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County Longford
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyCounty Longford
1801–1885
Seats2
Created fromLongford (IHC)
Replaced by
1918–1922
Seats1
Created from
Replaced byLongford–Westmeath

County Longford was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1885, and one MP from 1918 to 1922.

This constituency comprised the whole of County Longford.

Members of Parliament

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Year 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party
1801, 1 January Sir William Gleadowe-Newcomen, Bt Sir Thomas Fetherston, Bt
1802, 15 July Hon. Thomas Gleadowe-Newcomen
1806, 25 November Viscount George Forbes Whig[1]
1819, 15 October Sir George Fetherston, Bt Tory[1]
1830, 11 August Tory[1] Anthony Lefroy Tory[1]
1832, 22 December Luke White[2] Repeal Association[3] James Halpin Rorke[2] Repeal Association[3]
1833, 2 April Viscount George Forbes Tory[1] Anthony Lefroy Tory[1]
1834, 18 December Conservative[1] Conservative[1]
1836, 30 December Luke White[4] Repeal Association[3]
1837, 5 May Charles Fox Conservative[1]
1837, 18 August Luke White[5] Repeal Association[3] Henry White Repeal Association[3]
1842, 18 April Anthony Lefroy Conservative[1][3]
1847, 13 August Samuel Blackall Repeal Association[3][6] Richard Maxwell Fox Repeal Association[3][6]
1851, 21 April Richard More O'Ferrall Whig[1][7][8]
1852, 19 July Fulke Greville-Nugent Ind. Irish[3] Ind. Irish[3]
1856, 13 May Henry George Hughes Whig[9][10][11]
1857, 16 April Whig[12][13] Henry White Whig[12][13]
1859, 9 May Liberal[3] Liberal[3]
1861, 4 July Luke White Liberal[3]
1862, 7 March Myles O'Reilly Liberal[3]
1869, 31 December Hon. Reginald Greville-Nugent[14] Liberal[3]
1870, 16 May Hon. George Greville-Nugent Liberal[3]
1874, 12 February George Errington Home Rule League[3] Home Rule League[3]
1879, 5 April Justin McCarthy Home Rule League[3]
1885 Constituency divided: see North Longford and South Longford
Election Member Party Note
1918 Single member constituency created
1918, December 14[15] Joseph McGuinness Sinn Féin Did not take his seat at Westminster
1922, May 31 [16] Seat left vacant after the death of McGuinness
1922, October 26 UK constituency abolished. Succeeded by Longford–Westmeath constituency in Dáil Éireann

Elections in the 1800s

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Elections in the 1810s

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Sir Thomas Fetherston died, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1820s

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Elections in the 1830s

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On petition, a House of Commons Select Committee inquiry disqualified 73 votes and declared Forbes and Lefroy the winners of the election.

Viscount Forbes died, causing a by-election.

On petition, a House of Commons committee inquiry disqualified 94 votes and declared Fox the winner of the election by a majority of 1.

Elections in the 1840s

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On petition, a House of Commons committee began an inquiry into the votes cast for Luke White, but he withdrew his candidacy after 1 vote was examined and Lefroy was declared elected on 18 April 1842 .

Elections in the 1850s

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Blackall was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Dominica, causing a by-election.

Fox's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s

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White's resignation caused a by-election.

White was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

Greville-Nugent was created Lord Greville, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1870s

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On petition, Greville-Nugent was unseated.

O'Reilly was appointed Assistant Commissioner of Intermediate Education and resigned, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

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Elections in the 1910s

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  1. ^ 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 Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 229–230, 234. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b both members were unseated in favour of George Forbes, Viscount Forbes and Anthony Lefroy 2 Apr 1833
  3. ^ 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 ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap Brian M. Walker, ed. (1978). Parliamentary election results in Ireland 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 189. ISBN 0-901714-12-7.
  4. ^ he was unseated on petition in favour of Charles Fox 5 May 1837
  5. ^ Luke White was unseated on petition in favour of Anthony Lefroy 18 April 1842.[r 1]
  6. ^ a b "The Elections — Repeal Triumphant". Freeman's Journal. 13 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Belfast News-Letter". 23 April 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "The Longford Election—Another Defeat of the League". Belfast News-Letter. 16 April 1851. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Carlisle Journal". 20 April 1855. p. 8. Retrieved 18 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Summary of News". Downshire Protestant. 2 May 1856. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  11. ^ "Death of Mr. Fox. M.P.". Ballyshannon Herald. 2 May 1856. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ a b "The Evening Freeman". 1 April 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 6 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ^ a b "General Intelligence". Coventry Standard. 17 April 1857. p. 2. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  14. ^ Greville-Nugent's election was declared void 12 Apr 1870
  15. ^ Date of polling day. The result was declared on 28 December 1918, to allow time for votes cast by members of the armed forces to be included in the count.
  16. ^ Not an election. Date of the death of McGuinness.
  17. ^ a b Salmon, Philip. "Co. Longford". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  18. ^ Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons, Volume 50. 1843. Retrieved 25 August 2019 – via Google Books.
  19. ^ Dublin Evening Packet and Correspondent. 14 August 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
  20. ^ "The General Election". Freeman's Journal. 5 February 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 5 January 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  • 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, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 228–229, 298–299, 393. ISBN 0901714127.