| Cavan Former County constituency |
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| Post-Union | Cavan |
| Type | Irish House of Commons |
Cavan County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800.
Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.
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In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Cavan County was represented with two members.[1]
1639-1641 Colonel Philip O'Reilly
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
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| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Philip Reyly | John Reyly | ||||
| 1692 | Sir Francis Hamilton, 3rd Bt | Robert Saunderson [note 1] | ||||
| 1697 | Francis White | |||||
| 1703 | Theophilus Butler | |||||
| 1713 | Robert Saunderson | |||||
| 1715 | Mervyn Pratt | Brockhill Newburgh | ||||
| 1727 | Charles Coote | John Maxwell | ||||
| 1751 | Hon. Brinsley Butler [note 2] | |||||
| 1756 | Hon. Barry Maxwell | |||||
| 1761 | Charles Coote | |||||
| 1766 | William Stewart | |||||
| 1768 | Hon. Barry Maxwell | George Montgomery | ||||
| 1780 | Hon. John James Maxwell | |||||
| 1783 | Charles Stewart | |||||
| 1788 | John Maxwell [note 3] | |||||
| 1788 | Francis Saunderson | |||||
| 1793 | Viscount Maxwell | |||||
| 1800 | Nathaniel Sneyd | |||||
| 1801 | Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Cavan | |||||
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