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The South Kerry by-election, 1887 was a parliamentary by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of South Kerry on 27 September 1887. The vacancy arose because of the resignation of the sitting member, John O'Connor of the Irish Parliamentary Party. In the resulting by-election another Irish Parliamentary Party candidate, Denis Kilbride, a tenant farmer, was elected unopposed. [1] [2]

By-elections, also spelled bye-elections, are used to fill elected offices that have become vacant between general elections.

United Kingdom constituencies electoral area in the UK (do not use in P31; use subclasses of this instead)

In the United Kingdom (UK), each of the electoral areas or divisions called constituencies elect one member to a parliament or assembly, with the exception of European Parliament and Northern Ireland Assembly constituencies which are multi member constituencies.

South Kerry was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament between 1885 and 1922.

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References

  1. Whitaker's Almanac, 1891.
  2. The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 189 (213 in web page)