1884 Jamaican general election

General elections were held in Jamaica on 11 and 12 September 1884.[1] Four of the nine seats were uncontested; Clarendon, Manchester, St Mary & St Ann and Westmoreland & Hanover[2]

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Background

In 1866 the Jamaican House of Assembly had been abolished during disturbances on the island following the Morant Bay rebellion.[3] Since then, the legislative functions of the Assembly had been used by a Council appointed by the Governor.[3] In April 1884 a conference was at the Westminster Palace Hotel, which resulted in the re-establishment of an elected Assembly.[3] The new Assembly would consist of nine elected members and six appointed members.[3]

Results
District Candidate Votes
ClarendonRobert CraigUnopposed
Kingston & St AndrewsWilliam Malabre419
Charles Lauchlin Campbell335
George Solomon272
William Kelly Smith1
ManchesterJohn Thomson PalacheUnopposed
St CatherineEmanuel George Levy547
Thomas Harvey267
St ElizabethJames Miller Farquharson532
Arthur Levy173
St James & TrelawnyEdward Gooden Barrett437
William Kerr140
St Mary & St AnnMichael SolomonUnopposed
St Thomas & PortlandGeorge Henderson303
Richard Hill Jackson232
Henry Vendryes73
Westmoreland & HanoverCharles Salmon FarquharsonUnopposed
Source: The Daily Gleaner[2][4][5]

By-elections

Wellesley Bourke was elected in 1885 replacing Edward Gooden Barrett, who had resigned.[6]

William Bancroft Espeut was elected in 1886 replacing George Henderson, who had resigned.[6]

Thomas Lloyd Harvey was elected in October 1886 after Emanuel George Levy died.[6]

John Powell Clark was elected 1888 replacing John Thomson Palache, who had resigned.[6]

References
  1. "The New Legislative Council", The Daily Gleaner, 19 September 1884, p2
  2. The Daily Gleaner 9 September 1884, p2
  3. "New Legislative Council Of Jamaica" The Times, 18 September 1884, p6, issue 31242
  4. The Daily Gleaner, 16 September 1884, p2
  5. The Daily Gleaner, 13 September, pp2–3
  6. "MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL" Handbook of Jamaica 1891-92
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