County Wexford (UK Parliament constituency)

Wexford County
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1801–1885
Number of members Two
Replaced by North Wexford and South Wexford

Wexford County was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the United Kingdom House of Commons.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Wexford, except for the Parliamentary boroughs of New Ross and Wexford Borough.

Members of Parliament

Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1801, 1 January Viscount Loftus Abel Ram Tory[1]
1806, 27 May Caesar Colclough Whig[1]
1806, 17 November John Colclough Whig[1] Robert Shapland Carew
1807, 1 June Abel Ram Tory[1] William Congreve Alcock Tory[1]
1812, 10 October Robert Carew Whig[1] Sir Frederick Flood, Bt
1818, 21 July Caesar Colclough Whig[1]
1820, 21 March Viscount Stopford
1830, 19 August Arthur Chichester Whig[1] Viscount Valentia Tory[1]
1831, 18 May Henry Lambert Whig[1]
1831, 27 September Robert Carew Whig[1]
1834, 3 July Cadwallader Waddy Repeal Association[2]
1835, 27 January John Maher Repeal Association[1][2] James Power Repeal Association[1][2]
1841, 16 Jul Villiers Francis Hatton Whig[1]
1847, 10 August James Fagan Repeal Association[2] Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan Repeal Association[2]
1852, 26 July Patrick McMahon Ind. Irish[2] John George Conservative[2]
1857, 10 March John Hatchell Whig[3][4]
1859, 16 May Liberal[2] John George Conservative[2]
1865, 24 Jul Sir James Power, Bt. Liberal[2]
1866, 15 November Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh Conservative[2]
1868, 24 November John Talbot Power Liberal[2] Matthew Peter D'Arcy Liberal[2]
1874, 23 February Sir George Bowyer, Bt. Home Rule[2] Keyes O'Clery Home Rule[2]
1880, 14 April John Barry [[Home Rule League]] [[Charles Stewart Parnell|(Parnellite)]][2] Garrett Byrne [[Home Rule League]] [[Charles Stewart Parnell|(Parnellite)]][2]
1883, 15 June John Francis Small Irish Parliamentary[2]
1885 Constituency divided: see North Wexford and South Wexford

Elections

Elections in the 1850s

General Election 1852: County Wexford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Irish Patrick McMahon 2,302 28.6 N/A
Conservative John George 1,556 19.3 N/A
Whig Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan[5] 1,545 19.2 N/A
Whig Robert Carew 1,412 17.5 N/A
Peelite Edward Westby Nunn[6] 1,248 15.5 N/A
Turnout 4,032 (est) 68.1 (est) N/A
Registered electors 5,917
Majority 746 9.3 N/A
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A
Majority 11 0.1 N/A
Conservative gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A
General Election 1857: County Wexford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Independent Irish Patrick McMahon 4,306 44.4 +15.8
Whig John Hatchell 2,870 29.6 −7.1
Conservative John George 2,522 26.0 +6.7
Turnout 4,849 (est) 76.1 (est) +8.0
Registered electors 6,371
Majority 1,436 14.8 +5.5
Independent Irish hold Swing +11.5
Majority 348 3.6 N/A
Whig gain from Conservative Swing −6.9
General Election 1859: County Wexford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal Patrick McMahon 3,906 40.1 −4.3
Conservative John George 3,024 31.0 +5.0
Liberal John Hatchell 2,810 28.9 −0.7
Turnout 4,870 (est) 76.0 (est) −0.1
Registered electors 6,406
Majority 882 9.1 −5.7
Liberal hold Swing −3.4
Majority 214 2.2 N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing +5.0

Elections in the 1860s

General Election 1865: County Wexford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative John George 3,548 44.8 +13.8
Liberal James Power 2,616 33.1 +4.2
Liberal Patrick McMahon 1,750 22.1 −18.0
Majority 932 11.8 +9.6
Turnout 5,731 (est) 88.8 (est) +12.8
Registered electors 6,457
Conservative hold Swing +13.8
Liberal hold Swing −1.4

George resigned after being appointed judge of the Queen's Bench Division.

By-election, 15 November 1866: County Wexford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Conservative Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh 2,640 58.4 N/A
Conservative John Pope Hennessy 1,883 41.6 N/A
Majority 757 16.7 +4.9
Turnout 4,523 70.0 −18.8
Registered electors 6,457
Conservative hold Swing N/A
General Election 1868: County Wexford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Liberal John Power Unopposed
Liberal Matthew Peter D'Arcy Unopposed
Registered electors 6,204
Liberal hold
Liberal gain from Conservative

Elections in the 1870s

General Election 1874: County Wexford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Home Rule George Bowyer 3,407 39.0 N/A
Home Rule Keyes O'Clery 2,784 31.8 N/A
Liberal John Power 1,332 15.2 N/A
Conservative Robert Westley Hall Dare 1,224 14.0 N/A
Majority 1,452 16.6 N/A
Turnout 5,652 (est) 91.4 (est) N/A
Registered electors 6,184
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1880: County Wexford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Home Rule League (Parnellite) John Barry 3,075 42.4 N/A
Home Rule League (Parnellite) Garrett Byrne 2,879 39.7 N/A
Conservative John George Gibbon 847 11.7 −2.3
Home Rule Keyes O'Clery 457 6.3 −25.5
Majority 2,032 28.0 +11.4
Turnout 4,281 (est) 74.0 (est) −17.4
Registered electors 5,783
Home Rule hold Swing N/A
Home Rule hold Swing N/A

Byrne resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 13 June 1883: County Wexford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Parliamentary John Francis Small Unopposed
Registered electors 5,367
Irish Parliamentary hold
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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 243. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. 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 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
  3. ↑ "Oxford University and City Herald". 18 April 1857. p. 8. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  4. ↑ "Wexford County". The Atlas. 18 April 1857. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  5. ↑ "Evening Mail". 28 July 1852. p. 1. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  6. ↑ "Ireland". Morning Chronicle. 23 July 1852. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
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