- Cavan (UK Parliament constituency)
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Cavan Former County constituency for the House of Commons 1801–1885 Number of members Two Replaced by East Cavan and West Cavan Cavan was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1801 to 1885 returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Cavan.
Members of Parliament
From 1801 to 1885 County Cavan was one constituency with two Members of Parliament who both represented the whole of the county.
Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party 1801 Francis Saunderson Tory[dubious ] Nathaniel Sneyd Tory 1802 1806 John Maxwell-Barry Tory 1807 1812 1818 1820 1824 Henry Maxwell Tory 1826 Alexander Saunderson Tory 1830 1831 Sir John Young, Bt. Tory 1832 1835 Conservative Conservative 1837 1839 Somerset Richard Maxwell Conservative 1840 Henry John Clements Conservative 1841 1841 1843 James Pierce Maxwell Conservative 1847 Peelite 1852 1853 Conservative 1855 Robert Burrowes Conservative 1857 Hugh Annesley Conservative 1859 1865 Edward James Saunderson Palmerstonian Liberal 1868 Conservative 1874 Charles Joseph Fay Home Rule League Joseph Gillis Biggar Home Rule League 1880 1885 constituency abolished: see Cavan East and Cavan West Election results
Elections in the 1800s
1 January 1801 (co-option) Candidate Party Votes Francis Saunderson Tory[dubious ] nominated Nathaniel Sneyd Tory nominated 16 July 1802 (General election) Candidate Party Votes Francis Saunderson Tory[dubious ] unopposed Nathaniel Sneyd Tory unopposed 17 November 1806 (General election) Candidate Party Votes Nathaniel Sneyd Tory unopposed John Maxwell-Barry Tory unopposed 18 May 1807 (General election) Candidate Party Votes Nathaniel Sneyd Tory unopposed John Maxwell-Barry Tory unopposed Elections in the 1810s
21 October 1812 (General election) Candidate Party Votes Nathaniel Sneyd Tory unopposed John Maxwell-Barry Tory unopposed 29 June 1818 (General election) Candidate Party Votes Nathaniel Sneyd Tory unopposed John Maxwell-Barry Tory unopposed Elections in the 1820s
18 March 1820 (General election) Candidate Party Votes Nathaniel Sneyd Tory unopposed John Maxwell-Barry Tory unopposed 1824 (By-election) John Maxwell-Barry, who had succeeded as 5th Baron Farnham on the 23 July 1823, was replaced by Henry Maxwell on the 24 February 1824. 28 June 1826 (General election) Candidate Party Votes Henry Maxwell Tory 2,854 - elected Alexander Saunderson Tory 2,673 - elected Robert Henry Southwell 1,917 - defeated Charles Coote 1,901 - defeated Elections in the 1830s
12 August 1830 (General election) Candidate Party Votes Henry Maxwell Tory 786 - elected Alexander Saunderson Tory 452 - elected Sir William Young, Bt. 287 - defeated 19 May 1831 (General election) Candidate Party Votes Henry Maxwell Tory 664 - elected John Young Tory 614 - elected Robert Henry Southwell 331 - defeated 17 December 1832 (General election) Candidate Party Votes Henry Maxwell Tory unopposed John Young Tory unopposed 14 January 1835 (General election) Candidate Party Votes Henry Maxwell Conservative unopposed John Young Conservative unopposed 10 August 1837 (General election) Candidate Party Votes Henry Maxwell Conservative unopposed John Young Conservative unopposed 1839 and 1840 (By-elections) Henry Maxwell, who had succeeded as 7th Baron Farnham on the 19 October 1838, was replaced by Somerset Richard Maxwell on the 18 February 1839, however, he resigned the next year and was replaced by Henry John Clements on the 12 August 1840. Elections in the 1840s
1841 (General election) Candidate Party Votes John Young Conservative unopposed Henry John Clements Conservative unopposed 1841 (By-election) John Young was appointed on the 30 September 1841 as a Commissioner of the Treasury and resigned as M.P. for Cavan, but was re-elected later the same year. 1843 (By-election) Henry John Clements died on the 12 January 1843 and was replaced by James Pierce Maxwell on the 17 February 1843. 9 August 1847 (General election) Candidate Party Votes James Pierce Maxwell Conservative unopposed John Young* Peelite unopposed * He succeeded a baronetcy in 1848 and became Sir John Young, Bt. Elections in the 1850s
16 July 1852 (General election) Candidate Party Votes James Pierce Maxwell Conservative 2,252 - elected Sir John Young, Bt. Peelite 2,049 - elected Hercules Ellis Liberal 727 - defeated 1853 (By-election) Sir John Young was appointed in 1853 as Chief Secretary of Ireland and resigned as M.P. for Cavan, but was re-elected on the 10 January 1853, but this time for the Conservative Party. Two years later a by-election was created when Sir John Young resigned as M.P. for the last time and took up the appointment as Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands. 1855 (By-election) Candidate Party Votes Robert Burrowes Conservative 2,163 - elected Henry George Hughes, Q.C. Liberal 1,866 - defeated 13 April 1857 (General election) Candidate Party Votes James Pierce Maxwell Conservative 3,164 - elected Hugh Annesley Conservative 2,164 - elected Matthew O'Reilly Dease Liberal 1,409 - defeated 9 May 1859 (General election) Candidate Party Votes James Pierce Maxwell Conservative unopposed Hugh Annesley Conservative unopposed Elections in the 1860s
1865 (General election) Candidate Party Votes Hugh Annesley Conservative unopposed Edward James Saunderson Palmerstonian Liberal unopposed 23 November 1868 (General election) Candidate Party Votes Hugh Annesley Conservative unopposed Edward James Saunderson Conservative unopposed Elections in the 1870s
1874 (General election) Candidate Party Votes Charles Joseph Fay Home Rule League elected Joseph Gillis Biggar Home Rule League elected Edward James Saunderson Conservative defeated Elections in the 1880s
9 April 1880 (General election) Candidate Party Votes Charles Joseph Fay Home Rule League 3,097 - elected Joseph Gillis Biggar Home Rule League 3,061 - elected Somerset Henry Maxwell Conservative 2,233 - defeated References
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
- 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).
- The Anglo-Celt 150th Anniversary Souvenir Supplement (dated 30 May 1996).
Parliamentary constituencies in County Cavan and Borough Parliament of Ireland
to 1800Belturbet (1614–1800) · Cavan Borough (1611–1800) · Cavan County (????–1800)
Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918Cavan County (1801–1885) · East Cavan (1885–1922) · West Cavan (1885–1922)
Dáil Éireann
1918–presentCavan (1921–1977) · Cavan–Monaghan (1977– )
European Parliament
1979–presentConnacht–Ulster (1979–2004) · North-West (2004– )
Irish counties: Carlow · Cavan · Clare · Cork · Donegal · Dublin · Galway · Kerry · Kildare · Kilkenny · Laois · Leitrim · Limerick · Longford · Louth · Mayo · Meath · Monaghan · Offaly · Roscommon · Sligo · Tipperary · Waterford · Westmeath · Wexford · WicklowCategories:- Historic constituencies in County Cavan
- Westminster constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1801
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1885
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