Monaghan_(UK_Parliament_constituency)

County Monaghan
County Monaghan
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
County	County Monaghan
1801–1885
Seats	2
Created from	County Monaghan (IHC)
Replaced by	North Monaghan and South Monaghan

Monaghan (UK Parliament constituency)

UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885

County Monaghan is a former parliamentary constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

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Year	1st Member		1st Party		2nd Party
1801		Richard Dawson		Warner Westenra
1801		Richard Dawson		Charles Powell Leslie II
1807		Thomas Corry
1812		Richard Dawson
1813		Thomas Corry
1818		Henry Westenra	Whig^[1]
1826		Henry Westenra	Whig^[1]	Evelyn Shirley	Tory^[1]
1830		Cadwallader Blayney	Tory^[1]^[2]	Evelyn Shirley	Tory^[1]
1831				Henry Westenra	Whig^[1]
1832				Louis Perrin	Whig^[1]
1834		Henry Westenra	Whig^[1]
1834, July		Edward Lucas	Tory^[1]^[2]
1834, December			Conservative^[1]^[2]
1835			Conservative^[1]^[2]	Henry Westenra	Whig^[1]^[3]
1841		Evelyn Shirley	Conservative^[1]^[2]	Henry Westenra	Whig^[1]^[3]
1843		Evelyn Shirley	Conservative^[1]^[2]	Charles Powell Leslie III	Conservative^[2]
1847		Thomas Vesey Dawson	Whig^[1]^[4]^[5]
1852		Sir George Forster, Bt	Conservative^[2]
1865		Vesey Dawson (known as Viscount Cremorne from July 1866)	Liberal^[2]
1868		Sewallis Shirley	Conservative^[2]
1871		Sewallis Shirley	Conservative^[2]	John Leslie	Conservative^[2]
1880		John Givan	Liberal^[2]	William Findlater	Liberal^[2]
1883		Tim Healy	Irish Parliamentary^[2]	William Findlater	Liberal^[2]
1885	constituency abolished: see North Monaghan and South Monaghan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Cadwallader Blayney	631	38.6
	Tory	Evelyn Shirley, Snr.	472	28.9
	Whig	Henry Westenra	405	24.8
	Whig	John Westenra	78	4.8
	Whig	Arthur Gamble Lewis	48	2.9
Majority			67	4.1
Turnout			852	74.2
Registered electors			1,148
	Tory hold		Swing
	Tory gain from Whig		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Henry Westenra	1,078	52.3	−18.0
	Tory	Edward Lucas	984	47.7	+18.0
Majority			94	4.6	−7.3
Turnout			2,062	c. 96.4	c. +1.6
Registered electors			c. 2,139
	Whig gain from Tory		Swing	−18.0

Monaghan (UK Parliament constituency)

County Monaghan
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
County	County Monaghan
1801–1885
Seats	2
Created from	County Monaghan (IHC)
Replaced by	North Monaghan and South Monaghan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Lucas	914	53.3	+23.6
	Whig	Henry Westenra	733	42.7	+1.1
	Whig	William Elliott Hudson	66	3.8	−24.9
	Whig	David Leslie	2	0.1	N/A
Turnout			1,024	41.4	−53.4
Registered electors			2,472
Majority			181	10.6	+9.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+23.6
Majority			667	38.9	+27.0
	Whig hold		Swing	−5.4

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Powell Leslie	Unopposed
	Conservative gain from Whig

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Powell Leslie	1,948	37.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	George Forster	1,900	36.1	*N/A*
	Independent Irish	John Gray	1,409	26.8	New
Majority			491	9.3	N/A
Turnout			3,333 (est)	80.9 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			4,119
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Powell Leslie	2,551	35.6	*N/A*
	Liberal	Vesey Dawson	2,397	33.4	*New*
	Conservative	George Forster	2,218	30.9	N/A
	Liberal	Edward James Stanley	3	0.1	New
Turnout			4,782 (est)	89.4 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			5,350
Majority			154	2.2	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
Majority			179	2.5	N/A
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Powell Leslie	3,130	45.5	+9.9
	Conservative	Sewallis Shirley	2,785	40.5	+9.6
	Liberal	William Gray	960	14.0	−19.5
Majority			1,825	26.5	+24.3
Turnout			3,918 (est)	70.1 (est)	−19.3
Registered electors			5,591
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.7

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Leslie	2,538	63.6	−22.4
	Home Rule	Isaac Butt	1,451	36.4	New
Majority			1,087	27.2	+0.7
Turnout			3,989	70.9	+0.8
Registered electors			5,623
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Leslie	2,481	35.4	−10.1
	Conservative	Sewallis Shirley	2,417	34.5	−6.0
	Home Rule	John Madden	2,105	30.1	N/A
Majority			312	4.5	−22.0
Turnout			4,554 (est)	81.9 (est)	+11.8
Registered electors			5,559
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Givan	2,818	29.4	*New*
	Liberal	William Findlater	2,545	26.6	*New*
	Conservative	John Leslie	2,117	22.1	−13.3
	Conservative	Sewallis Shirley	2,099	21.9	−12.6
Majority			428	4.5	N/A
Turnout			4,790 (est)	87.1 (est)	+5.2
Registered electors			5,496
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

By-election, 30 June 1883: Monaghan^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Tim Healy	2,376	51.0	*New*
	Conservative	John Monroe	2,011	43.1	−0.9
	Liberal	Henry Pringle	274	5.9	−50.1
Majority			365	7.9	N/A
Turnout			4,661	88.3	+1.2 (est)
Registered electors			5,281
	Irish Parliamentary gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A