South Wexford (UK Parliament constituency)
South Wexford | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1922 | |
Seats | 1 |
Created from | County Wexford, New Ross and Wexford Borough |
Replaced by | Wexford |
South Wexford was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1922.
Prior to 1885 the area was part of the County Wexford constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, the area was not represented in the UK Parliament.
Boundaries
[edit]This constituency was created under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 and comprised the southern part of County Wexford. Under the Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918, the boundary was expanded to include the part of New Ross urban district transferred from County Kilkenny under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.
1885–1918: The baronies of Bargy, Forth and Shelburne, and those parts of the baronies of Bantry and Shelmaliere West not included in the constituency of North Wexford.
1918–1922: The existing South Wexford constituency together with that part of the existing South Kilkenny constituency contained within the administrative county of Wexford.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | ||
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1885 | John Barry | Nationalist | ||
1890 | Anti-Parnellite | |||
1893 | Peter Ffrench | Anti-Parnellite | ||
1900 | Nationalist | |||
1918 | James Ryan | Sinn Féin | ||
1922 | Constituency abolished |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | John Barry | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 9,577 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | John Barry | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 9,577 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | John Barry | 5,104 | 90.2 | N/A | |
Liberal Unionist | Samuel Barrett-Hamilton | 554 | 9.8 | New | |
Majority | 4,550 | 80.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,658 | 57.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,872 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
Barry resigns, prompting a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Peter Ffrench | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 9,550 | ||||
Irish National Federation hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Peter Ffrench | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,969 | ||||
Irish National Federation hold |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Peter Ffrench | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 9,183 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Peter Ffrench | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,602 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Peter Ffrench | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,557 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Peter Ffrench | 3,578 | 75.5 | N/A | |
All-for-Ireland | John Cummins | 1,164 | 24.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,414 | 51.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,742 | 55.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,557 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Sinn Féin | James Ryan | 8,729 | 51.5 | New | |
Irish Parliamentary | Peter Ffrench | 8,211 | 48.5 | −27.0 | |
Majority | 518 | 3.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 16,940 | 73.1 | +17.7 | ||
Registered electors | 23,168 | ||||
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
References
[edit]- 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, Brian 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 "W" (part 3)