Longford (UK Parliament constituency)
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Longford was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland
, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons
of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
from 1801 to 1885, and one MP from 1918–1922.
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons
British House of Commons
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which also comprises the Sovereign and the House of Lords . Both Commons and Lords meet in the Palace of Westminster. The Commons is a democratically elected body, consisting of 650 members , who are known as Members...
of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom, British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories, located in London...
from 1801 to 1885, and one MP from 1918–1922.
MPs 1801–1885
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| 1801, 1 January United Kingdom general election, 1801 The United Kingdom general election, 1801 was not an election as such, but the co-option of members to serve in the first Parliament to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801... |
Sir Thomas Fetherston, Bt | Sir William Gleadowe-Newcomen, Bt | ||||
| 1802, 15 July | Hon. Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen, 2nd Viscount Newcomen Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen, 2nd Viscount Newcomen , known as The Honourable Sir Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen, Bt, between 1807 and 1817, was an Irish politician.... |
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| 1806, 25 November | Viscount Forbes | |||||
| 1819, 15 October | Sir George Fetherston, Bt | |||||
| 1830, 11 August | Anthony Lefroy | |||||
| 1832, 22 December | Luke White | James Halpin Rorke | ||||
| 1833, 2 April | Viscount Forbes | Anthony Lefroy | ||||
| 1836, 30 December | Luke White | |||||
| 1837, 5 May | Charles Fox | |||||
| 1837, 18 August | Luke White | Henry White Henry White, 1st Baron Annaly Henry White, 1st Baron Annaly was an Irish British Army soldier and politician.Annaly was the son of Luke White, who had made a large fortune as a bookseller and lottery operator in Dublin... |
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| 1842, 18 April | Anthony Lefroy | |||||
| 1847, 13 August | Samuel Wensley Blackall | Richard Maxwell Fox | ||||
| 1851, 21 April | Richard More O'Ferrall Richard More O'Ferrall Richard More O'Ferrall was an Irish politician.He was born in Balyna, Moyvalley, County Kildare, Ireland, the eldest son of Major Ambrose O'Ferrall and his first wife, Anne Bagot.... |
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| 1852, 19 July | Fulke Greville-Nugent Fulke Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville Colonel Fulke Southwell Greville-Nugent, 1st Baron Greville was an Irish politician, born Fulke Southwell Greville.-Biography:... |
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| 1856, 13 May | Henry George Hughes Henry George Hughes Henry George Hughes was an Irish judge, politician, and third Baron of the Court of Exchequer. In 1850 he was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland. He was elected Member of Parliament for Longford in 1856.... |
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| 1857, 16 April | Henry White Henry White, 1st Baron Annaly Henry White, 1st Baron Annaly was an Irish British Army soldier and politician.Annaly was the son of Luke White, who had made a large fortune as a bookseller and lottery operator in Dublin... |
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| 1861, 4 July | Luke White Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly Luke White, 2nd Baron Annaly KP was an Anglo-Irish Liberal politician.Annaly was the son of Henry White, 1st Baron Annaly, and his wife Ellen , and was educated at Eton. He served in the British Army and achieved the rank of Captain in the 13th Light Dragoons and Lieutenant-Colonel in the Longford... |
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| 1862, 7 March | Myles William O'Reilly | |||||
| 1869, 31 December | Hon. Reginald Greville-Nugent | Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day... |
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| 1870, 16 May | Hon. George Greville-Nugent | Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day... |
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| 1874, 12 February | George Errington | |||||
| 1879, 5 April | Justin McCarthy | |||||
| 1885 Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equally populated constituencies, in an attempt to equalise representation across... |
Constituency divided: see North Longford and South Longford South Longford (UK Parliament constituency) South Longford was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Members of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.... |
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MPs 1918–1922
| Election | Member | Party | Note | |
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| 1918 | Single member constituency created | |||
| 1918, December 14 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did... |
Joseph McGuinness Joseph McGuinness Joseph P. McGuinness was an Irish Sinn Féin politician who was elected as Member of Parliament for South Longford at by-election in 1917.... |
Sinn Féin Sinn Féin Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970... |
Did not take his seat at Westminster Palace of Westminster The Palace of Westminster, also known as the Houses of Parliament or Westminster Palace, is the meeting place of the two houses of the Parliament of the United Kingdom—the House of Lords and the House of Commons... |
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| 1922, May 31 | Seat left vacant after the death of McGuinness | |||
| 1922, October 26 | UK constituency abolished. Succeeded by Longford-Westmeath constituency in Dáil Éireann Dáil Éireann Dáil Éireann is the lower house, but principal chamber, of the Oireachtas , which also includes the President of Ireland and Seanad Éireann . It is directly elected at least once in every five years under the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote... |
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