{{Short description|British Whig politician}} {{Distinguish|John Broadhurst|text=with the Catholic priest [[John Broadhurst]]}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox officeholder | office2 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (UK Parliament constituency)|Weymouth and Melcombe Regis]] | alongside1 = [[Anthony Browne (1769–1840)|Anthony Browne]] | alongside2 = [[Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace|Thomas Wallace]] <br /> [[Henry Trail]] and General Sir [[Sir John Murray, 8th Baronet|John Murray]] | alongside = [[Sir William Heygate, 1st Baronet|William Heygate]] | predecessor = [[Charles Wyatt (architect)|Charles Wyatt]] and <br /> Sir [[Sir John Hippisley, 1st Baronet|John Hippisley]] | successor = [[Charles Augustus Tulk]] | term_end = 7 March 1820 | term_start = 19 June 1818 | office = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Sudbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Sudbury]] | successor1 = [[Edmund Turton (MP)|Edmund Turton]] and <br /> [[Robert Farrand]] | predecessor1 = [[George Johnstone (1764–1813)|George Johnstone]] | term_end1 = 18 June 1818 | term_start2 = 27 October 1812 | term_start1 = 4 December 1813 | office1 = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Hedon (UK Parliament constituency)|Hedon]] | death_place = | party = [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]] | occupation = | alma_mater = [[Eton College]] | birth_date = {{birth date text|1778}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1861|9|15|1778|df=y}} | term_end2 = 9 June 1813 | successor2 = [[Christopher Idle (politician)|Christopher Idle]] <br /> [[James Gascoyne-Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Salisbury|Viscount Cranborne]] and <br />[[Masterton Ure]] | predecessor2 = [[Charles Adams (MP)|Charles Adams]], <br /> [[Richard Augustus Tucker Steward|Richard Steward]] and [[Joseph Hume]] | allegiance = {{Flag|United Kingdom}} | battles = [[Peninsular War]] }}
'''John Broadhurst''' (1778 – 15 September 1861) was a [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]] politician and the [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Weymouth and Melcombe Regis (UK Parliament constituency)|Weymouth and Melcombe Regis]] between October 1812 and June 1813, [[Hedon (UK Parliament constituency)|Hedon]] from [[1813 Hedon by-election|December 1813]] to June 1818 and [[Sudbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Sudbury]] from [[1818 United Kingdom general election|June 1818]] to [[1820 United Kingdom general election|March 1820]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Mr John Broadhurst (Hansard)|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-john-broadhurst|access-date=2021-09-23|website=api.parliament.uk}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|title=Mr John Broadhurst (Hansard)|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/people/mr-john-broadhurst-1|access-date=2021-09-23|website=api.parliament.uk}}</ref><ref name="stookssmith2">{{cite book|last1=Stooks Smith|first1=Henry|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HacQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA61|title=The Parliaments of England, from 1st George I., to the Present Time. Vol II: Oxfordshire to Wales Inclusive|date=1845|publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, & Co.|location=London|pages=61–63|access-date=12 December 2018|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=BROADHURST, John (?1778-1861), of Foston Hall, Derbys. {{!}} History of Parliament Online|url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/broadhurst-john-1778-1861|access-date=2021-09-23|website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}}</ref>
== Early life == Broadhurst attended [[Eton College]].<ref name=":3" /> He was a soldier, and fought in the [[Peninsular War]] and was present at the retreat of [[Corunna]].
== Parliamentary career == Broadhurst's election as MP for Waymouth and Melcombe Regis was petitioned and overturned, with his election being declared void. [[Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace|Thomas Wallace]], [[Henry Trail]] and Broadhurst was declared void after being found to have violated the [[Exemptions of Apothecaries Act 1694]], and a by-election was held.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Weymouth And Melcombe Regis Election - Friday 26 February 1813 - Hansard - UK Parliament|url=https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/1813-02-26/debates/4b337570-3426-4ad2-abdd-82e73370b25f/WeymouthAndMelcombeRegisElectionhighlight=henry+trail|access-date=2021-09-22|website=hansard.parliament.uk|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Pickering|first=Danby|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-ak3AAAAMAAJ|title=The Statutes at Large|publisher=[[University of Cambridge]]|year=1764|location=[[Cambridge]]|author-link=Danby Pickering}}</ref>
He was elected to [[Hedon (UK Parliament constituency)|Hedon]] in December 1813 in a by-election following the death of [[George Johnstone (1764–1813)|George Johnstone]] and then went on to stand for Sudbury in the [[1818 United Kingdom general election|1818 general election]], serving until the [[1820 United Kingdom general election|1820 general election]] where he did not seek re-election.<ref name=":2" /><ref name="stookssmith2" />
Broadhurst never had a recorded speech in [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament's]] [[Hansard]] during his time as an MP, however, [[The History of Parliament]] states that his only known speech was on 7 May 1818 where "he opposed a clause proposed for the Poor Law Amendment Bill which would take pauper children out of their parents’ care."<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" />
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