Repeal Association

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The Repeal Association [1] [2]was an Irish mass membership political movement set up by Daniel O'Connell to campaign for the Repeal of the Act of Union of 1800 between Great Britain and Ireland.

Repealer candidates contested the United Kingdom general election, 1832 in Ireland. There was a pact between the Liberals and Repealers, between 1835 and 1841. B.M. Walker classified candidates who before 1835 and after 1841 contested elections as Repealers, as Liberal (Repealer) candidates during the period of the pact. 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)

[edit] See also

• Young Ireland
• History of Ireland (1801-1922)
• Irish Nationalism
• Catholic Association
• Daniel O'Connell
• Repeal (Ireland)

[edit] References

• British Electoral Facts 1832 - 1999, oompiled 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)