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1876 East Suffolk by-election

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The East Suffolk by-election of 1876 was fought on 22 February 1876. The byelection was fought due to the succession to a peerage of the incumbent Conservative MP, Viscount Mahon. It was won by the Conservative candidate Frederick St John Barne.[1]

East Suffolk by-election, 1876[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick St John Barne 3,659
Liberal Charles Easton 4,708
Majority 951
Turnout
Conservative hold Swing

References

  1. ^ http://www.leighrayment.com/commons.htm
  2. ^ "East Suffolk Election". Cork Constitution. 24 February 1876. Retrieved 11 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.