The 1894 South Kilkenny by-election was a parliamentary

by-election A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...

held for the United Kingdom House of Commons

constituency An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...

of South Kilkenny on 7 September 1894. The vacancy arose because of the resignation of the sitting member,

Patrick Chance Patrick Alexander Chance (1857–1919) was an Irish nationalist politician and Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. He was elected as an Irish Parliamentary Party MP for the South K ...

of the

Irish National Federation The Irish National Federation (INF) was a nationalist political party in Ireland. It was founded in 1891 by former members of the Irish National League (INL), after a split in the Irish Parliamentary Party (IPP) on the leadership of Charles S ...

. Only one candidate was nominated, Samuel Morris representing the Irish National Federation, who was elected unopposed.

Result

References

{{By-elections to the 25th UK Parliament Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Irish constituencies 1894 elections in the United Kingdom September 1894 events By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Kilkenny constituencies 1894 elections in Ireland