1887 Dublin University by-election

The Dublin University, by-election, 1887 was a parliamentary by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of Dublin University on 12 July 1887. It resulted from the resignation of Hugh Holmes, one of the members in this two-seat constituency, following his appointment as a high court judge. Two candidates were nominated: Richard Clere Parsons, an engineer and third son of the Earl of Rosse,[1] and Dodgson Hamilton Madden, a lawyer. Parsons received 436 votes; Madden received 958 and was therefore elected.[2][3]

References

1. ‘PARSONS, Hon. Richard Clere’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 6 June 2013
2. The Times, 9 July 1887
3. The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 195 (219 in web page)