Wexford Borough (UK Parliament constituency)
| Wexford Borough | |
|---|---|
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1801–1885 | |
| 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.
Boundaries
This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of Wexford in County Wexford.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801-01-01 | Francis Leigh | 1801: Co-opted; Resigned (appointed Escheator of Munster) | ||
| 1801-02-20 | Ponsonby Tottenham | |||
| 1802-07-09 | Richard Nevill 1 | Tory | ||
| 1806-11-10 | Sir Robert Wigram, Bt | Tory | ||
| 1807-05-21 | Richard Nevill 1 | Tory | Resigned | |
| 1810-03-03 | Captain Peter Parker R.N. | Tory | Resigned | |
| 1811-07-01 | Richard Nevill 1 | Tory | Resigned | |
| 1813-03-03 | Vice Admiral John Fish | Tory | Resigned | |
| 1814-08-09 | Richard Nevill 1 | Tory | Resigned (appointed Escheator of Ulster) | |
| 1819-03-01 | Captain Henry Evans R.N. | Tory | ||
| 1820-03-20 | William Wigram | Tory | ||
| 1826-06-19 | Rear Admiral Henry Evans | Tory | Resigned | |
| 1829-06-03 | Robert Wigram 2 | Tory | Unseated on petition | |
| 1830-03-15 3 | Sir Edward Cholmeley Dering, Bt | Tory | Declared duly elected | |
| 1830-08-07 | William Wigram | Tory | Unseated on petition | |
| 1831-02-21 3 | Sir Edward Cholmeley Dering, Bt | Ultra-Tory | Declared duly elected | |
| 1831-05-06 | Charles Arthur Walker | Whig | Re-elected as a candidate of the Repeal Association | |
| 1832-12-14 | Repeal Association | Re-elected as a candidate of a Liberal/Repealer pact | ||
| 1835-01-12 | Liberal | |||
| 1841-07-12 | Sir Thomas Esmonde, Bt | Liberal | ||
| 1847-08-04 | John Thomas Devereux | Repeal Association | Re-elected as a Liberal candidate | |
| 1852-07-09 | Liberal | Became a member of the Independent Irish Party | ||
| 1852 4 | Independent Irish | Re-elected as a Liberal candidate | ||
| 1857-03-20 | Liberal | |||
| 1859-05-03 | John Edward Redmond | Liberal | The grand uncle of John Redmond (1856–1918) | |
| 1865-07-17 | Richard Joseph Devereux | Liberal | Resigned | |
| 1872-04-26 | William Archer Redmond | Home Rule League | The grandfather of William Redmond (1886–1932). Died 1880. | |
| 1880-11-24 | Timothy Michael Healy | Home Rule League | Joined new organisation | |
| 1882 4 | Irish Parliamentary | Resigned to contest Monaghan | ||
| 1883-07-17 | Willie Redmond | Irish Parliamentary | Last MP for the constituency | |
| 1885-11-18 | Constituency abolished | |||
Notes:-
- 1 Stooks Smith names the MP 1802-1806 as Richard Neville Furness, 1807-1810 as Richard Neville, 1811-1813 as Robert Neville and 1814-1819 as Richard Neville. Walker names the MP for all these terms as Richard Nevill.
- 2 From 1832 known as Robert Fitzwygram.
- 3 Not an election - date when the previous member was unseated and the petitioner was declared duly elected.
- 4 Not an election - change of party allegiance.
Elections
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References
- 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)
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