Waterford City (UK Parliament constituency)
Waterford City | |
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Former 1801–1922 | |
Seats |
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Created from | Waterford City (IHC) |
Replaced by | Waterford–Tipperary East |
Waterford City was a
Boundaries and boundary changes
As the constituency for the
In 1918, the boundary was redefined to exclude the Kilculliheen area which had been transferred to County Kilkenny
Following the dissolution of parliament in 1922 the area was no longer represented in the
Politics
The constituency was a predominantly
The First Dáil
The revolutionary First Dáil assembled on 21 January 1919 and last met on 10 May 1921.[11] The First Dáil, according to a resolution passed on 10 May 1921, was formally dissolved on the assembling of the Second Dáil. This took place on 16 August 1921.
In 1921 Sinn Féin used the UK authorised elections for the
Members of Parliament
MPs 1801–32
Election | Member | Party | Life | |
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1801
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William Congreve Alcock | Tory[12] | c. 1771–1813 | |
1803 | Sir John Newport, Bt.[13] | Whig[12]
|
1756–1843 |
MPs 1832–85
Representation increased to two members
Election | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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1832 | Henry Barron | Repeal Association[14] | William Christmas | Tory[12][14] | ||
1834 | Conservative[12][14] | |||||
1835 | Thomas Wyse | Whig[12][15][16] | ||||
1841 | William Christmas | Conservative[12][14] | William Morris Reade | Conservative[12][14] | ||
1841 | Henry Barron | Whig[12][15][16] | Thomas Wyse | Whig[12][15][16] | ||
1847 | Thomas Meagher | Repeal Association[14] | Daniel O'Connell Jnr | Repeal Association[14] | ||
1848 by-election | Henry Barron | Whig[12][15][16] | ||||
1852 | Ind. Irish[14] | Robert Keating | Ind. Irish[14] | |||
1857 | John Aloysius Blake | Ind. Irish[14] | Michael D. Hassard | Conservative[14] | ||
1859 | Liberal[14]
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1865 | Henry Barron | Liberal[14]
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1868 | James Delahunty | Liberal[14]
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1869 | Henry Barron | Liberal[14]
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1870 by-election | Ralph Bernal Osborne | Liberal[14]
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1874 | Richard Power | Home Rule League[14] | Purcell O'Gorman | Home Rule League[14] | ||
1880 | Edmund Leamy | Parnellite Home Rule League[14]
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1882 | Irish Parliamentary Party[14] | Irish Parliamentary Party[14] | ||||
1885 | Reduced to 1 seat |
MPs 1885–1918
Representation reduced to one member
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Richard Power | Nationalist | |
1890 | Parnellite | ||
1892 by-election | John Redmond | Parnellite | |
1900 | Nationalist | ||
1918 by-election | William Redmond
|
Nationalist | |
1922 | UK constituency abolished |
Elections
The single-member elections in this constituency took place using the
Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | John Newport | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | John Newport | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,300 | ||||
Whig hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Irish Repeal | Henry Barron | 570 | 28.9 | ||
Tory | William Christmas | 570 | 28.9 | ||
Irish Repeal | Roger Hayes | 453 | 23.0 | ||
Whig | Thomas Wyse | 379 | 19.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,140 | 91.9 | |||
Registered electors | 1,241 | ||||
Majority | 0 | 0.0 | |||
Irish Repeal gain from Whig | |||||
Majority | 117 | 5.9 | |||
Tory win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Thomas Wyse | 587 | 34.2 | +15.0 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Henry Barron | 561 | 32.7 | −19.2 | |
Conservative | William Christmas | 440 | 25.6 | +11.2 | |
Conservative | William Morris Reade | 129 | 7.5 | −7.0 | |
Turnout | 965 | 65.5 | −26.4 | ||
Registered electors | 1,473 | ||||
Majority | 26 | 1.5 | N/A | ||
Whig gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.5 | |||
Majority | 121 | 7.1 | +7.1 | ||
Irish Repeal hold | Swing | −10.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Thomas Wyse | 632 | 31.5 | −2.7 | |
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Henry Barron | 602 | 30.0 | −2.7 | |
Conservative | William Beresford | 427 | 21.3 | −4.3 | |
