Monaghan (UK Parliament constituency)
| Monaghan | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1801–1885 | |
| Number of members | Two |
| Replaced by | North Monaghan and South Monaghan |
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 Charles Stewart Corry | |||||
| 1812 | Richard Dawson | |||||
| 1813 | Thomas Charles Stewart Corry | |||||
| 1818 | Henry Westenra | |||||
| 1826 | Evelyn Shirley | |||||
| 1830 | Cadwallader Blayney | Conservative | ||||
| 1831 | Henry Westenra | Whig | ||||
| 1832 | Louis Perrin | |||||
| 1834 | Henry Westenra | Whig | ||||
| 1834 | Edward Lucas | |||||
| 1835 | Henry Westenra | Whig | ||||
| 1841 | Evelyn Shirley | |||||
| 1843 | Charles Powell Leslie III | |||||
| 1847 | Thomas Vesey Dawson | |||||
| 1852 | Sir George Forster, Bt | |||||
| 1865 | Vesey Dawson | |||||
| 1868 | Sewallis Shirley | |||||
| 1871 | John Leslie | Conservative | ||||
| 1880 | John Givan | William Findlater | ||||
| 1883 | Timothy Michael Healy | Irish Parliamentary Party | ||||
| 1885 | constituency abolished: see North Monaghan and South Monaghan | |||||
Election results
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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 "M" (part 3)
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