Tralee (UK Parliament constituency)
| Tralee | |
|---|---|
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1801–1885 | |
| Number of members | one |
| Replaced by | West Kerry |
Tralee was a constituency in Ireland of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Parliament, returning one Member of Parliament (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.
Boundaries
This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Tralee in County Kerry.
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1801-01-01 | Arthur Moore | 1801: Co-opted a | ||
| 1802-07-24 | Rt Hon. George Canning | Tory | Appointed Treasurer of the Navy | |
| 1804-06-04 | Later Prime Minister 1827 | |||
| 1806-11-17 | Rt Hon. Maurice FitzGerald (The 18th Knight of Kerry) |
Whig | Also returned by and elected to sit for County Kerry | |
| 1807-01-17 | Samuel Boddington | Tory | ||
| 1807-05-21 | 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. | |
| 1807-07-27 | Evan Foulkes | Tory | Resigned | |
| 1808-02-25 | James Stephen | Tory | ||
| 1812-10-27 | Henry Arthur Herbert | Whig | Resigned | |
| 1813-06-17 | James Evan Baillie | Whig | ||
| 1818-06-29 | Edward Denny | Tory | Later 4th Baronet. Resigned. | |
| 1819-05-29 | James Cuffe | Tory | Died 29 July 1828 | |
| 1820-03-20 | ||||
| 1826 | ||||
| 1828-09-12 | Sir Edward Denny, Bt | Tory | 3rd Baronet. Resigned. | |
| 1829-06-09 | Robert Vernon Smith | Whig | ||
| 1830-08-13 | Appointed Lord Commissioner of the Treasury | |||
| 1830-12-04 | ||||
| 1831-05-07 | Walker Ferrand | Tory | ||
| 1832-12-14 | Maurice O'Connell | Repeal Association | Re-elected as a Liberal/Repealer pact candidate | |
| 1835-01-10 | Liberal | |||
| 1837-08-07 | John Bateman | Conservative | Unseated on petition | |
| 1838-03-12 | Maurice O'Connell | Liberal | Liberal/Repealer pact candidate. Declared elected. | |
| 1841-07-05 | Repeal Association | |||
| 1847-08-04 | Re-elected as a Liberal candidate | |||
| 1852-07-15 | Liberal | Died 18 June 1853 | ||
| 1853-07-04 | Daniel O'Connell, Jnr | Liberal | Resigned | |
| 1857-04-01 | ||||
| 1859-05-02 | ||||
| 1863-05-15 | Rt Hon. Thomas O'Hagan | Liberal | Appointed Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland | |
| 1865-02-14 | Daniel O'Donoghue (The O'Donoghue) |
Liberal | ||
| 1865-07-13 | ||||
| 1868-11-17 | ||||
| 1874-02-04 | Re-elected as a Home Rule League candidate | |||
| 1880-04-01 | Home Rule League | Last MP for the constituency | ||
| 1885-11-18 | Constituency abolished | |||
Note:
- a Member of the former Parliament of Ireland chosen by lot to sit in the UK House of Commons from 1801.
Elections
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See also
- Wikipedia:WikiProject UK Parliament constituencies/Historic constituency names
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 Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "T" (part 2)
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