East Waterford (UK Parliament constituency)

East Waterford was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1918.

East Waterford
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats	1
Created from	County Waterford
Replaced by	County Waterford

Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the County Waterford constituency.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Waterford. It included the baronies of Gaultiere, Glenahiry, Middlethird, and Upperthird, and that part of the barony of Decies-without-Drum contained within the parishes of Ballylaneen, Clonea (excluding the townlands of Ballyrandle and Kilgrovan), Fews, Kilbarrymeaden, Kilrossanty, Monksland, Rossmire and Stradbally, and the townland of Lishane in the parish of Newcastle.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Patrick Joseph Power	Nationalist
	1892		Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
	1900		Nationalist
	1913	Martin Joseph Murphy	Nationalist
1918		Constituency abolished – see County Waterford

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

1885 general election: East Waterford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Joseph Power	3,291	91.3
	Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union	William Gervase de la Poer	314	8.7
Majority			2,977	82.6
Turnout			3,605	63.5
Registered electors			5,678
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

1886 general election: East Waterford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Joseph Power	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,678
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

1892 general election: East Waterford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Patrick Joseph Power	2,562	71.1	N/A
	Irish National League	Edmund Leamy	1,043	28.9	N/A
Majority			1,519	42.2	N/A
Turnout			3,605	56.2	N/A
Registered electors			6,411
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

1895 general election: East Waterford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Patrick Joseph Power	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,704
	Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

1900 general election: East Waterford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Joseph Power	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,922
	Irish Parliamentary hold

1906 general election: East Waterford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Joseph Power	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,042
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

January 1910 general election: East Waterford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Joseph Power	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,216
	Irish Parliamentary hold

December 1910 general election: East Waterford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Joseph Power	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,216
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Power's death causes a by-election.

By-election, 1913: East Waterford

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Martin Joseph Murphy	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,229
	Irish Parliamentary hold

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
• Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.