1903 Dublin University by-election

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The 1903 Dublin University by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held from 28 February to 5 March 1903. [1] 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.

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The seat had become vacant following the resignation of the incumbent Liberal Unionist MP, W. E. H. Lecky due to ill health. [2] Lecky vacated his Parliamentary seat by being appointed Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds on 18 February 1903. [3] 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. [4] [5] [6] He had been made an Irish Queen's Counsel in 1892, and in February 1902 was elected a Bencher of Gray's Inn. [7]

He had been elected Irish Unionist MP for the Dublin seat of 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. [8] He had been called to the Irish Bar in 1877 and the English Bar in 1896. [9]

Both candidates were Unionists. [10] [11]

It was reported that the members of the Irish Bar who had votes supported Campbell over Samuels. [12]

Result

The Irish Unionist Alliance won the seat.

1903 Dublin University by-election [13] [14] [15] [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Unionist James Campbell 1,492 51.2 N/A
Irish Unionist Arthur Samuels 1,42148.8N/A
Majority712.4N/A
Turnout 2,91364.0N/A
Registered electors 4,553
Irish Unionist gain from Liberal Unionist Swing N/A

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References

  1. ↑ Craig, F.W.S. (1987). Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987. Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 294.
  2. ↑ Prothero, George Walter (1912). "Lecky, William Edward Hartpole". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (2nd supplement). Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  3. ↑ "No. 27526". The London Gazette . 20 February 1903. p. 1129.
  4. ↑ Dod's Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland, for 1908. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co., Ltd. 1908. p. 232.
  5. ↑ Lee, Henry (1920). History of the Campbell Family. New York: R. L. Polk and Company, Inc. pp. 132–133.
  6. ↑ Mohr, Thomas (Autumn 2012). "The Privy Council appeal as a minority safeguard for the Protestant community of the Irish Free State, 1922–1935". Northern Ireland Law Quarterly. 63 (3): 365–395. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  7. ↑ "Court circular". The Times. No. 36687. London. 10 February 1902. p. 6.
  8. ↑ Thom's Irish Who's Who 1923. Dublin: Alexander Thom & Co. Ltd. 1923. p. 225.
  9. ↑ Stenton, Michael; Lees, Stephen (1979). Who's Who of British Members of Parliament. Vol. 3. Brighton: The Harvester Press Limited. p. 316. ISBN   0-85527-325-9.
  10. ↑ "British and Foreign". The Star. Christchurch, N.Z. 7 March 1903. p. 4. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  11. ↑ Vincent, John; Stenton, Michael (1971). "II". McCalmont's Parliamentary Poll Book. British Election Results 1832-1918 (8 ed.). Brighton: The Harvester Press. p. 71. ISBN   0 85527 000 4.
  12. ↑ "Week To Week". The New Irish Jurist and Local Government Review. 3 (19): 129–136. 20 March 1903. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  13. ↑ Walker, Brian Mercer (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 164. ISBN   0-901714-12-7.
  14. ↑ The Liberal Year Book for 1908. London: The Liberal Publication Department. 1908. pp. 248–249.
  15. ↑ The Constitutional Year Book for 1919. London: National Unionist Association. 1919. p. 340.
  16. ↑ The Popular Guide to the House of Commons 1906. London: The Pall Mall Press. 1906. p. 73.
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