Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Mayo.
Members of Parliament
Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party |
1801, 1 January |
|
Denis Browne |
|
|
George Jackson |
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1802, 22 July |
|
Henry Dillon-Lee |
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1814, 5 March |
|
Dominick Browne |
Whig[1] |
1818, 4 July |
|
James Browne |
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1826, 24 June |
|
Lord Bingham |
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1830, 14 August |
|
Dominick Browne |
Whig[1] |
1831, 19 May |
|
John Denis Browne |
Whig[1] |
1835, 24 January |
|
Sir William Brabazon, Bt |
Repeal Association[1][2] |
1836, 6 May |
|
Robert Dillon Browne |
Repeal Association[1][2] |
1840, 16 December |
|
Mark Blake |
Repeal Association[1][2] |
1846, 2 March |
|
Joseph Myles McDonnell |
Repeal Association[2] |
1847, 14 August |
|
George Henry Moore[3] |
Whig[4][5][6] |
1850, 29 July |
|
George Gore Ousley Higgins |
Whig[7][8][9] |
1852, 26 July |
|
Independent Irish[2] |
|
Independent Irish[2] |
1857, 10 April |
|
Roger Palmer |
Conservative[2] |
1857, 30 December |
|
Lord John Browne |
Whig[10] |
1859, 13 May |
|
Liberal[2] |
1865, 19 July |
|
Lord Bingham |
Conservative[2] |
1868, 23 November |
|
George Henry Moore |
Liberal[2] |
1870, 12 May |
|
George Eakins Browne |
Liberal[2] |
1874, 7 Feb[11] |
|
Home Rule League[2] |
|
Thomas Tighe |
Home Rule League[2] |
1874, 1 June |
|
John O'Connor Power |
Home Rule League[2] |
1880, 15 April |
|
Charles Stewart Parnell[12] |
[[Home Rule League]] [[Charles Stewart Parnell|(Parnellite)]][2] |
1880, 26 May |
|
Isaac Nelson |
Home Rule League[2] |
1882[13] |
|
Irish Parliamentary Party |
|
Irish Parliamentary Party |
1885 |
Constituency divided: see East Mayo, North Mayo, South Mayo and West Mayo |
Elections
The elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system.
Elections in the 1850s
Browne's death caused a by-election.
On petition, Moore was unseated, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1870s
Moore's death caused a by-election.
On petition, Browne and Tighe were unseated.
Elections in the 1880s
Parnell was also elected MP for Cork City and opted to sit there, causing a by-election.
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 235–236. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- ↑ Following the general election in April 1857, the election of George Henry Moore was declared void on 14 July 1857. The writ was suspended until December 1857
- ↑ "Galway Mercury, and Connaught Weekly Advertiser". 17 July 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Ireland". Worcestershire Chronicle. 11 March 1846. p. 7. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Leeds Intelligencer". 28 August 1847. p. 4. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Notice". Tipperary Free Press. 10 July 1850. p. 3. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Dublin Weekly Nation". 20 July 1850. p. 8. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "The Mayo Election". Galway Vindicator, and Connaught Advertiser. 31 July 1850. pp. 2–3. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Northern Whig". 9 January 1858. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
- ↑ Following the general election in February 1874, the election of the two sitting members (Browne and Tighe) was declared void on 7 May 1874
- ↑ Parnell was also returned for both Meath and Cork. He chose to sit for Cork
- ↑ There was no election in 1882, but in that year the Home Rule League was renamed as the Irish Parliamentary Party