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Cavan (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in Ireland (1801–1885)
Parliamentary constituency in Ireland (1801–1885)
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | County Cavan |
| type | county |
| region | Ireland |
| county | County Cavan |
| parliament | uk |
| year | 1801 |
| abolished | 1885 |
| seats | 2 |
| previous | County Cavan |
| next |
|}}
County Cavan was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1801 to 1885 returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Cavan.
Members of Parliament
From 1801 to 1885 County Cavan was one constituency with two Members of Parliament, who both represented the whole of the county.
| Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801 | Whigs (British political party)}}" | Francis Saunderson | Whig | Tories (British political party)}}" | ||
| 1802 | ||||||
| 1806 | Tories (British political party)}}" | John Maxwell-Barry | Tory | |||
| 1807 | ||||||
| 1812 | ||||||
| 1818 | ||||||
| 1820 | ||||||
| 1824 | Tories (British political party)}}" | Henry Maxwell | Tory | |||
| 1826 | Whigs (British political party)}}" | Alexander Saunderson | Whig | |||
| 1830 | ||||||
| 1831 | Tories (British political party)}}" | Sir John Young, Bt. | Tory | |||
| 1832 | ||||||
| 1835 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative | ||
| 1837 | ||||||
| 1839 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Somerset Maxwell | Conservative | |||
| 1840 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Henry John Clements | Conservative | |||
| 1841 | ||||||
| 1841 | ||||||
| 1843 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | James Maxwell | Conservative | |||
| 1847 | Peelite}}" | Peelite | ||||
| 1852 | ||||||
| 1853 | Peelite}}" | Peelite | ||||
| 1855 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Robert Burrowes | Conservative | |||
| 1857 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Hugh Annesley | Conservative | |||
| 1859 | ||||||
| 1865 | Liberal Party (UK)}}" | Edward James Saunderson | Palmerstonian Liberal | |||
| 1869 | Conservative Party (UK)}}" | Conservative | ||||
| 1874 | Home Rule League}}" | Charles Joseph Fay | Home Rule League | Home Rule League}}" | ||
| 1880 | ||||||
| 1885 | constituency abolished: see Cavan East and Cavan West |
Election results
Elections in the 1800s
Elections in the 1810s
Elections in the 1820s
John Maxwell-Barry succeeded as 5th Baron Farnham, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1830s
|reg. electors = 1,325
|reg. electors = 1,325
|reg. electors = 2,248
|reg. electors = 2,241
|reg. electors = 2,918
Henry Maxwell succeeded to the peerage, becoming 7th Baron Farnham and causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s
Somerset Maxwell resigned, causing a by-election.
|reg. electors = 2,050
John Young was appointed a Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
Henry John Clements's death caused a by-election.
|reg. electors = 1,492
Elections in the 1850s
|reg. electors = 3,850
John Young was appointed Chief Secretary of Ireland, requiring a by-election.
|reg. electors = 4,909
John Young resigned after being appointed Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands, causing a by-election.
|reg. electors = 4,909
|reg. electors = 5,638
|reg. electors = 5,989
Elections in the 1860s
|reg. electors = 6,304
|reg. electors = 6,415
Elections in the 1870s
|reg. electors = 6,225
Elections in the 1880s
|reg. electors = 6,096
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).
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- The Anglo-Celt 150th Anniversary Souvenir Supplement (dated 30 May 1996).
References
- (1842). "The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830". Simpkin, Marshall, & Co..
- "SAUNDERSON, Alexander (1783-1857), of Castle Saunderson, co. Cavan".
- "Co. Cavan".
- (8 July 1852). "Irish Counties". Freeman's Journal.
- (20 April 1855). "Carlisle Journal".
- (9 April 1857). "Cavan Election". Newry Telegraph.
- (1978). "Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922". Royal Irish Academy.
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