John Quincey Harris Explained
John Quincey Harris (1815 – 3 August 1846)[1] was a British Whig politician.[2] [3] [4]
Harris was elected a Whig Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme at the 1841 general election but was unseated via election petition on 11 May 1842 due to bribery by his agent.[5] While he stood again at the resulting by-election, and topped the poll, he was again unseated by election petition due to bribery, and his Conservative rival John Campbell Colquhoun was declared elected in his place.[4] [6] [7]
Notes and References
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- Book: Stooks Smith . Henry . The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive . 1845 . Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. . London . 43–45 . . 26 November 2018.
- News: Imperial Parliament . 26 November 2018 . Northampton Mercury . 14 May 1842 . 1–2 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
- Book: Craig. F. W. S.. F. W. S. Craig. British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885. 1977. Macmillan Press. London. 978-1-349-02349-3. 1st. 217.
- News: New Case of Disqualification of Members . 26 November 2018 . Morning Chronicle . 26 July 1842 . 3 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
