County Wexford | |
Type: | county |
Region: | Ireland |
County: | County Wexford |
Parliament: | uk |
Year: | 1801 |
Abolished: | 1885 |
Seats: | 2 |
Previous: | County Wexford (IHC) |
Next: | North Wexford and South Wexford |
County Wexford was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the United Kingdom House of Commons.
This constituency comprised the whole of County Wexford, except for the parliamentary boroughs of New Ross and Wexford Borough.
Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | |||
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1801, 1 January | Abel Ram < | -- 31 Jan 1754 to 1830 --> | Tory[1] | ||||
1806, 27 May | Whig | ||||||
1806, 17 November | Whig | ||||||
1807, 1 June | Tory | Tory | |||||
1812, 10 October | Robert Carew < | -- 9 Mar 1787 to 2 Jun 1856 --> | Whig | ||||
1818, 21 July | Whig | ||||||
1820, 21 March | Tory[2] | ||||||
1830, 19 August | Arthur Chichester < | -- 8 Jan 1797 to 26 Sep 1837 --> | Whig | Tory | |||
1831, 18 May | Henry Lambert < | -- 1786 to 1861 --> | Whig | ||||
1831, 27 September | Whig | ||||||
1834, 3 July | Repeal Association | ||||||
1835, 27 January | Repeal Association | James Power < | -- 6 Dec 1800 to 30 Sep 1877 --> | Repeal Association | |||
1841, 16 Jul | Whig | ||||||
1847, 10 August | Repeal Association | Repeal Association | |||||
1852, 26 July | Patrick McMahon < | -- 1813 to 19 Dec 1875 --> | Ind. Irish | Conservative | |||
1857, 10 March | Whig[3] [4] | ||||||
1859, 16 May | Liberal | John George < | -- 1804 to 15 Dec 1871 --> | Conservative | |||
1865, 24 Jul | Sir James Power, Bt. < | -- 6 Dec 1800 to 30 Sep 1877 --> | Liberal | ||||
1866, 15 November | Conservative | ||||||
1868, 24 November | Liberal | Liberal | |||||
1874, 23 February | Home Rule | Home Rule | |||||
1880, 14 April | John Barry < | -- born 1845 --> | Parnellite Home Rule League}} | Parnellite Home Rule League}} | |||
1883, 15 June | Irish Parliamentary | ||||||
1885 | Constituency divided: see North Wexford and South Wexford |
Chichester was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Templemore and causing a by-election.
Carew was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Carew and causing a by-election.
George resigned after being appointed judge of the Queen's Bench Division.
Byrne resigned, causing a by-election.