Sligo Borough (UK Parliament constituency)
| Sligo Borough | |
|---|---|
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1801–1870 | |
| Number of members | One |
| Replaced by | Sligo County |
Sligo Borough is a former borough constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801, and returned one Member of Parliament (MP), elected by the first past the post system of election.
There were problems with the 20 November 1868 election in the Borough. A petition was presented by the losing candidate, alleging corruption. As a result, the election was declared void. Parliament then passed the Sligo and Cashel Disenfranchisement Act 1870 (33 & 34 Vict. c.38). On 1 August 1870 Sligo Borough lost the right to elect its own MP. The area was transferred to form part of the Sligo County constituency.
Boundaries
This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of Sligo in County Sligo.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801, January 1 | Owen Wynne | Tory | Resigned (appointed Escheator of Munster) | |
| 1806, July 16 | Col. George Canning | Tory | A cousin of the Rt Hon. George Canning | |
| 1812, November 5 | Rt Hon George Canning | Tory | 1812: Also returned by and elected to sit for Liverpool. Subsequently Prime Minister 1827. | |
| 1813, April 5 | Joshua Spencer | Resigned (appointed Escheator of Munster) | ||
| 1815, March 27 | Sir Brent Spencer | |||
| 1818, June 29 | John Bent | Tory | ||
| 1820, March 21 | Owen Wynne | Tory | ||
| 1830, August 4 | John Arthur Wynne | Tory | ||
| 1832, December 21 | John Martin | Liberal 1 | ||
| 1837, August 5 | John Patrick Somers | Liberal 1 | Re-elected as a Repeal Association candidate | |
| 1841, July 9 | Repeal Association | Unseated on petition - new writ issued | ||
| 1848, April 11 | Charles Towneley | Liberal 1 | Unseated on petition - new writ issued | |
| 1848, July 15 | John Patrick Somers | Repeal Association | ||
| 1852, July 15 | Charles Towneley | Liberal 1 | Joined the Independent Irish Party | |
| 1852 | Independent Irish | Unseated on petition - new writ issued | ||
| 1853, July 8 | John Sadleir | Liberal 1 | Died | |
| 1856, March 8 | Rt Hon. John Arthur Wynne | Conservative | ||
| 1857, April 2 | John Patrick Somers | Liberal 1 | Unseated on petition | |
| 1857, July 31 | Rt Hon. John Arthur Wynne | Conservative | Declared duly elected on petition. Resigned | |
| 1860, August 9 | Francis Macdonogh | Conservative | ||
| 1865, July 15 | Richard Armstrong | Liberal | ||
| 1868, November 20 | Lawrence Edward Knox | Conservative | Last MP for the constituency. Election declared void on petition. | |
| 1870, August 1 | constituency disenfranchised | |||
Supplemental Note:-
- 1 Walker (like F. W. S. Craig in his compilations of election results for Great Britain) classifies Whig, Radical and similar candidates as Liberals from 1832. The name Liberal was gradually adopted as a description for the Whigs and politicians allied with them, before the formal creation of the Liberal Party shortly after the 1859 general election.
Elections
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)
- British Electoral Facts 1832-1987, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services, 5th edition, 1989)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)