| Carrickfergus Former Borough constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created | 1326 |
| Post-Union | Carrickfergus |
| Type | Irish House of Commons |
Carrickfergus was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1326 to 1800.
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This constituency was the borough of Carrickfergus in County Antrim. It returned two members to the Parliament of Ireland to 1800.
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Carrickfergus was not represented.[1] Following the Act of Union 1800 the borough retained one parliamentary seat in the United Kingdom House of Commons.
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1689 | Carrickfergus was not represented in the Patriot Parliament | |||||
| 1692 | Henry Clements | Henry Davis | ||||
| 1695 | Hercules Davys | |||||
| 1703 | Edward Lyndon | |||||
| 1709 | Alexander Denton | |||||
| 1713 | John Davys | Arthur Davys | ||||
| 1715 | Alexander Dalway | Archibald Edmonstone | ||||
| 1719 | Edward Lyndon | |||||
| 1727 | Arthur Dobbs | John Lyndon | ||||
| October 1741 | Francis Clements [note 1] | |||||
| December 1741 | Arthur Upton | |||||
| 1761 | Marriot Dalway | |||||
| 1768 | John Chichester | Conway Richard Dobbs | ||||
| 1776 | Barry Yelverton | |||||
| 1784 | Waddell Cunningham [note 2] | |||||
| 1785 | Ezekiel Davys Wilson | |||||
| 1790 | Alexander Hamilton | |||||
| 1797 | Lord Spencer Stanley Chichester [note 3] | |||||
| 1798 | Earl of Belfast | |||||
| 1799 | Noah Dalway | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Carrickfergus | |||||