County Wexford (UK Parliament constituency)
| Wexford County | |
|---|---|
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1801–1885 | |
| Number of members | Two |
| Replaced by | North Wexford and South Wexford |
Wexford County was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the United Kingdom House of Commons.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Wexford, except for the Parliamentary boroughs of New Ross and Wexford Borough.
Members of Parliament
| Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801, 1 January | Viscount Loftus | Abel Ram | ||||
| 1806, 27 May | Caesar Colclough | |||||
| 1806, 17 November | John Colclough | Robert Shapland Carew | ||||
| 1807, 1 June | Abel Ram | William Congreve Alcock | ||||
| 1812, 10 October | Robert Carew | Whig | Sir Frederick Flood, Bt | |||
| 1818, 21 July | Caesar Colclough | |||||
| 1820, 21 March | Viscount Stopford | |||||
| 1830, 19 August | Arthur Chichester | Viscount Valentia | ||||
| 1831, 18 May | Henry Lambert | Whig | ||||
| 1831, 27 September | Robert Carew | Whig | ||||
| 1834, 3 July | Cadwallader Waddy | |||||
| 1835, 27 January | John Maher | Irish Repeal | James Power | Irish Repeal | ||
| 1841, 16 Jul | Villiers Francis Hatton | |||||
| 1847, 10 August | James Fagan | Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan | ||||
| 1852, 26 July | Patrick McMahon | John George | ||||
| 1857, 10 March | John Hatchell | |||||
| 1859, 16 May | John George | |||||
| 1865, 24 Jul | Sir James Power, Bt. | |||||
| 1866, 15 November | Arthur MacMorrough Kavanagh | |||||
| 1868, 24 November | John Talbot Power | Matthew Peter D'Arcy | ||||
| 1874, 23 February | Sir George Bowyer, Bt. | Keyes O'Clery | ||||
| 1880, 14 April | John Barry | Garrett Michael Byrne | ||||
| 1883, 15 June | John Francis Small | |||||
| 1885 | Constituency divided: see North Wexford and South Wexford | |||||
Elections
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References
- The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
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