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 Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party 1801 Richard Dawson Warner Westenra 1801 Charles Powell Leslie II 1807 Thomas Corry 1812 Richard Dawson 1813 Thomas Corry 1818 Henry Westenra Whig 1826 Evelyn Shirley Tory 1830 Cadwallader Blayney Tory 1831 Henry Westenra Whig 1832 Louis Perrin Whig 1834 Henry Westenra Whig 1834, July Edward Lucas Tory 1834, December Conservative 1835 Henry Westenra Whig 1841 Evelyn Shirley Conservative 1843 Charles Powell Leslie III Conservative 1847 Thomas Vesey Dawson Whig 1852 Sir George Forster, Bt Conservative 1865 Vesey Dawson (known as Viscount Cremorne from July 1866) Liberal 1868 Sewallis Shirley Conservative 1871 John Leslie Conservative 1880 John Givan Liberal William Findlater Liberal 1883 Tim Healy Irish Parliamentary 1885 constituency abolished: see North Monaghan and South Monaghan
Election results Elections in the 1830s
Blayney succeeded to the peerage, becoming 12th Baron Blayney and causing a by-election.
On petition, Westenra's poll was amended to 973 votes and Lucas was declared elected on 30 July 1834
Elections in the 1840s
Westenra succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Baron Rossmore and causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s Leslie's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1880s
Givan was appointed Crown Solicitor for Kildare and Meath, causing a by-election.
References
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)