Monaghan (UK Parliament constituency)

County Monaghan
County Monaghan
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
County	County Monaghan
1801–1885
Seats	2
Created from	County Monaghan (IHC)
Replaced by	North Monaghan and South Monaghan

County Monaghan is a former parliamentary constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Monaghan.

Members of Parliament

Year	1st Member		1st Party		2nd Party
1801		Richard Dawson		Warner Westenra
1801		Richard Dawson		Charles Powell Leslie II
1807		Thomas Corry
1812		Richard Dawson
1813		Thomas Corry
1818		Henry Westenra	Whig^[1]
1826		Henry Westenra	Whig^[1]	Evelyn Shirley	Tory^[1]
1830		Cadwallader Blayney	Tory^[1]^[2]	Evelyn Shirley	Tory^[1]
1831				Henry Westenra	Whig^[1]
1832				Louis Perrin	Whig^[1]
1834		Henry Westenra	Whig^[1]
1834, July		Edward Lucas	Tory^[1]^[2]
1834, December			Conservative^[1]^[2]
1835			Conservative^[1]^[2]	Henry Westenra	Whig^[1]^[3]
1841		Evelyn Shirley	Conservative^[1]^[2]	Henry Westenra	Whig^[1]^[3]
1843		Evelyn Shirley	Conservative^[1]^[2]	Charles Powell Leslie III	Conservative^[2]
1847		Thomas Vesey Dawson	Whig^[1]^[4]^[5]
1852		Sir George Forster, Bt	Conservative^[2]
1865		Vesey Dawson (known as Viscount Cremorne from July 1866)	Liberal^[2]
1868		Sewallis Shirley	Conservative^[2]
1871		Sewallis Shirley	Conservative^[2]	John Leslie	Conservative^[2]
1880		John Givan	Liberal^[2]	William Findlater	Liberal^[2]
1883		Tim Healy	Irish Parliamentary^[2]	William Findlater	Liberal^[2]
1885	constituency abolished: see North Monaghan and South Monaghan

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Monaghan^[2]^[1]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Cadwallader Blayney	631	38.6
	Tory	Evelyn Shirley, Snr.	472	28.9
	Whig	Henry Westenra	405	24.8
	Whig	John Westenra	78	4.8
	Whig	Arthur Gamble Lewis	48	2.9
Majority			67	4.1
Turnout			852	74.2
Registered electors			1,148
	Tory hold		Swing
	Tory gain from Whig		Swing

General election 1831: Monaghan^[2]^[1]^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Tory	Cadwallader Blayney	Unopposed
	Whig	Henry Westenra	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,148
	Tory hold
	Whig gain from Tory

General election 1832: Monaghan^[2]^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Louis Perrin	1,454	41.6
	Tory	Cadwallader Blayney	1,039	29.7
	Whig	Henry Westenra	1,005	28.7
Turnout			2,028	94.8
Registered electors			2,139
Majority			415	11.9
	Whig hold
Majority			34	1.0
	Tory hold

Blayney succeeded to the peerage, becoming 12th Baron Blayney and causing a by-election.

By-election, 17 May 1834: Monaghan^[2]^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Henry Westenra	1,078	52.3	−18.0
	Tory	Edward Lucas	984	47.7	+18.0
Majority			94	4.6	−7.3
Turnout			2,062	c. 96.4	c. +1.6
Registered electors			c. 2,139
	Whig gain from Tory		Swing	−18.0

On petition, Westenra's poll was amended to 973 votes and Lucas was declared elected on 30 July 1834

General election 1835: Monaghan^[2]^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Edward Lucas	914	53.3	+23.6
	Whig	Henry Westenra	733	42.7	+1.1
	Whig	William Elliott Hudson	66	3.8	−24.9
	Whig	David Leslie	2	0.1	N/A
Turnout			1,024	41.4	−53.4
Registered electors			2,472
Majority			181	10.6	+9.6
	Conservative hold		Swing	+23.6
Majority			667	38.9	+27.0
	Whig hold		Swing	−5.4

General election 1837: Monaghan^[2]^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Edward Lucas	Unopposed
	Whig	Henry Westenra	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,194
	Conservative hold
	Whig hold

Elections in the 1840s

General election 1841: Monaghan^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Henry Westenra	Unopposed
	Conservative	Evelyn Shirley	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,169
	Whig hold
	Conservative hold

Westenra succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Baron Rossmore and causing a by-election.

