UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885
Carrickfergus was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland represented from 1801 to 1885 by one MP .
History and boundaries [ edit ] This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Carrickfergus which was a county corporate in County Antrim . It was disenfranchised under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 , which took effect at the 1885 general election .[1] The county of the town of Carrickfergus became part of the county division of East Antrim .[2]
Members of Parliament [ edit ] Election Member Party Note 1801, January 1 Noah Dalway 1801: Co-opted 1802, July 30 Lord Spencer Chichester Tory Resigned 1807, April 29 James Craig Whig Initially elected four weeks earlier, in the 31 March 1807 Carrickfergus by-election 1812, November 5 Arthur Chichester Tory 1818, July 1 Earl of Belfast Tory 1820, March 16 Sir Arthur Chichester, Bt Tory [3] Created Baronet 13 September 1821 1830, August 10 Lord George Hill Whig [4] 1832, December 9 Conway Richard Dobbs Tory [5] Election declared void on petition 1833, March Writ suspended 1835, January 10 Peter Kirk Conservative [5] 1847, August 3 Hon. Wellington Stapleton-Cotton Conservative 1857, April 2 William Cary Dobbs Conservative 1859, May 6 Robert Torrens Conservative 1868, November 21 Marriott Dalway [n 1] [6] [7] [8] Liberal-Conservative 1880, April 2 Thomas Greer Conservative Last MP for the constituency 1885 Constituency abolished
Election results [ edit ] Elections in the 1830s [ edit ] On petition, the election was declared void and the writ for the seat was suspended. Elections in the 1840s [ edit ] Elections in the 1850s [ edit ] Elections in the 1860s [ edit ] Elections in the 1870s [ edit ] Elections in the 1880s [ edit ] Notes and references [ edit ] ^ a b c d Various sources refer to Dalway as 'Conservative', 'Liberal', and 'Liberal-Conservative'. Due to his support for Gladstone and Home Rule, he has been designated a 'Liberal-Conservative' References [ edit ] ^ First Schedule Part I: Boroughs to cease to exist as such. "Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, 48 & 49 Vict. C. 23" . The public general acts . Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales. ^ Seventh Schedule (Counties at Large); Part III (Ireland)."Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, 48 & 49 Vict. C. 23" . The public general acts . Incorporated Council of Law Reporting for England and Wales. ^ Farrell, Stephen. "CHICHESTER, Arthur I (1769–1847), of Greencastle and Castlecary, co. Donegal and 15 Sackville Street, Mdx." . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 9 May 2020 . ^ Farrell, Stephen. "HILL, Lord George Augusta (1801-1879)" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 9 May 2020 . ^ a b c d e f g Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830 . London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 217–218. Retrieved 9 May 2020 – via Google Books . ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922 . Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 200–201, 257–258. ISBN 0901714127 . ^ "Biographical Sketches" . Armagh Guardian . 11 December 1868. Retrieved 28 December 2017 . ^ "New Parliament" . Western Times . 10 February 1874. p. 7. Retrieved 28 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive . ^ a b Salmon, Philip. "Carrickfergus" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 10 May 2020 . ^ "Belfast Mercantile Register and Weekly Advertiser" . 13 July 1852. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive . ^ Wood-Martin, William Gregory (1882–1892). History of Sligo ; county and town ; with illustrations from original drawings and plans . Dublin : Hodges Figgis . p. 58 . ^ "The Elections" . Belfast News-Letter . 7 May 1859. p. 3. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive . Sources [ edit ]