Carrickfergus (UK Parliament constituency)
| Carrickfergus | |
|---|---|
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1801–1885 | |
| Replaced by | East Antrim |
| Created from | Carrickfergus |
Carrickfergus is a 19th-century United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Northern Ireland, represented, between 1801 and 1885, by one MP.
Boundaries
This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of Carrickfergus in County Antrim.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801, January 1 | Noah Dalway | 1801: Co-opted | ||
| 1802, July 30 | Lord Spencer Chichester | Tory | Resigned | |
| 1807, April 29 | James Craig | Whig | Initially elected four weeks earlier, in the 31 March 1807 Carrickfergus by-election | |
| 1812, November 5 | Arthur Chichester | Tory | ||
| 1818, July 1 | Earl of Belfast | Tory | ||
| 1820, March 16 | Sir Arthur Chichester, Bt | Tory | Created Baronet 13 September 1821 | |
| 1830, August 10 | Lord George Augusta Hill | Whig | ||
| 1832, December 9 | Conway Richard Dobbs | Conservative 1 | Election declared void on petition and writ suspended March 1833 | |
| 1835, January 10 | Peter Kirk | Conservative | ||
| 1847, August 3 | Hon. Wellington Stapleton-Cotton | Conservative | ||
| 1857, April 2 | William Cary Dobbs | Conservative | ||
| 1859, May 6 | Robert Torrens | Conservative | ||
| 1868, November 21 | Marriott Robert Dalway | Liberal | Stood as Conservative in 1874 but opposed in 1880 for supporting Gladstone | |
| 1880, April 2 | Thomas Greer | Conservative | Last MP for the constituency | |
| 1885 | Constituency abolished | |||
Supplemental Note:-
- 1 Walker (like F. W. S. Craig in his compilations of election results for Great Britain) classifies Tory candidates as Conservatives from 1832. The name Conservative was gradually adopted as a description for the Tories. The party is deemed to be named Conservative from the 1835 general election.
References
- Smith, Henry Stooks (1844–50). The Parliaments of England (1st edition published in three volumes)
- Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1973). The Parliaments of England (2nd edition published in one volume). Political Reference Publications
- Walker, B. M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Royal Irish Academy
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)