Dungarvan (UK Parliament constituency)

Dungarvan
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1801–1885
Number of members One
Replaced by West Waterford

Dungarvan was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1801 to 1885 returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801, replacing the earlier Dungarvan constituency in the Parliament of Ireland.

Boundaries

This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of Dungarvan in County Waterford. Until the Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act, 1832 (passed alongside the Irish Reform Act 1832) it was coterminous with the manor of Dungarvan, and the franchise was exercised by potwallopers of the town and forty shilling freeholders of the manor.[1][2] Commissioners appointed in 1832 and 1836 to revise Irish parliamentary borough boundaries described the old border as "supposed to contain about 10,000 Statute Acres" and with an "ill defined" boundary; their accompanying map shows several detached parts and enclaves.[1][2] Although the 1832 commissioners suggested radical simplification in the boundary, the only change in 1832 was to exclude the detached parts and include the enclosed enclaves to create a single area.[1][3] This boundary is marked in violet on the Ordnance Survey of Ireland's six-inch map, published a few years later.[4] The 1836 commissioners recommended a much smaller boundary, including the urban area and suburbs while excluding the large rural hinterland.[2]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1801Edward LeeWhig
1802William GreeneWhig
1806Hon. George WalpoleWhig
1820Augustus CliffordWhig
1822Hon. George LambWhig[5]
1834Ebenezer JacobRadical[5]
1835Michael O'LoghlenWhig[5]
Feb. 1837John PowerWhig[5]
Aug. 1837Cornelius O'CallaghanWhig[5]
1841Richard Lalor SheilRadical[5][6][7]
1851Charles Ponsonby, later Baron de MauleyWhig[5][8][9]
1852John MaguireInd. Irish[10][11]
1859Liberal[10]
1865Charles Robert BarryLiberal[10]
1868Henry MatthewsLiberal[10]
1874John O'KeeffeHome Rule[10]
1877Frank Hugh O'DonnellHome Rule[10]

Elections

Elections in the 1850s

Due to both ill health and to become a priest in Tuscany, Sheil resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.[12]

By-election, 22 March 1851: Dungarvan[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Whig Charles Ponsonby 158 65.6
Radical John Maguire[13] 83 34.4
Majority 75 31.1 N/A
Turnout 241 76.8
Registered electors 314
Whig gain from Radical Swing
General Election 1852: Dungarvan[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Irish John Maguire 127 52.3
Whig Edmund O'Flaherty[14] 116 47.7
Majority 11 4.5 N/A
Turnout 243 77.4
Registered electors 314
Independent Irish gain from Radical Swing

In order to enable the withdrawal of an election petition filed by O'Flaherty, Maguire resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.[15]

By-election, 26 August 1853: Dungarvan[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Irish John Maguire 150 65.8 +13.5
Conservative William Henry Gregory 78 34.2 N/A
Majority 72 31.6 +27.1
Turnout 228 75.2 −2.2
Registered electors 303
Independent Irish hold Swing N/A
General Election 1857: Dungarvan[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Irish John Maguire 123 54.2 +1.9
Conservative John Nugent Humble 104 45.8 N/A
Majority 19 8.4 +3.9
Turnout 227 85.3 +7.9
Registered electors 266
Independent Irish hold Swing N/A
General Election 1859: Dungarvan[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal John Maguire Unopposed
Registered electors 280
Liberal gain from Independent Irish

Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1865: Dungarvan[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Charles Robert Barry 112 54.4 N/A
Conservative William Palliser 94 45.6 N/A
Majority 18 8.7 N/A
Turnout 206 80.2 N/A
Registered electors 257
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General Election 1868: Dungarvan[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Henry Matthews 155 59.6 N/A
Liberal Charles Robert Barry 105 40.4 −14.0
Majority 50 19.2 N/A
Turnout 260 83.6 +3.4
Registered electors 311
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1870s

General Election 1874: Dungarvan[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Home Rule John O'Keefe 131 53.3 N/A
Liberal Henry Matthews 115 46.7 −12.9
Majority 16 6.5 N/A
Turnout 246 85.4 +1.8
Registered electors 288
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A

O'Keefe's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 24 Jan 1877: Dungarvan[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Home Rule Frank Hugh O'Donnell 137 53.5 +0.2
Liberal Henry Matthews 119 46.5 −0.2
Majority 18 7.0 +0.5
Turnout 256 80.5 −4.9
Registered electors 318
Home Rule hold Swing +0.2

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: Dungarvan[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Home Rule Frank Hugh O'Donnell 132 57.6 +4.3
Liberal Henry Matthews 97 42.4 −4.3
Majority 35 15.3 +8.8
Turnout 229 97.4 +12.0
Registered electors 235
Home Rule hold Swing +4.3
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Sources

References

  1. 1 2 3 Instructions by Secretary for Ireland, respecting Cities and Boroughs in Ireland sending Representatives to Parliament; Reports of Commissioners. Sessional papers. Vol.43 No.519. Sessional papers. 8 June 1832. pp. 65–68. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 "Dungarvan". Reports and instructions by Lord Lieutenant, with reference to boundaries and divisions of cities, boroughs and towns corporate in Ireland. Sessional papers. Vol.29 No.301. 10 May 1837. pp. 78–80.
  3. ↑ Lewis, Samuel (1837). "Appendix, Shewing the Boundaries of the Cities and Boroughs in Ireland, as adopted and defined by the Act passed in the 2nd and 3rd of William IV., cap. 89, intituled "An Act to settle and describe the Limits of Cities, Towns, and Boroughs in Ireland, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament."". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland:.
  4. ↑ "Six-inch map centred on Dungarvan, showing parliamentary boundary". Mapviewer. Ordnance Survey Ireland. 1839–41. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 89–90, 226–227. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer: 1838. p. 205. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ "General Election". Morning Post. 6 July 1841. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  8. ↑ "Ireland". John Bull. 22 March 1851. p. 11. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  9. ↑ "Ireland". London Daily News. 20 March 1851. p. 6. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
  11. ↑ "Dublin Weekly Nation". 11 April 1857. p. 5. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  12. ↑ Jenkins, Brian (3 January 2008) [2004]. "Sheil, Richard Lalor (1791–1851)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25301. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  13. ↑ "Ireland". Reading Mercury. 22 March 1851. p. 4. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  14. ↑ "London Nonconformist". 26 March 1856. p. 13. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  15. ↑ "Belfast Mercury". 26 August 1853. p. 1. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
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