By-election, 17 February 1843: Monaghan^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Powell Leslie	Unopposed
	Conservative gain from Whig

General election 1847: Monaghan^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Whig	Thomas Vesey Dawson	Unopposed
	Conservative	Charles Powell Leslie	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,351
	Whig hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Monaghan^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Powell Leslie	1,948	37.1	*N/A*
	Conservative	George Forster	1,900	36.1	*N/A*
	Independent Irish	John Gray	1,409	26.8	New
Majority			491	9.3	N/A
Turnout			3,333 (est)	80.9 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			4,119
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative gain from Whig		Swing	N/A

General election 1857: Monaghan^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Powell Leslie	Unopposed
	Conservative	George Forster	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,093
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1859: Monaghan^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Charles Powell Leslie	Unopposed
	Conservative	George Forster	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,121
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Monaghan^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Powell Leslie	2,551	35.6	*N/A*
	Liberal	Vesey Dawson	2,397	33.4	*New*
	Conservative	George Forster	2,218	30.9	N/A
	Liberal	Edward James Stanley	3	0.1	New
Turnout			4,782 (est)	89.4 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			5,350
Majority			154	2.2	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
Majority			179	2.5	N/A
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

General election 1868: Monaghan^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Charles Powell Leslie	3,130	45.5	+9.9
	Conservative	Sewallis Shirley	2,785	40.5	+9.6
	Liberal	William Gray	960	14.0	−19.5
Majority			1,825	26.5	+24.3
Turnout			3,918 (est)	70.1 (est)	−19.3
Registered electors			5,591
	Conservative hold		Swing	+9.8
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	+9.7

Elections in the 1870s

Leslie's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 22 Jul 1871: Monaghan^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Leslie	2,538	63.6	−22.4
	Home Rule	Isaac Butt	1,451	36.4	New
Majority			1,087	27.2	+0.7
Turnout			3,989	70.9	+0.8
Registered electors			5,623
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1874: Monaghan^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Leslie	2,481	35.4	−10.1
	Conservative	Sewallis Shirley	2,417	34.5	−6.0
	Home Rule	John Madden	2,105	30.1	N/A
Majority			312	4.5	−22.0
Turnout			4,554 (est)	81.9 (est)	+11.8
Registered electors			5,559
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Monaghan^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Givan	2,818	29.4	*New*
	Liberal	William Findlater	2,545	26.6	*New*
	Conservative	John Leslie	2,117	22.1	−13.3
	Conservative	Sewallis Shirley	2,099	21.9	−12.6
Majority			428	4.5	N/A
Turnout			4,790 (est)	87.1 (est)	+5.2
Registered electors			5,496
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing	N/A

Givan was appointed Crown Solicitor for Kildare and Meath, causing a by-election.

By-election, 30 June 1883: Monaghan^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Tim Healy	2,376	51.0	*New*
	Conservative	John Monroe	2,011	43.1	−0.9
	Liberal	Henry Pringle	274	5.9	−50.1
Majority			365	7.9	N/A
Turnout			4,661	88.3	+1.2 (est)
Registered electors			5,281
	Irish Parliamentary gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 235, 237. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via Google Books.
^ ^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 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 232–233, 305–306. ISBN 0901714127.
^ Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. p. 232. Retrieved 25 August 2019 – via Google Books.
^ "Freeman's Journal". 13 July 1847. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Evening Mail". 5 July 1847. p. 6. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ ^a ^b Farrell, Stephen. "Co. Monaghan". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

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, B.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 "M" (part 3)

[stookssmith1842-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 235, 237. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via Google Books.

[walker-2] ^ ^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 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 232–233, 305–306. ISBN 0901714127.

[3] Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. p. 232. Retrieved 25 August 2019 – via Google Books.

[4] "Freeman's Journal". 13 July 1847. pp. 3–4. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[5] "Evening Mail". 5 July 1847. p. 6. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.

[hop1820-1832-6] Farrell, Stephen. "Co. Monaghan". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 21 May 2020.

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County Monaghan
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
County	County Monaghan
1801–1885
Seats	2
Created from	County Monaghan (IHC)
Replaced by	North Monaghan and South Monaghan