East Wicklow (UK Parliament constituency)
| East Wicklow | |
|---|---|
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1885–1922 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Created from | Wicklow |
East Wicklow, a division of County Wicklow, was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885 to 1922 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Until the 1885 general election the area was part of the Wicklow constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament, as it was no longer in the UK.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Wicklow.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | William Joseph Corbet | Nationalist | ||
| 1890 | National League (Parnellite) | |||
| 1892 | John Sweetman | National Federation (Anti-Parnellite) | ||
| 1895 | Edward Peter O'Kelly | National Federation (Anti-Parnellite) | ||
| 1895 | William Joseph Corbet | National League (Parnellite) | ||
| 1900 | Denis Joseph Cogan | Nationalist | ||
| 1907 | John Muldoon | Nationalist | ||
| 1911 | Anthony John Charles Donelan | Nationalist | ||
| 1918 | Seán Etchingham | Sinn Féin | ||
| 1922 | UK constituency abolished | |||
Elections
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Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | Sean R Etchingham | 5916 | 53.9 | n/a | |
| Irish Unionist | Alexander P Keene | 2600 | 23.7 | n/a | |
| Irish Parliamentary | Denis Cogan | 2466 | 22.4 | n/a | |
| Majority | 3,316 | 30.2 | n/a | ||
| Turnout | 10,982 | 72.1 | n/a | ||
| Sinn Féin win | |||||
References
- 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)
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
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