East Waterford
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats1
Created fromCounty Waterford
Replaced byCounty Waterford

East Waterford was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1918.

Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the County Waterford constituency.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Waterford. It included the baronies of Gaultiere, Glenahiry, Middlethird, and Upperthird, and that part of the barony of Decies-without-Drum contained within the parishes of Ballylaneen, Clonea (excluding the townlands of Ballyrandle and Kilgrovan), Fews, Kilbarrymeaden, Kilrossanty, Monksland, Rossmire and Stradbally, and the townland of Lishane in the parish of Newcastle.[1]

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 Patrick Joseph Power Nationalist
1892 Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
1900 Nationalist
1913 Martin Joseph Murphy Nationalist
1918 Constituency abolished – see County Waterford

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

1885 general election: East Waterford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Patrick Joseph Power 3,291 91.3
Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union William Gervase de la Poer 314 8.7
Majority 2,977 82.6
Turnout 3,605 63.5
Registered electors 5,678
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)
1886 general election: East Waterford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Patrick Joseph Power Unopposed
Registered electors 5,678
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

1892 general election: East Waterford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation Patrick Joseph Power 2,562 71.1 N/A
Irish National League Edmund Leamy 1,043 28.9 N/A
Majority 1,519 42.2 N/A
Turnout 3,605 56.2 N/A
Registered electors 6,411
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A
1895 general election: East Waterford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation Patrick Joseph Power Unopposed
Registered electors 5,704
Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

1900 general election: East Waterford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Patrick Joseph Power Unopposed
Registered electors 4,922
Irish Parliamentary hold
1906 general election: East Waterford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Patrick Joseph Power Unopposed
Registered electors 4,042
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

January 1910 general election: East Waterford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Patrick Joseph Power Unopposed
Registered electors 4,216
Irish Parliamentary hold
December 1910 general election: East Waterford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Patrick Joseph Power Unopposed
Registered electors 4,216
Irish Parliamentary hold

Power's death causes a by-election.

By-election, 1913: East Waterford[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Martin Joseph Murphy Unopposed
Registered electors 4,229
Irish Parliamentary hold

References

  1. ^ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Branch (Dean and Son, 1896) page 261
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 379. ISBN 0901714127.


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