County Roscommon
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyCounty Roscommon
1801–1885
Seats2
Created fromCounty Roscommon (IHC)
Replaced byNorth 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

Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party
1801 Arthur French (I) Thomas Mahon
1802 Edward King
1806 Stephen Mahon
1821 Arthur French (II) Whig[1]
1826 Robert King Tory[2]
1830 Owen O'Conor Whig[1]
1831 Denis O'Conor Repeal Association[3]
1832 Fitzstephen French Whig[1][4][5]
1847 Oliver Dowell John Grace Whig[4][5]
1852 Ind. Irish[3] Ind. Irish[3]
1857 Whig[1][3][4][5] Whig[3][4][5]
1859 Liberal[3] Thomas William Goff Conservative[3]
1860 Charles Owen O'Conor Liberal[3]
1873 Charles French Liberal[3]
1874 Home Rule League[3] Home Rule League[3]
1880 Andrew Commins Parnellite Home Rule League[3] James O'Kelly Parnellite Home Rule League[3]
1885 Constituency divided: see North Roscommon and South Roscommon

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Roscommon[3][1][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Arthur French Unopposed
Whig Owen O'Conor Unopposed
Registered electors 629
Whig hold
Whig gain from Tory
General election 1831: Roscommon[3][1][6]
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.

By-election, 25 July 1831: Roscommon[3][1][6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Irish Repeal Denis O'Conor Unopposed
Irish Repeal gain from Whig
General election 1832: Roscommon[3][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig Fitzstephen French Unopposed
Irish Repeal Denis O'Conor Unopposed
Registered electors 1,776
Whig hold
Irish Repeal gain from Whig
General election 1835: Roscommon[3][1]
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
General election 1837: Roscommon[3][1]
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

General election 1841: Roscommon[3]
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.

By-election, 21 July 1846: Roscommon[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal Denis O'Conor Unopposed
Irish Repeal hold
General election 1847: Roscommon[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Fitzstephen French 205 41.8 N/A
Whig Oliver Dowell John Grace 170 34.7 N/A
Irish Repeal Valentine O'Connor Blake 115 23.5 N/A
Majority 55 11.2 N/A
Turnout 245 (est) 18.3 (est) N/A
Registered electors 1,341
Whig hold Swing N/A
Whig gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Roscommon[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Irish Fitzstephen French Unopposed
Independent Irish Oliver Dowell John Grace Unopposed
Registered electors 2,236
Independent Irish gain from Whig
Independent Irish gain from Whig
General election 1857: Roscommon[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Fitzstephen French Unopposed
Whig Oliver Dowell John Grace Unopposed
Registered electors 2,890
Whig gain from Independent Irish
Whig gain from Independent Irish
General election 1859: Roscommon[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Fitzstephen French 1,930 40.6 N/A
Conservative Thomas William Goff 1,541 32.4 New
Liberal Edward King-Tenison 1,280 26.9 N/A
Liberal Patrick Dignan 3 0.0 N/A
Turnout 2,377 (est) 71.1 (est) N/A
Registered electors 3,345
Majority 389 8.2 N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A
Majority 261 5.5 N/A
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A

Elections in the 1860s

On petition, Goff was unseated and a by-election was called.

By-election, 26 March 1860: Roscommon[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles Owen O'Conor Unopposed
Liberal gain from Conservative
General election 1865: Roscommon[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Fitzstephen French Unopposed
Liberal Charles Owen O'Conor Unopposed
Registered electors 3,650
Liberal hold
Liberal gain from Conservative
General election 1868: Roscommon[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Fitzstephen French Unopposed
Liberal Charles Owen O'Conor Unopposed
Registered electors 3,814
Liberal hold
Liberal hold

Elections in the 1870s

French's death caused a by-election

By-election, 24 Jun 1873: Roscommon[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Charles French Unopposed
Registered electors 3,809
Liberal hold
General election 1874: Roscommon[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule Charles Owen O'Conor Unopposed
Home Rule Charles French Unopposed
Registered electors 3,710
Home Rule gain from Liberal
Home Rule gain from Liberal

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Roscommon[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Parnellite Home Rule League Andrew Commins 1,585 31.1 N/A
Parnellite Home Rule League James Joseph O'Kelly 1,479 29.0 N/A
Home Rule Charles Owen O'Conor 1,107 21.7 N/A
Home Rule Thomas Austin Patrick Mapother 933 18.3 N/A
Majority 372 7.3 N/A
Turnout 2,552 (est) 70.8 (est) N/A
Registered electors 3,602
Home Rule hold Swing N/A
Home Rule hold Swing N/A

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 238. Retrieved 8 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ Farrell, Stephen. "KING, Hon. Robert (1804-1869), of Rockingham, co. Roscommon". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 236–237, 309–310. ISBN 0901714127.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Election Details". The Examiner. 14 August 1847. pp. 8–11. Retrieved 8 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Glove". 13 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 8 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. 1 2 3 Farrell, Stephen. "Co. Roscommon". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

See also

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