title: 1879 Clare by-election
text: # 1879 Clare by-election
  
  The 1879 Clare by-election was fought on 15 May 1879. The byelection was fought due to the resignation of the incumbent Home Rule MP, Bryan O'Loghlen, to become Attorney General of the Colony of Victoria. It was won by the Home Rule candidate James Patrick Mahon.
  
  