John Quincey Harris

John Quincey Harris (1815 – 3 August 1846)[1] was a British Whig politician.[2][3][4]

John Quincey Harris
Member of Parliament
for Newcastle-under-Lyme
In office
29 June 1841  23 July 1842
Serving with Edmund Buckley
Preceded bySpencer Horsey de Horsey
William Henry Miller
Succeeded byEdmund Buckley
John Campbell Colquhoun
Personal details
Born1815
Died3 August 1846(1846-08-03) (aged 30–31)
NationalityBritish
Political partyWhig

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]

References

  1. Rayment, Leigh (13 June 2017). "The House of Commons: Constituencies beginning with "N"". Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page. Archived from the original on 26 November 2018. Retrieved 26 November 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. "Country Elections". Bell's Weekly Messenger. 5 July 1841. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 26 November 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "District News". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 3 July 1841. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 26 November 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. Stooks Smith, Henry (1845). The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 43–45. Retrieved 26 November 2018 via Google Books.
  5. "Imperial Parliament". Northampton Mercury. 14 May 1842. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 26 November 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. p. 217. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  7. "New Case of Disqualification of Members". Morning Chronicle. 26 July 1842. p. 3. Retrieved 26 November 2018 via British Newspaper Archive.
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