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Clare (UK Parliament constituency)

UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885

Summary

UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885

Field	Value
name	County Clare
type	county
image2	[[File:Island of Ireland location map Clare.svg	250px]]
caption2	County Clare within Ireland
region	Ireland
county	County Clare
parliament	uk
year	1801
abolished	1885
elects_howmany	2
previous	County Clare
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County Clare was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1801 to 1885 it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

At the 1885 general election, County Clare was split into two divisions: East Clare and West Clare.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Clare, except for the borough of Ennis.

Members of Parliament

Year	First member	First party	Second member	Second party
1801		Francis Nathaniel Burton
1802	Whigs (British political party)}}"		Sir Edward O'Brien, 4th Baronet	Whig
1808	Tories (British political party)}}"		Augustine FitzGerald	Tory
1818	Tories (British political party)}}"		William Vesey-FitzGerald	Tory
1826	Tories (British political party)}}"		Lucius O'Brien	Tory
1828	Radicals (UK)}}"		Daniel O'Connell	Radical
1830	Repeal Association}}"		William Nugent Macnamara	Repeal Association	Whigs (British political party)}}"
1831	Repeal Association}}"		Maurice O'Connell	Repeal Association
1832	Repeal Association}}"		Cornelius O'Brien	Repeal Association
1847	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Sir Lucius O'Brien, 5th Baronet	Conservative
1852	Whig (British political party)}}"		Sir John Forster Fitzgerald	Whig	Independent Irish Party}}"
1857	Independent Irish Party}}"		Lord Francis Conyngham	Ind. Irish	Independent Irish Party}}"
1859	Conservative Party (UK)}}"		Crofton Moore Vandeleur	Conservative	Liberal Party (UK)}}"
1860	Liberal Party (UK)}}"		Francis Macnamara Calcutt	Liberal
1863	Liberal Party (UK)}}"		Sir Colman O'Loghlen, 2nd Baronet	Liberal
1874	Irish Parliamentary Party}}"		Lord Francis Conyngham	Irish Nationalist	Irish Parliamentary Party}}"
1877	Irish Parliamentary Party}}"		Sir Bryan O'Loghlen, 3rd Baronet	Irish Nationalist
1879	Irish Parliamentary Party}}"		James Patrick Mahon	Irish Nationalist
1880	Independent Nationalist}}"		William O'Shea	Independent Nationalist
1885	Constituency divided into East Clare and West Clare

Elections

Elections in the 1820s

Elections in the 1830s

|reg. electors = 1,604

On petition, Mahon was unseated and a by-election was called.

|reg. electors =

|reg. electors = 1,514

|reg. electors = 2,518

|reg. electors = 2,671

Lucius O'Brien and Vandeleur declined the contest

|reg. electors = 3,141

Elections in the 1840s

|reg. electors = 1,848

|reg. electors = 2,216

Elections in the 1850s

|reg. electors = 2,581

On petition, Fitzgerald and O'Brien were unseated, due to a "system of intimidation" being present at the 1852 election, and a writ was moved for a by-election.

|reg. electors = 3,144

|reg. electors = 3,745

|reg. electors = 5,509

Elections in the 1860s

On petition, White was unseated, causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 5,509

Calcutt died, causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 5,563

|reg. electors = 5,465

|reg. electors = 5,649

O'Loghlen was appointed Judge Advocate General of the Armed Forces, requiring a by-election.

|reg. electors = 5,649

Elections in the 1870s

|reg. electors = 5,460

O'Loghlen's death caused a by-election.

|reg. electors = 5,427

O'Loghlen was a Liberal home rule supporter, while The O'Gorman Mahon was a Nationalist home rule supporter. Burton also supported home rule.

O'Loghlen was declared to have resigned after accepting office as Attorney General of Victoria, Australia, causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 5,430

Elections in the 1880s

|reg. electors = 5,643

There was a notorious riot at Sixmilebridge on polling day in 1852, in which soldiers shot dead seven protesters.

The Clare by-election in 1828 was notable as this was the first time since the reformation that an openly Roman Catholic MP, Daniel O'Connell was elected.

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)

References

"VESEY FITZGERALD (formerly FITZGERALD), William (?1782-1843), of Inchicronan, co. Clare".
"O'BRIEN, Lucius (1800-1872).".
(1842). "The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections". Simpkin, Marshall & Company.
(30 July 1852). "Clare". Coventry Standard.
(28 March 1857). "Dublin Evening Post".
(4 April 1857). "Clare Election". Dublin Weekly Nation.
"Co. Clare 1820-1832".
"Co. Clare".
(1843). "Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons, Volume 50".
(15 June 1853). "Kilkenny Journal, and Leinster Commercial and Literary Advertiser".
(4 April 1857). "The Irish Elections". Freeman's Journal.
(7 August 1877). "Clare Election". [[The Journal (Newcastle upon Tyne newspaper).
(1978). "Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922". Royal Irish Academy.

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