Monaghan (UK Parliament constituency)
Appearance
County Monaghan | |
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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 |
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.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Monaghan.
Members of Parliament
Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1801 | Richard Dawson | Warner Westenra | ||||
1801 | Charles Powell Leslie II | |||||
1807 | Thomas Corry | |||||
1812 | Richard Dawson | |||||
1813 | Thomas Corry | |||||
1818 | Henry Westenra | Whig[1] | ||||
1826 | Evelyn Shirley | Tory[1] | ||||
1830 | Cadwallader Blayney | Tory[1][2] | ||||
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 | Henry Westenra | Whig[1][3] | ||||
1841 | Evelyn Shirley | Conservative[1][2] | ||||
1843 | 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 | John Leslie | Conservative[2] | ||||
1880 | John Givan | Liberal[2] | William Findlater | Liberal[2] | ||
1883 | Tim Healy | Irish Parliamentary[2] | ||||
1885 | constituency abolished: see North Monaghan and South Monaghan |
Election results
Elections in the 1830s
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 | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tory | Cadwallader Blayney | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Henry Westenra | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,148 | ||||
Tory hold | |||||
Whig gain from Tory |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Louis Perrin | 1,454 | 41.6 | ||
Tory | Cadwallader Blayney | 1,039 | 29.7 | ||
Whig | Henry Westenra | 1,005 | 28.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,028 | 94.8 | |||
Registered electors | 2,139 | ||||
Majority | 415 | 11.9 | |||
Whig hold | |||||
Majority | 34 | 1.0 | |||
Tory hold |
Blayney succeeded to the peerage, becoming 12th Baron Blayney and causing a by-election.
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 |
- On petition, Westenra's poll was amended to 973 votes and Lucas was declared elected on 30 July 1834
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 | Edward Lucas | Unopposed | |||
Whig | Henry Westenra | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,194 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Whig hold |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Henry Westenra | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Evelyn Shirley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,169 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Westenra succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Baron Rossmore and causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Powell Leslie | Unopposed | |||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Thomas Vesey Dawson | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | Charles Powell Leslie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,351 | ||||
Whig hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1850s
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 | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | George Forster | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,093 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Charles Powell Leslie | Unopposed | |||
Conservative | George Forster | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,121 | ||||
Conservative hold | |||||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1860s
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 |
Elections in the 1870s
Leslie's death caused a by-election.
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 |
Elections in the 1880s
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 |
Givan was appointed Crown Solicitor for Kildare and Meath, causing a by-election.
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 |
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References
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- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)