UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885 and 1918–1922
County Westmeath is a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament from 1801 to 1885 and one from 1918 to 1922.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised County Westmeath, except for the parliamentary borough of Athlone 1801–1885.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1801–1885
MPs 1918–1922
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
Elections in the 1860s
Greville-Nugent was appointed a Groom in Waiting to Queen Victoria, requiring a by-election.
Elections in the 1870s
Pollard-Urquhart's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1880s
Gill resigned, causing a by-election.
Election in the 1910s
Notes
- ^ Resigned, 1808
- ^ Died in office, 1824
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 242–243. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b The Spectator, Volume 19. 1846. p. 1205. Retrieved 25 August 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. pp. 40–41. Retrieved 25 August 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ Re-elected as a candidate of a Whig Party/Repeal Association electoral pact, in 1835 and 1837.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 242–243, 320, 398. ISBN 0901714127.
- ^ "Elections". Shipping and Mercantile Gazette. 11 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Westmeath". Shipping and Mercantile Gazette. 28 July 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "The New Parliament". Lincolnshire Gazette. 20 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Dublin Weekly Nation". 21 March 1857. p. 5. Retrieved 14 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b Salmon, Philip. "Co. Westmeath". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
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)
- Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)
