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Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1801–1885
Carrickfergus is a 19th-century United Kingdom Parliament constituency , in Northern Ireland , represented, between 1801 and 1885, by one MP .
Boundaries [ ]
This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of Carrickfergus in County Antrim .
Members of Parliament [ ]
Election
Member
Party
Note
1801, January 1
1801: Co-opted
1802, July 30
Tory
Resigned
1807, April 29
James Craig
Whig
Initially elected four weeks earlier, in the 31 March 1807 Carrickfergus by-election
1812, November 5
Arthur Chichester
Tory
1818, July 1
Earl of Belfast
Tory
1820, March 16
Sir Arthur Chichester, Bt
Tory [1]
Created Baronet 13 September 1821
1830, August 10
Lord George Hill
Whig [2]
1832, December 9
Tory [3]
Election declared void on petition
1833, March
Writ suspended
1835, January 10
Peter Kirk
Conservative [3]
1847, August 3
Hon. Wellington Stapleton-Cotton
Conservative
1857, April 2
William Cary Dobbs
Conservative
1859, May 6
Robert Torrens
Conservative
1868, November 21
Marriott Dalway [n 1] [4] [5] [6]
Liberal-Conservative
1880, April 2
Thomas Greer
Conservative
Last MP for the constituency
1885
Constituency abolished
Election results [ ]
Elections in the 1830s [ ]
On petition, the election was declared void and the writ for the seat was suspended.
Elections in the 1840s [ ]
Elections in the 1850s [ ]
Elections in the 1860s [ ]
Elections in the 1870s [ ]
Elections in the 1880s [ ]
Notes and References [ ]
Notes
^ a b c d Various sources refer to Dalway as 'Conservative', 'Liberal', and 'Liberal-Conservative'. Due to his support for Gladstone and Home Rule, he has been designated a 'Liberal-Conservative'
References
^ Farrell, Stephen. "CHICHESTER, Arthur I (1769-1847), of Greencastle and Castlecary, co. Donegal and 15 Sackville Street, Mdx" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 9 May 2020 .
^ Farrell, Stephen. "HILL, Lord George Augusta (1801-1879)" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 9 May 2020 .
^ a b c d e f g Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830 . London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 217–218. Retrieved 9 May 2020 – via Google Books .
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922 . Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127 .
^ "Biographical Sketches" . Armagh Guardian . 11 December 1868. Retrieved 28 December 2017 .
^ "New Parliament" . Western Times . 10 February 1874. p. 7. Retrieved 28 December 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ a b Salmon, Philip. "Carrickfergus" . The History of Parliament . Retrieved 10 May 2020 .
^ "Belfast Mercantile Register and Weekly Advertiser" . 13 July 1852. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
^ Wood-Martin, William Gregory (1882–1892). History of Sligo ; county and town ; with illustrations from original drawings and plans . Dublin : Hodges Figgis . p. 58 .
^ "The Elections" . Belfast News-Letter . 7 May 1859. p. 3. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive .
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