1882 Liverpool School Board election

Elections to the Liverpool School Board were held on Friday 17 November 1882.

There were twenty-two candidates for the fifteen places on the school board.

Each voter had fifteen votes to cast.

After the election, the composition of the school board was:

Allegiance	Members	±
Church of England	5
Catholic	4
Trademen	2
Nonconformist	2
Ratepayer	1
Temperance	1

* - Retiring board member seeking re-election

Elected

Allegiance	Name	Votes
Tradesmen	H.S. Alpass
Ratepayers' Association	A. Beatty
Catholic	John Bligh
Nonconformist	Samuel Booth *
Catholic	Patrick Canavan
Nonconformist	Anne-Jane Davies
Church of England	H.B. Gilmoor
Church of England	J.R. Gaskell
Church of England	James Hakes *
Catholic	John Hand
Church of England	J.H. Honeyburn
Tradesmen	William Hood
Temperance	J.M. Howie
Catholic	William Madden
Church of England	Francis Mulliner *

Not Elected

Nonconformist	William Oulton
Tradesmen	James Pratt
Neutral	R. G. Rathbone (Chair)
Tradesmen	John Robson
Church of England	Rev. Canon Rycroft
Catholic	Joseph Walton *
Catholic	Richard Yates