County_Cork_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

County Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

County Cork (UK Parliament constituency)

UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885


County Cork 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.

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Area

This constituency comprised County Cork, except for the city of Cork and the boroughs of Bandon, Kinsale, Mallow and Youghal, which were separately represented. The boroughs of Baltimore, Castlemartyr, Charleville, Clonakilty, Doneraile, Midleton and Rathcormack were disfranchised by the Acts of Union 1800.

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the borough constituencies in the county other than Cork City were abolished and the county constituency was replaced by the constituencies of East Cork, Mid Cork, North Cork, North East Cork, South Cork, South East Cork and West Cork, each electing one MP. These constituencies were first used at the 1885 general election.

Members of Parliament

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Elections

Elections in the 1830s

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  • On petition, O'Connor was declared not qualified and unseated in favour of Longfield
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Elections in the 1840s

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

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Elections in the 1850s

Power was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Saint Lucia, resigning and causing a by-election.

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Roche was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Fermoy and causing a by-election.

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Deasy was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

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Elections in the 1860s

Deasy was appointed Attorney-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

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Deasy resigned after being appointed a Baron of the Exchequer, causing a by-election.

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Barry's death caused a by-election.

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Elections in the 1870s

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Downing's death caused a by-election.

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References

  1. Salmon, Philip. "HARE, Hon. Richard (1773-1827)". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  2. Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 220.
  3. Salmon, Philip. "BOYLE, Hon. John (1803-1874), of Marston, Frome, Som". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  4. O'Connor was re-elected in 1835 but unseated on petition in favour of Richard Longfield on 5 June 1835, on the grounds that O'Connor failed the property qualification required of Members of Parliament.
  5. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 206, 265–266. ISBN 0901714127.
  6. "Ireland". Morning Advertiser. 13 August 1847. p. 3 via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. "Election News". Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 24 July 1841. p. 5 via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ""Success" of Mr. Scully". Cork Constitution. 13 March 1852. p. 2 via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "County Cork Election". Weekly Freeman's Journal. 20 March 1852. p. 3 via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. "Cork Election". Newry Examiner and Louth Advertiser. 21 April 1855. p. 3 via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. "Undue Influence Exerted in the Irish Elections". Belfast News-Letter. 22 April 1857. p. 2 via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. "Cork County". Dublin Evening Mail. 20 March 1857. p. 2 via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. Salmon, Philip. "Co. Cork". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  14. "Irish Business in Parliament". Dublin Weekly Nation. 21 April 1855. pp. 8–9 via British Newspaper Archive.
  • 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)
  • Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.,Leigh Rayment, David Dickson Old World Colony Corl and South Munster 1630-1830 Cork University Press 2005, Famine in West Cork Fr. Patrick Hickey Mercier Press 2002
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)

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