1884 Jamaican general election
# 1884 Jamaican general election

General elections were held in Jamaica on 11 and 12 September 1884. Four of the nine seats were uncontested; Clarendon, Manchester, St Mary & St Ann and Westmoreland & Hanover

## Background

In 1866 the Jamaican House of Assembly had been abolished during disturbances on the island following the Morant Bay rebellion. Since then, the legislative functions of the Assembly had been used by a Council appointed by the Governor. In April 1884 a conference was at the Westminster Palace Hotel, which resulted in the re-establishment of an elected Assembly. The new Assembly would consist of nine elected members and six appointed members.

## Results

| District | Candidate | Votes |
| - | - | - |
| Clarendon | Robert Craig | Unopposed |
| Kingston & St Andrews | William Malabre | 419 |
| Kingston & St Andrews | Charles Lauchlin Campbell | 335 |
| Kingston & St Andrews | George Solomon | 272 |
| Kingston & St Andrews | William Kelly Smith | 1 |
| Manchester | John Thomson Palache | Unopposed |
| St Catherine | Emanuel George Levy | 547 |
| St Catherine | Thomas Harvey | 267 |
| St Elizabeth | James Miller Farquharson | 532 |
| St Elizabeth | Arthur Levy | 173 |
| St James & Trelawny | Edward Gooden Barrett | 437 |
| St James & Trelawny | William Kerr | 140 |
| St Mary & St Ann | Michael Solomon | Unopposed |
| St Thomas & Portland | George Henderson | 303 |
| St Thomas & Portland | Richard Hill Jackson | 232 |
| St Thomas & Portland | Henry Vendryes | 73 |
| Westmoreland & Hanover | Charles Salmon Farquharson | Unopposed |
| Source: The Daily Gleaner |||

## By-elections

Wellesley Bourke was elected in 1885 replacing Edward Gooden Barrett, who had resigned.

William Bancroft Espeut was elected in 1886 replacing George Henderson, who had resigned.

Thomas Lloyd Harvey was elected in October 1886 after Emanuel George Levy died.

John Powell Clark was elected 1888 replacing John Thomson Palache, who had resigned.

