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The significance of the County Claire election
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When did O'Connell stand for the County Claire by-election | 1828. |
| Who was one of the gentlemen that he was competing with? | MP, Fitzerald - newly appointed President of the Board of Trade. Popular Protestant MP, but did support Catholic Emancipation. There were enough Catholic voters to make sure O'Connell won. He did. |
| Did this cause the government any implications? | Yes it did. This is because a Catholic won the election so needed to have a seat in parliament. However the Test and Corporation Acts forbid this. Only Protestants could have the seats. |
| Why were the government worried? | Because if they didn't let O'Connell have his seat it could start a civil war in Ireland. Feared this greatly - wanted to avoid it at all costs. Also worried that if Catholics had seats they'd make demands for the repeal of the Act of Union. |
| How did the Tories respond? | Peel passed the bill for Catholic Emancipation by 320 to 142 in the Commons. Wellington only got a majority of 2 votes for it in the Lords. |
| What did George IV do? | Didn't give his assent so the cabinet resigned. Parliament was govent-less for a day. The King was forced to call back in the Tories and let Catholic Emancipation pass because to him that was better than the Whigs being in power. |
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