1886 Dublin University by-election

The 1886 Dublin University by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of Dublin University on 13 August 1886. Following the general election of that year and the formation of a new government, both elected members in this two-seat constituency were appointed to government posts: David Plunket as First Commissioner of Public Works, and Hugh Holmes as Attorney-General for Ireland. According to the rules of the era, this required them to submit to re-election. No other candidate was nominated for either seat,^[1] and Plunket and Holmes were therefore elected unopposed: Plunket at 11 o'clock and Holmes at 12.^[2]

References

^ The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 195 (219 in web page)
^ The Times, 14 August 1886

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1886	August: Birmingham East Brighton Bristol West Croydon Hampstead Lewisham Liverpool Walton Manchester East Marylebone East Paddington South Plymouth Sheffield Ecclesall Strand Bute Ealing Enfield Horncastle Isle of Wight St George Tiverton Wigtownshire Cambridge University West Down Dublin University Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities Melton Newton North Northamptonshire Blackpool Burton Leith Burghs King's Lynn November: Brighton December: Brentford
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