Conservative | John Tracy O'Reilly | 347 | 17.3 | +9.8 | |
Turnout | 1,035 | 69.7 | +4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 1,486 | ||||
Majority | 30 | 1.5 | ±0.0 | ||
Whig hold | Swing | −2.7 | |||
Majority | 175 | 8.7 | +1.6 | ||
Irish Repeal hold | Swing | −2.7 |
Wyse was appointed as a Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Whig | Thomas Wyse | Unopposed | |||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | William Christmas | 285 | 30.2 | +8.9 | |
Conservative | William Morris Reade | 259 | 27.4 | +10.1 | |
Whig | Henry Barron | 202 | 21.4 | −10.1 | |
Whig | Thomas Wyse | 199 | 21.1 | −8.9 | |
Majority | 57 | 6.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | c. 473 | c. 59.0 | c. −10.7 | ||
Registered electors | 802 | ||||
Conservative gain from Irish Repeal | Swing | +8.9 | |||
Conservative gain from Whig | Swing | +10.1 |
On petition, Christmas and Reade were unseated and Wyse and Barron were declared elected on 13 June 1842.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Repeal | Thomas Meagher | 521 | 33.3 | New | |
Irish Repeal | Daniel O'Connell Jr. | 499 | 31.9 | New | |
Whig | Henry Barron | 294 | 18.8 | −2.6 | |
Whig | Thomas Wyse | 252 | 16.1 | −5.0 | |
Majority | 205 | 13.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 783 (est) | 46.2 (est) | −12.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,696 | ||||
Irish Repeal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
Irish Repeal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
O'Connell resigned by accepting the office of
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Henry Barron | 318 | 41.1 | +6.2 | |
Irish Repeal | Patrick Costello | 301 | 38.9 | −26.3 | |
Irish Confederate
|
Thomas Francis Meagher | 154 | 19.9 | New | |
Majority | 17 | 2.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 773 | 45.6 (est) | −0.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,696 (1847 figure) | ||||
Whig gain from Irish Repeal | Swing | +16.3 |
Elections in the 1850s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent Irish | Thomas Meagher | 463 | 29.5 | −3.8 | |
Independent Irish | Robert Keating | 445 | 28.3 | −3.6 | |
Conservative | William Christmas | 355 | 22.6 | New | |
Whig | Henry Barron | 309 | 19.7 | −15.2 | |
Majority | 90 | 5.7 | −7.4 | ||
Turnout | 786 (est) | 69.3 (est) | +27.1 | ||
Registered electors | 1,135 | ||||
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal | Swing | +1.9 | |||
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal | Swing | +2.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent Irish | John Aloysius Blake | 519 | 33.1 | −24.7 | |
Conservative | Michael D. Hassard | 479 | 30.5 | +7.9 | |
Whig | Henry Barron | 330 | 21.0 | +1.3 | |
Radical | Andrew O'Dwyer[19][20] | 242 | 15.4 | New | |
Turnout | 785 (est) | 67.7 (est) | −1.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,160 | ||||
Majority | 40 | 2.6 | -3.1 | ||
Independent Irish hold | Swing | −16.3 | |||
Majority | 149 | 9.5 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Independent Irish | Swing | +16.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Michael D. Hassard | 536 | 35.3 | +4.8 | |
Liberal | John Aloysius Blake | 529 | 34.8 | +1.7 | |
Liberal | Henry Barron | 455 | 29.9 | +8.9 | |
Majority | 7 | 0.5 | −9.0 | ||
Turnout | 760 (est) | 67.0 (est) | −0.7 | ||
Registered electors | 1,134 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −2.9 | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.4 |
Elections in the 1860s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Aloysius Blake | 592 | 40.8 | +6.0 | |
Liberal | Henry Barron | 516 | 35.5 | +5.6 | |
Liberal | John Barrington | 344 | 23.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 172 | 11.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 726 (est) | 62.8 (est) | −4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 1,156 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John Aloysius Blake | 796 | 44.0 | +3.2 | |
Liberal | James Delahunty | 583 | 32.2 | N/A | |
Liberal | Henry Barron | 430 | 23.8 | +0.1 | |
Majority | 153 | 8.4 | −3.4 | ||
Turnout | 905 (est) | 65.4 (est) | +2.6 | ||
Registered electors | 1,383 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Blake resigned after he was appointed inspector of Irish fisheries, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Henry Barron | 487 | 50.8 | +27.0 | |
Liberal | Ralph Bernal Osborne | 471 | 49.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 16 | 1.6 | −6.8 | ||
