Wexford Borough (UK Parliament constituency)

For other similarly named constituencies, see Wexford (constituency).
Wexford Borough
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1801 (1801)–1885 (1885)
Number of members One

Wexford Borough was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament (MP). It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.

Contents

Boundaries

This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of Wexford in County Wexford.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party Note
1801, January 1 Francis Leigh 1801: Co-opted; Resigned (appointed Escheator of Munster)
1801, February 20 Ponsonby Tottenham
1802, July 9 Richard Nevill 1 Tory
1806, November 10 Sir Robert Wigram, Bt Tory
1807, May 21 Richard Nevill 1 Tory Resigned
1810, March 3 Captain Peter Parker R.N. Tory Resigned
1811, July 1 Richard Nevill 1 Tory Resigned
1813, March 3 Vice Admiral John Fish Tory Resigned
1814, August 9 Richard Nevill 1 Tory Resigned (appointed Escheator of Ulster)
1819, March 1 Captain Henry Evans R.N. Tory
1820, March 20 William Wigram Tory
1826, June 19 Rear Admiral Henry Evans Tory Resigned
1829, June 3 Robert Wigram 2 Tory Unseated on petition
1830, March 15 3 Sir Edward Cholmeley Dering, Bt Tory Declared duly elected
1830, August 7 Sir Robert Wigram 2 Tory Unseated on petition
1831, February 21 3 Sir Edward Cholmeley Dering, Bt Tory Declared duly elected
1831, May 6 Charles Arthur Walker Whig Re-elected as a candidate of the Repeal Association
1832, December 14 Repeal Association Re-elected as a candidate of a Liberal/Repealer pact
1835, January 12 Liberal
1841, July 12 Sir Thomas Esmonde, Bt Liberal
1847, August 4 John Thomas Devereux Repeal Association Re-elected as a Liberal candidate
1852, July 9 Liberal Became a member of the Independent Irish Party
1852 4 Independent Irish Re-elected as a Liberal candidate
1857, March 20 Liberal
1859, May 3 John Edward Redmond Liberal The grand uncle of John Redmond (1856–1918)
1865, July 17 Richard Joseph Devereux Liberal Resigned
1872, April 26 William Archer Redmond Home Rule League The grandfather of William Redmond (1886–1932). Died 1880.
1880, November 24 Timothy Michael Healy Home Rule League Joined new organisation
1882 4 Irish Parliamentary Resigned to contest Monaghan
1883, July 17 Willie Redmond Irish Parliamentary Last MP for the constituency
1885, November 18 Constituency abolished

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Elections

References

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– )
Irish counties: Carlow · Cavan · Clare · Cork · Donegal · Dublin · Galway · Kerry · Kildare · Kilkenny · Laois · Leitrim · Limerick · Longford · Louth · Mayo · Meath · Monaghan · Offaly · Roscommon · Sligo · Tipperary · Waterford · Westmeath · Wexford · Wicklow