Dungarvan
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyCounty Waterford
BoroughDungarvan
1801–1885
Seats1
Created fromDungarvan
Replaced byWest Waterford

Dungarvan was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1801 to 1885 returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The constituency was created when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801, replacing the earlier Dungarvan constituency in the Parliament of Ireland.

Boundaries

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Dungarvan in County Waterford. Until the Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 (passed alongside the Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1832) it was coterminous with the manor of Dungarvan, and the franchise was exercised by potwallopers of the town and forty shilling freeholders of the manor.[1][2] The manor extended far beyond the urban area, including Abbeyside on the east bank of the Colligan River. Commissioners appointed in 1831 and 1836, to revise Irish parliamentary and municipal borough boundaries respectively, described the old border as "supposed to contain about 10,000 Statute Acres" and with an "ill defined" boundary. Besides the main portion around the town, the borough included three detached townlands further west (Knockampoor, Canty, and Ballymullala) and excluded 15 small enclaves (one within Dungarvan town, one to the west, and thirteen on the east bank of the Colligan, of which nine belonged to the manor of Dromana, including the townlands of Tournore, Clonanagh and Croughtanaul).[1][2][3] Although the 1832 commissioners suggested radical simplification in the boundary, the only change in 1832 was to exclude the detached parts and include the enclosed enclaves to create a single area.[1][4] This boundary is marked on the Ordnance Survey of Ireland's six-inch map, published a few years later.[5]

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1801 Edward Lee Whig
1802 William Greene Whig
1806 Hon. George Walpole Whig
1820 Augustus Clifford Whig
1822 Hon. George Lamb Whig[6]
1834 Ebenezer Jacob Radical[6]
1835 Michael O'Loghlen Whig[6]
Feb. 1837 John Power Whig[6]
Aug. 1837 Cornelius O'Callaghan Whig[6][7]
1841 Richard Lalor Sheil Radical[6][8][9]
1851 Charles Ponsonby, later Baron de Mauley Whig[6][10][11]
1852 John Maguire Ind. Irish[12][13]
1859 Liberal[12]
1865 Charles Robert Barry Liberal[12]
1868 Henry Matthews Liberal[12]
1874 John O'Keeffe Home Rule[12]
1877 Frank Hugh O'Donnell Home Rule[12]

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Dungarvan[12][6][14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig George Lamb 370 88.1
Irish Repeal Dominick Ronayne 50 11.9
Majority 320 76.2
Turnout 420 c. 48.2
Registered electors c. 871
Whig hold
General election 1831: Dungarvan[12][6][14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig George Lamb Unopposed
Registered electors c. 871
Whig hold
General election 1832: Dungarvan[12][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig George Lamb 307 53.2
Irish Repeal John Matthew Galwey 270 46.8
Majority 33 6.4
Turnout 577 85.2
Registered electors 677
Whig hold

Lamb's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 15 February 1834: Dungarvan[12][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical Ebenezer Jacob 307 53.6 N/A
Whig Pierce George Barron 260 45.4 N/A
Whig Philip Cecil Crampton 6 1.0 N/A
Majority 47 8.2 N/A
Turnout 573 c. 84.6 c. −0.6
Registered electors c. 677
Radical gain from Whig Swing N/A

Jacob was unseated on petition, causing a further by-election.

By-election, 16 May 1834: Dungarvan[12][6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical Ebenezer Jacob 293 52.1 N/A
Whig Pierce George Barron 269 47.9 −5.3
Majority 24 4.2 N/A
Turnout 562 c. 83.0 c. −2.2
Registered electors 677
Radical hold Swing N/A
General election 1835: Dungarvan[12][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Michael O'Loghlen Unopposed
Registered electors 707
Whig hold

O'Loghlen was appointed as Solicitor-General for Ireland, causing a by-election.

By-election, 4 May 1835: Dungarvan[12][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Michael O'Loghlen 360 80.4
Irish Repeal John Matthew Galwey 88 19.6
Majority 272 60.8
Turnout 448 63.3
Registered electors 708
Whig hold

O'Loghlen was appointed as Attorney-General for Ireland, causing a by-election.

By-election, 21 September 1835: Dungarvan[12][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Michael O'Loghlen 315 67.3
Irish Repeal John Matthew Galwey 153 32.7
Majority 162 34.6
Turnout 468 65.6
Registered electors 713
Whig hold

O'Loghlen was appointed Baron of the Irish Court of Exchequer and resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 16 February 1837: Dungarvan[12][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig John Power 283 63.3
Irish Repeal John Matthew Galwey 164 36.7
Majority 119 26.6
Turnout 447 60.3
Registered electors 741
Whig hold
General election 1837: Dungarvan[12][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Cornelius O'Callaghan 261 62.4
Irish Repeal (Whig) John Matthew Galwey 157 37.6
Majority 104 24.8
Turnout 418 56.0
Registered electors 747
Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Dungarvan[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical Richard Lalor Sheil Unopposed
Registered electors 434
Radical gain from Whig

