Repeal Association

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The Repeal Association was an Irish mass membership political movement set up by Daniel O'Connell to campaign for a repeal of the Act of Union of 1800 between Great Britain and Ireland.

The Bank of Ireland, College Green — before 1801 the seat of the Irish Houses of Parliament, which the Repeal campaign aimed to restore.
The Bank of Ireland, College Green — before 1801 the seat of the Irish Houses of Parliament, which the Repeal campaign aimed to restore.

Repealer candidates contested the United Kingdom general election, 1832 in Ireland. Between 1835 and 1841, they formed a pact with the Liberals. Repealer candidates, unaffiliated with the Liberal Party, contested the 1841 and 1847 general elections.

[edit] Electoral statistics

The seats figure in brackets is the position after election petitions and by-elections consequent upon election petitions, had been decided. There were 103 Irish MPs in the period (excluding the two members from Dublin University, as that non-territorial constituency is excluded from the table below).

Votes in 1835 and 1837 are included in the Liberal totals in Rallings and Thrasher's tables.

Sources: Walker and Rallings & Thrasher.

Election Candidates Unopposed Votes  % Irish votes MPs
1832 51 14 31,773 34.6 42 (39)
1835 43 12 ... ... 34 (32)
1837 34 15 ... ... 30 (31)
1841 22 12 12,537 24.8 20 (18)
1847 51 18 14,128 43.6 36 (35)

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[edit] References

  • British Electoral Facts 1832 - 1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher (Ashgate Publishing Ltd 2000)
  • Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)