East Waterford (UK Parliament constituency) explained

East Waterford
Type:county
Parliament:uk
Year:1885
Abolished:1918
Seats:1
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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

ElectionMemberParty
1885Patrick Joseph PowerNationalist
1892Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
1900Nationalist
1913Martin Joseph MurphyNationalist
1918Constituency abolished – see County Waterford

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

Power's death causes a by-election.

References

Notes and References

  1. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Branch (Dean and Son, 1896) page 261