Sheil was appointed as Master of the Mint, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 10 July 1846: Dungarvan[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical Richard Lalor Sheil Unopposed
Radical hold
General election 1847: Dungarvan[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Radical Richard Lalor Sheil 151 52.8 N/A
Irish Repeal John Maguire 135 47.2 New
Majority 16 5.6 N/A
Turnout 286 50.6 N/A
Registered electors 565
Radical hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1850s

Due to both ill health and to become a diplomat in Tuscany, Sheil resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.[15]

By-election, 22 March 1851: Dungarvan[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Charles Ponsonby 158 65.6 New
Radical John Maguire[16] 83 34.4 −12.8
Majority 75 31.2 N/A
Turnout 241 76.8 +26.2
Registered electors 314
Whig gain from Radical Swing N/A
General election 1852: Dungarvan[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Irish John Maguire 127 52.3 +5.1
Whig Edmund O'Flaherty[17] 116 47.7 N/A
Majority 11 4.6 N/A
Turnout 243 77.4 +26.8
Registered electors 314
Independent Irish gain from Radical Swing N/A

In order to enable the withdrawal of an election petition filed by O'Flaherty, Maguire resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.[18]

By-election, 26 August 1853: Dungarvan[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Irish John Maguire 150 65.8 +13.5
Conservative William Henry Gregory 78 34.2 New
Majority 72 31.6 +27.0
Turnout 228 75.2 −2.2
Registered electors 303
Independent Irish hold Swing N/A
General election 1857: Dungarvan[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Irish John Maguire 123 54.2 +1.9
Conservative Sir John Nugent Humble, 2nd Baronet 104 45.8 N/A
Majority 19 8.4 +3.8
Turnout 227 85.3 +7.9
Registered electors 266
Independent Irish hold Swing N/A
General election 1859: Dungarvan[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Maguire Unopposed
Registered electors 280
Liberal gain from Independent Irish

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Dungarvan[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Robert Barry 112 54.4 N/A
Conservative William Palliser 94 45.6 New
Majority 18 8.8 N/A
Turnout 206 80.2 N/A
Registered electors 257
Liberal hold Swing N/A
General election 1868: Dungarvan[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Henry Matthews 155 59.6 N/A
Liberal Charles Robert Barry 105 40.4 −14.0
Majority 50 19.2 N/A
Turnout 260 83.6 +3.4
Registered electors 311
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Dungarvan[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule John O'Keefe 131 53.3 New
Liberal Henry Matthews 115 46.7 −12.9
Majority 16 6.6 N/A
Turnout 246 85.4 +1.8
Registered electors 288
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A

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

By-election, 23 June 1877: Dungarvan[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule Frank Hugh O'Donnell 137 53.5 +0.2
Liberal Henry Matthews 119 46.5 −0.2
Majority 18 7.0 +0.4
Turnout 256 80.5 −4.9
Registered electors 318
Home Rule hold Swing +0.2

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Dungarvan[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule Frank Hugh O'Donnell 132 57.6 +4.3
Liberal Henry Matthews 97 42.4 −4.3
Majority 35 15.2 +8.6
Turnout 229 97.4 +12.0
Registered electors 235
Home Rule hold Swing +4.3
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References

  1. ^ a b c Instructions by Secretary for Ireland, respecting Cities and Boroughs in Ireland sending Representatives to Parliament; Reports of Commissioners. Sessional papers. Vol. 43. Sessional papers. 8 June 1832. pp. 65–68. Retrieved 12 February 2015.; for the map see the scan at Alamy
  2. ^ a b "Dungarvan". Reports and instructions by Lord Lieutenant, with reference to boundaries and divisions of cities, boroughs and towns corporate in Ireland. Sessional papers. Vol. 29. 10 May 1837. pp. 78–80.; for the map see also a better scan at Limerick City and County Council
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  4. ^ Lewis, Samuel (1837). "Appendix, Shewing the Boundaries of the Cities and Boroughs in Ireland, as adopted and defined by the Act passed in the 2nd and 3rd of William IV., cap. 89, intituled "An Act to settle and describe the Limits of Cities, Towns, and Boroughs in Ireland, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament."". A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland.
  5. ^ Ordnance Survey Ireland (1839–41). "Six-inch map centred on Dungarvan". Geohive. Retrieved 1 August 2019. The parliamentary boundary is in violet, except that the boundary is correctly named along the west and north edges of the townlands of Windgap, Barranalira, and Killongford, whereas the purple line runs south of these.
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  13. ^ "Dublin Weekly Nation". 11 April 1857. p. 5. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ^ a b Salmon, Philip. "Dungarvan". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  15. ^ Jenkins, Brian (3 January 2008) [2004]. "Sheil, Richard Lalor (1791–1851)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/25301. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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  17. ^ "London Nonconformist". 26 March 1856. p. 13. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  18. ^ "Belfast Mercury". 26 August 1853. p. 1. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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