Tralee (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Tralee Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1801 |
| Abolished: | 1885 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Tralee was a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801. The borough constituency continued to be represented until it was disfranchised in 1885.
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[edit] Boundaries
This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Tralee in County Kerry.
[edit] Members of Parliament
The list below includes a line for every UK Parliament election held in the constituency, even if the incumbent MP was re-elected.
| Election | Member | Party | Note | |
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| 1801, January 1 | Arthur Moore | 1801: Co-opted a | ||
| 1802, July 24 | Rt Hon. George Canning | Tory | Appointed Treasurer of the Navy | |
| 1804, June 4 | Later Prime Minister 1827 | |||
| 1806, November 17 | Rt Hon. Maurice FitzGerald (The 18th Knight of Kerry) |
Whig | Also returned by and elected to sit for County Kerry | |
| 1807, January 17 | Samuel Boddington | Tory | ||
| 1807, May 21 | Sir Arthur Wellesley | Tory | Also returned by and elected to sit for Newport (Isle of Wight). Later Prime Minister (as the 1st Duke of Wellington) 1828-30 and 1834. |
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| 1807, July 27 | Evan Foulkes | Tory | Resigned | |
| 1808, February 25 | James Stephen | Tory | ||
| 1812, October 27 | Henry Arthur Herbert | Whig | Resigned | |
| 1813, June 17 | James Evan Baillie | Whig | ||
| 1818, June 29 | Edward Denny | Tory | Later 4th Baronet. Resigned. | |
| 1819, May 29 | James Cuffe | Tory | Died 29 July 1828 | |
| 1820, March 20 | ||||
| 1826 | ||||
| 1828, September 12 | Sir Edward Denny, Bt | Tory | 3rd Baronet. Resigned. | |
| 1829, June 9 | Robert Vernon Smith | Whig | ||
| 1830, August 13 | Appointed Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |||
| 1830, December 4 | ||||
| 1831, May 7 | Walker Ferrand | Tory | ||
| 1832, December 14 | Maurice O'Connell | Repeal Association | Re-elected as a Liberal/Repealer pact candidate | |
| 1835, January 10 | Liberal | |||
| 1837, August 7 | John Bateman | Conservative | Unseated on petition | |
| 1838, March 12 | Maurice O'Connell | Liberal | Liberal/Repealer pact candidate. Declared elected. | |
| 1841, July 5 | Repeal Association | |||
| 1847, August 4 | Re-elected as a Liberal candidate | |||
| 1852, July 15 | Liberal | Died 18 June 1853 | ||
| 1853, July 4 | Daniel O'Connell, Jnr | Liberal | Resigned | |
| 1857, April 1 | ||||
| 1859, May 2 | ||||
| 1863, May 15 | Rt Hon. Thomas O'Hagan | Liberal | Appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland | |
| 1865, February 14 | Daniel O'Donoghue (The O'Donoghue) |
Liberal | ||
| 1865, July 13 | ||||
| 1868, November 17 | ||||
| 1874, February 4 | Re-elected as a Home Rule League candidate | |||
| 1880, April 1 | Home Rule League | Last MP for the constituency | ||
| 1885, November 18 | Constituency abolished | |||
Note:-
- a Member of the former Parliament of Ireland chosen by lot to sit in the UK House of Commons from 1801.
[edit] Elections
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[edit] External links
Source: http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/tcommons2.htm
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
