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Clonmel (UK Parliament constituency)

Clonmel was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one MP from 1801 to 1885. It was represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.

History

The corporation of Clonmel, which was the local government of its area, was reformed by the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840. The parliamentary borough was not affected by this change in administrative arrangements.

Samuel Lewis, writing in 1837, described the oligarchic constitution of the unreformed borough.

The constituency was disenfranchised under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, which took effect at the 1885 general election.

Boundaries

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Clonmel in County Tipperary.

The boundary of the borough was defined in the Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 as:

Under the Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1868, its boundaries were extended to include the whole of the municipal borough.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

Ronayne's death caused a by-election.

Ball was appointed as Attorney General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

Ball was appointed a judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

Pigot was appointed Attorney General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

Pigot resigned after being appointed Chief Baron of the Irish Exchequer, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

Lawless' death caused a by-election.

O'Connell resigned after being appointed Clerk of the Crown and Hanaper at Dublin Castle, causing a by-election.

Bagwell was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

Elections in the 1870s

Elections in the 1880s

Notes

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)

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