Roscommon (UK Parliament constituency)

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Roscommon County constituency
Created:	1801
Abolished:	1885
Type:	House of Commons

Roscommon was a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland. The constituency sent two MPs to Westminster from the Act of Union 1800 until the constituency was split into Roscommon North and Roscommon South in 1885.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Roscommon.

[edit] Members of Parliament

This is a list of the people who have represented Roscommon, in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

• 1801 (There was no election. The members for the county in the last Parliament of Ireland continued in office.)
  • Arthur French
  • Thomas Mahon
    
    
• Election of 22 July 1802
  • Arthur French
  • Edward King
    
    
• Election of 17 November 1806
  • Arthur French
  • Stephen Mahon
    
    
• Election of 1807
  • Arthur French
  • Stephen Mahon
    
    
• Election of 1818
  • Arthur French
  • Stephen Mahon
    
    
• Election of 16 January 1821
  • Stephen Mahon
  • Arthur French
    
    
• Election of 19 June 1826
  • Arthur French
  • Robert King
    
    
• Election of 9 August 1830
  • Arthur French
  • Owen O'Conor
    
    
• Election of 25 July 1831
  • Arthur French
  • Denis O'Conor
    
    
• Election of 7 December 1832
  • Denis O'Conor
  • Fitzstephen French
    
    
• Election of 1835
  • Denis O'Conor
  • Fitzstephen French
    
    
• Election of 1837
  • Denis O'Conor
  • Fitzstephen French
    
    
• Election of 1841
  • Denis O'Conor
  • Fitzstephen French
    
    
• Election of 9 August 1847
  • Fitzstephen French
  • Oliver Dowell John Grace
    
    
• Election of 1852
  • Fitzstephen French
  • Oliver Dowell John Grace
    
    
• Election of 1857
  • Fitzstephen French
  • Oliver Dowell John Grace
    
    
• Election of 16 May 1859
  • Fitzstephen French
  • Thomas William Goff
    
    
• By-election of 26 March 1860
  • Charles Owen O'Conor (replacing Goff)
    
    
• Election of 1865
  • Fitzstephen French
  • Charles Owen O'Conor
    
    
• Election of 1868
  • Fitzstephen French (died 4 June 1873)
  • Charles Owen O'Conor
    
    
• By-election of 24 June 1873
  • Charles French (replacing Fitzstephen French)
    
    
• Election of 1874
  • Charles Owen O'Conor
  • Charles French
    
    
• Election of April 1880
  • Andrew Commins
  • James Joseph O'Kelly
    
    

Source: http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/rcommons2.htm

[edit] Elections

[edit] 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)

[edit] See also

• Roscommon (Dáil Éireann constituency)