UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885
Carrickfergus was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland represented from 1801 to 1885 by one MP .
History and boundaries [ edit ]
This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Carrickfergus which was a county corporate in County Antrim . It was disenfranchised under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 , which took effect at the 1885 general election .[1] The county of the town of Carrickfergus became part of the county division of East Antrim .[2]
Members of Parliament [ edit ]
Election
Member
Party
Note
1801, January 1
Noah Dalway
1801: Co-opted
1802, July 30
Lord Spencer Chichester
Tory
Resigned
1807, April 29
James Craig
Whig
Initially elected four weeks earlier, in the 31 March 1807 Carrickfergus by-election
1812, November 5
Arthur Chichester
Tory
1818, July 1
Earl of Belfast
Tory
1820, March 16
Sir Arthur Chichester, Bt
Tory [3]
Created Baronet 13 September 1821
1830, August 10
Lord George Hill
Whig [4]
1832, December 9
Conway Richard Dobbs
Tory [5]
Election declared void on petition
1833, March
Writ suspended
1835, January 10
Peter Kirk
Conservative [5]
1847, August 3
Hon. Wellington Stapleton-Cotton
Conservative
1857, April 2
William Cary Dobbs
Conservative
1859, May 6
Robert Torrens
Conservative
1868, November 21
Marriott Dalway [n 1] [6] [7] [8]
Liberal-Conservative
1880, April 2
Thomas Greer
Conservative
Last MP for the constituency
1885
Constituency abolished
Election results [ edit ]
Elections in the 1830s [ edit ]
On petition, the election was declared void and the writ for the seat was suspended.
Elections in the 1840s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1850s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1860s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1870s [ edit ]
Elections in the 1880s [ edit ]
Notes and references [ edit ]
^ a b c d Various sources refer to Dalway as 'Conservative', 'Liberal', and 'Liberal-Conservative'. Due to his support for Gladstone and Home Rule, he has been designated a 'Liberal-Conservative'
References [ edit ]
^ First Schedule Part I: Boroughs to cease to exist as such. "Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, 48 & 49 Vict. C. 23" . The public general acts . Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales.
^ Seventh Schedule (Counties at Large); Part III (Ireland)."Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, 48 & 49 Vict. C. 23" . The public general acts . Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales.
^ Farrell, Stephen. "CHICHESTER, Arthur I (1769-1847), of Greencastle and Castlecary, co. Donegal and 15 Sackville Street, Mdx." . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 9 May 2020 .
^ Farrell, Stephen. "HILL, Lord George Augusta (1801-1879)" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 9 May 2020 .
^ a b c d e f g Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830 . London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 217–218. Retrieved 9 May 2020 – via Google Books .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922 . Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 200–201, 257–258. ISBN 0901714127 .
^ "Biographical Sketches" . Armagh Guardian . 11 December 1868. Retrieved 28 December 2017 .
^ "New Parliament" . Western Times . 10 February 1874. p. 7. Retrieved 28 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ a b Salmon, Philip. "Carrickfergus" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 10 May 2020 .
^ "Belfast Mercantile Register and Weekly Advertiser" . 13 July 1852. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ Wood-Martin, William Gregory (1882–1892). History of Sligo ; county and town ; with illustrations from original drawings and plans . Dublin : Hodges Figgis . p. 58 .
^ "The Elections" . Belfast News-Letter . 7 May 1859. p. 3. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
Sources [ edit ]
Smith, Henry Stooks (1844–50). The Parliaments of England (1st edition published in three volumes)
Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1973). The Parliaments of England (2nd edition published in one volume). Political Reference Publications
Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922 . Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127 .
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)