Longford (UK Parliament constituency)
| Longford | |
|---|---|
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1801–1885 | |
| Replaced by | North Longford and South Longford |
| 1918–1922 | |
| Created from | North Longford and South Longford |
Longford was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885, and one MP from 1918–1922.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Longford.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1801–1885
| Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801, 1 January | Sir Thomas Fetherston, Bt | Sir William Gleadowe-Newcomen, Bt | ||||
| 1802, 15 July | Hon. Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen | |||||
| 1806, 25 November | Viscount Forbes | |||||
| 1819, 15 October | Sir George Fetherston, Bt | |||||
| 1830, 11 August | Anthony Lefroy | |||||
| 1832, 22 December | Luke White[1] | James Halpin Rorke[1] | ||||
| 1833, 2 April | Viscount Forbes | Anthony Lefroy | Conservative | |||
| 1836, 30 December | Luke White[2] | |||||
| 1837, 5 May | Charles Fox | |||||
| 1837, 18 August | Luke White[3] | Henry White | ||||
| 1842, 18 April | Anthony Lefroy | Conservative | ||||
| 1847, 13 August | Samuel Wensley Blackall | Richard Maxwell Fox | ||||
| 1851, 21 April | Richard More O'Ferrall | Whig | ||||
| 1852, 19 July | Fulke Greville-Nugent | Liberal | ||||
| 1856, 13 May | Henry George Hughes | |||||
| 1857, 16 April | Henry White | |||||
| 1861, 4 July | Luke White | Liberal | ||||
| 1862, 7 March | Myles William O'Reilly | Home Rule League | ||||
| 1869, 31 December | Hon. Reginald Greville-Nugent [4] | Liberal | ||||
| 1870, 16 May | Hon. George Greville-Nugent | Liberal | ||||
| 1874, 12 February | George Errington | |||||
| 1879, 5 April | Justin McCarthy | Home Rule League | ||||
| 1885 | Constituency divided: see North Longford and South Longford | |||||
MPs 1918–1922
| Election | Member | Party | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Single member constituency created | |||
| 1918, December 14 [5] | Joseph McGuinness | Sinn Féin | Did not take his seat at Westminster | |
| 1922, May 31 [6] | Seat left vacant after the death of McGuinness | |||
| 1922, October 26 | UK constituency abolished. Succeeded by Longford–Westmeath constituency in Dáil Éireann | |||
Elections
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Elections in the 1910s
[7]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | Joseph McGuinness | 11,122 | 72.7 | n/a | |
| Irish Parliamentary | James Patrick Farrell | 4,173 | 27.5 | n/a | |
| Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | ||||
Notes
- 1 2 both members were unseated in favour of George Forbes, Viscount Forbes and Anthony Lefroy 2 Apr 1833
- ↑ he was unseated on petition in favour of Charles Fox 5 May 1837
- ↑ Luke White was unseated on petition in favour of Anthony Lefroy 18 April 1842.[r 1]
- ↑ Greville-Nugent's election was declared void 12 Apr 1870
- ↑ Date of polling day. The result was declared on 28 December 1918, to allow time for votes cast by members of the armed forces to be included in the count.
- ↑ Not an election. Date of the death of McGuinness.
- ↑ Brian M. Walker, ed. (1978). Parliamentary election results in Ireland 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 189. ISBN 0-901714-12-7.
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 "L" (part 4)
- ↑ Minutes of Proceedings of the Committee on the Longford Election Petition (PDF). Command papers. 208. 26 April 1842.
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