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John Quincey Harris

John Quincey Harris

British politician

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

Quick Facts Member of Parliament for Newcastle-under-Lyme, Preceded by ...

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. [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)
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    "Country Elections". Bell's Weekly Messenger. 5 July 1841. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 26 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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    "District News". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 3 July 1841. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 26 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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    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.
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    "Imperial Parliament". Northampton Mercury. 14 May 1842. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 26 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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    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.
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    "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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