1854 Cardiganshire by-election

The 1854 Cardiganshire by-election was a parliamentary by-election held on 22 February 1854 for the British House of Commons constituency of Cardiganshire.

Previous Member of Parliament

The seat had become vacant when the constituency's Conservative Member of Parliament (MP), William Edward Powell (16 February 1788 – 10 April 1854) retired from Parliament.^[1] He died not long after.

Candidates

Only one candidate was nominated for the by-election.

Ernest Vaughan (30 October 1800 – 8 November 1873).

Vaughan was a prominent landowner in Cardiganshire and the 4th Earl of Lisburne.

Vaughan's political views and allegiance to the Conservative Party were expected to attract opposition and Thomas Lloyd of Bronwydd was mentioned as a possible candidate.^[1] However, Lloyd declined to stand and the Liberals, following the lead of the Pryse family of Gogerddan, chose not to contest the seat.^[2]

Previous result

General election 1852: Cardiganshire ^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	William Edward Powell	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,235
	Conservative hold

Results

1854 Ceredigion by-election^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Ernest Vaughan	Unopposed
Registered electors
	Conservative hold

References

^ ^a ^b "Editorial [untitled]". Welshman. 10 February 1854. p. 2. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
^ "Editorial [untitled]". Welshman. 17 February 1854. p. 2. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
^ ^a ^b Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.

British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Macmillan Press 1977)