A Liberal Repealer was a
Liberal in Ireland, who supported the campaign of
Daniel O'Connell for the repeal of the
Act of Union 1801 and the re-creation of the
Kingdom of Ireland
The Kingdom of Ireland ( ga, label=Classical Irish, an Ríoghacht Éireann; ga, label=Modern Irish, an Ríocht Éireann, ) was a monarchy on the island of Ireland that was a client state of England and then of Great Britain. It existed from ...
and
Parliament of Ireland which had existed before the union.
At some elections repeal candidates stood as Liberal Repealers and at others as Repealers, to contest the 105 Irish seats in the
United Kingdom House of Commons.
Members of Parliament elected (MPs after
election petitions and by-elections following petitions)
* 1832 ''Repealers'' 42 (39)
* 1835 ''Liberal Repealers'' 34 (32)
* 1837 ''Liberal Repealers'' 34 (32)
* 1841 ''Repealers'' 20 (18)
* 1847 ''Repealers'' 36 (35)
See also
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Repealer
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Repeal (Ireland)
The Repeal Association was an Irish mass membership political movement set up by Daniel O'Connell in 1830 to campaign for a repeal of the Acts of Union of 1800 between Great Britain and Ireland.
The Association's aim was to revert Ireland to th ...
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Repeal Association
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Irish Independent Opposition
The Independent Irish Party (IIP) was the designation chosen by the 48 Members of the United Kingdom Parliament returned from Ireland with the endorsement of the Tenant Right League in the general election of 1852. The League had secured their ...
References
''Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922'' edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1976)
History of Ireland (1801–1923)
Political parties in pre-partition Ireland
Defunct political parties in the United Kingdom
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