Turnout | 958 | 69.3 | +3.9 | ||
Registered electors | 1,383 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1870s
Barron was unseated on petition, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Ralph Bernal Osborne | 483 | 50.4 | N/A | |
Independent Nationalist | Patrick Joseph Smyth | 475 | 49.6 | New | |
Majority | 8 | 0.8 | −7.8 | ||
Turnout | 958 | 69.3 | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,383 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Home Rule | Richard Power | 526 | 27.8 | New | |
Home Rule | Purcell O'Gorman | 480 | 25.4 | New | |
Conservative | Edward Gibson | 365 | 19.3 | New | |
Home Rule | James Delahunty | 360 | 19.0 | New | |
Liberal | Ralph Bernal Osborne | 160 | 8.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 115 | 6.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,208 (est) | 87.7 (est) | +22.3 | ||
Registered electors | 1,378 | ||||
Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A | |||
Home Rule gain from Liberal | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Home Rule | Richard Power | 661 | 42.0 | +14.2 | |
Parnellite Home Rule League
|
Edmund Leamy | 494 | 31.4 | +12.4 | |
Home Rule | Purcell O'Gorman | 420 | 26.7 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 74 | 4.6 | −1.5 | ||
Turnout | 788 (est) | 54.3 (est) | −33.4 | ||
Registered electors | 1,449 | ||||
Home Rule hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Home Rule hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Richard Power | 2,420 | 89.8 | N/A | |
Irish Conservative | Fitzmaurice Gustavus Bloomfield | 276 | 10.2 | New | |
Majority | 2,144 | 79.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,696 | 68.3 | +14.0 (est) | ||
Registered electors | 3,946 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Richard Power | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,946 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1890s
Power died, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish National League | John Redmond | 1,775 | 59.1 | N/A | |
Irish National Federation | Michael Davitt | 1,229 | 40.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 546 | 18.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,004 | 74.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,046 | ||||
Irish National League gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish National League | John Redmond | 1,676 | 56.4 | N/A | |
Irish National Federation | David Sheehy | 1,293 | 43.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 383 | 12.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,969 | 74.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,974 | ||||
Irish National League gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish National League | John Redmond | 1,788 | 59.3 | +2.9 | |
Irish National Federation | Thomas Joseph Farrell | 1,229 | 40.7 | −2.9 | |
Majority | 559 | 18.6 | +5.8 | ||
Turnout | 3,017 | 76.8 | +2.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,927 | ||||
Irish National League hold | Swing | +2.9 |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | John Redmond | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,941 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | John Redmond | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,354 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | John Redmond | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,104 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | John Redmond | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,104 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | William Redmond
|
1,242 | 62.5 | N/A | |
Sinn Féin | Vincent White | 745 | 37.5 | New | |
Majority | 497 | 25.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,987 | 66.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,972 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | William Redmond
|
4,915 | 52.6 | N/A | |
Sinn Féin | Vincent White | 4,431 | 47.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 484 | 5.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 9,346 | 77.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 12,063 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A |
See also
- List of United Kingdom Parliament constituencies in Ireland and Northern Ireland
- Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918
- List of MPs elected in the 1918 United Kingdom general election
- Historic Dáil constituencies
- Members of the 1st Dáil
References
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