John Quincey Harris

John Quincey Harris
Member of Parliament
for Newcastle-under-Lyme
In office
29 June 1841 – 23 July 1842
Serving with Edmund Buckley
Preceded bySpencer Horsey de Horsey
William Henry Miller
Succeeded byEdmund Buckley
John Campbell Colquhoun
Personal details
Born1815
Died3 August 1846(1846-08-03) (aged 30–31)
NationalityBritish
Political partyWhig

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

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]

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  2. ^ "Country Elections". Bell's Weekly Messenger. 5 July 1841. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 26 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "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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  5. ^ "Imperial Parliament". Northampton Mercury. 14 May 1842. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 26 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "New Case of Disqualification of Members". Morning Chronicle. 26 July 1842. p. 3. Retrieved 26 November 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.