Roscommon (UK Parliament constituency)

County Roscommon was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland. The constituency sent two MPs to Westminster from the Acts of Union 1800 until the constituency was split into North Roscommon and South Roscommon in 1885.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Roscommon.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

O'Conor's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

O'Conor was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

Elections in the 1860s

On petition, Goff was unseated and a by-election was called.

Elections in the 1870s

French's death caused a by-election

Elections in the 1880s

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)

See also

• Roscommon (Dáil constituency)