County Wexford (UK Parliament constituency)

For other similarly named constituencies, see Wexford (constituency).

Wexford County
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1801 (1801)–1885 (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.

Year	1st Member		1st Party
1801, 1 January		Viscount Loftus		Abel Ram
1806, 27 May		Caesar Colclough		Abel Ram
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		Arthur Chichester		Henry Lambert
1831, 27 September		Robert Carew	Whig
1834, 3 July		Cadwallader Waddy
1835, 27 January		John Maher		James Power
1841, 16 Jul		Villiers Francis Hatton		James Power
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.		John George
1866, 15 November		Sir James Power, Bt.		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 Barry		John Francis Small
1885	Constituency divided: see North Wexford and South Wexford

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)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Wexford

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Bannow (????–1800) · Clonmines (????–1800) · Enniscorthy (1613–1800) · Fethard (1613–1800) · Gorey (????–1800) · New Ross (????–1800) · Wexford Borough (????–1800) · Wexford County (????–1800) · Taghmon (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	New Ross (1801–1885) · Wexford County (1801–1885) · Wexford Borough (1801–1885) · North Wexford (1885–1922) · South Wexford (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Wexford (1921– )

European Parliament 1979–present	Leinster (1979–2004) · East (2004– )

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