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Roscommon (UK Parliament constituency)
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| County Roscommon | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | County Roscommon |
| 1801–1885 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Created from | County Roscommon (IHC) |
| Replaced by | North Roscommon and South Roscommon |
County Roscommon was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland. The constituency sent two MPs to Westminster from the Act of Union 1800 until the constituency was split into Roscommon North and Roscommon South in 1885.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Roscommon.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Arthur French | Unopposed | |||
| Whig | Owen O'Conor | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 629 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Whig gain from Tory | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Arthur French | 514 | 38.4 | ||
| Whig | Owen O'Conor | 479 | 35.8 | ||
| Tory | William Lloyd | 346 | 25.8 | ||
| Majority | 133 | 10.0 | |||
| Turnout | c. 670 | c. 91.8 | |||
| Registered electors | 729 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Whig hold | |||||
O'Conor's death caused a by-election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Repeal | Denis O'Conor | Unopposed | |||
| Irish Repeal gain from Whig | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Fitzstephen French | Unopposed | |||
| Irish Repeal | Denis O'Conor | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,776 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Irish Repeal gain from Whig | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Fitzstephen French | 985 | 39.4 | ||
| Irish Repeal (Whig) | Denis O'Conor | 955 | 38.2 | ||
| Conservative | Thomas Johnston Barton | 523 | 20.9 | ||
| Conservative | Arthur Browne | 40 | 1.6 | ||
| Turnout | 1,453 | 78.0 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,864 | ||||
| Majority | 30 | 1.2 | |||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Majority | 432 | 17.3 | |||
| Irish Repeal hold | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Fitzstephen French | Unopposed | |||
| Irish Repeal (Whig) | Denis O'Conor | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 2,070 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Irish Repeal hold | |||||
Elections in the 1840s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Fitzstephen French | Unopposed | |||
| Irish Repeal | Denis O'Conor | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,059 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
| Irish Repeal hold | |||||
O'Conor was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.