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County Monaghan
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyCounty Monaghan
1801–1885
Seats2
Created fromCounty Monaghan (IHC)
Replaced byNorth 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

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This constituency comprised the whole of County Monaghan.

Members of Parliament

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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

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Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1830: Monaghan[2][1][6]
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
General election 1831: Monaghan[2][1][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Tory Cadwallader Blayney Unopposed
Whig Henry Westenra Unopposed
Registered electors 1,148
Tory hold
Whig gain from Tory
General election 1832: Monaghan[2][1]
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.

By-election, 17 May 1834: Monaghan[2][1]
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
General election 1835: Monaghan[2][1]
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
General election 1837: Monaghan[2][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Conservative Edward Lucas Unopposed
Whig Henry Westenra Unopposed
Registered electors 3,194
Conservative hold
Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: Monaghan[2]
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.

By-election, 17 February 1843: Monaghan[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Powell Leslie Unopposed
Conservative gain from Whig
General election 1847: Monaghan[2]
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

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General election 1852: Monaghan[2]
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
General election 1857: Monaghan[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Powell Leslie Unopposed
Conservative George Forster Unopposed
Registered electors 5,093
Conservative hold
Conservative hold
General election 1859: Monaghan[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Charles Powell Leslie Unopposed
Conservative George Forster Unopposed
Registered electors 5,121
Conservative hold
Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1865: Monaghan[2]
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
General election 1868: Monaghan[2]
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

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Leslie's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 22 Jul 1871: Monaghan[2]
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
General election 1874: Monaghan[2]
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

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General election 1880: Monaghan[2]
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.

By-election, 30 June 1883: Monaghan[2]
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

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 235, 237. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 232–233, 305–306. ISBN 0901714127.
  3. ^ Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. p. 232. Retrieved 25 August 2019 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Freeman's Journal". 13 July 1847. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Evening Mail". 5 July 1847. p. 6. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ a b Farrell, Stephen. "Co. Monaghan". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
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