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.
Boundaries This constituency comprised the whole of County Longford.
Members of Parliament MPs 1801–1885 Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd 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 1819, 15 October Sir George Fetherston, Bt Tory 1830, 11 August Tory Anthony Lefroy Tory 1832, 22 December Luke Whiteboth members were unseated in favour of George Forbes, Viscount Forbes and Anthony Lefroy 2 Apr 1833 Repeal Association James Halpin Rorke Repeal Association 1833, 2 April Viscount George Forbes Tory Anthony Lefroy Tory 1834, 18 December Conservative Conservative 1836, 30 December Luke Whitehe was unseated on petition in favour of Charles Fox 5 May 1837 Repeal Association 1837, 5 May Charles Fox Conservative 1837, 18 August Luke White Repeal Association Henry White Repeal Association 1842, 18 April Anthony Lefroy Conservative 1847, 13 August Samuel Blackall Repeal Association Richard Maxwell Fox Repeal Association 1851, 21 April Richard More O'Ferrall Whig 1852, 19 July Fulke Greville-Nugent Ind. IrishInd. Irish 1856, 13 May Henry George Hughes Whig 1857, 16 April Whig Henry White Whig 1859, 9 May Liberal Liberal 1861, 4 July Luke White Liberal 1862, 7 March Myles O'Reilly Liberal 1869, 31 December Hon. Reginald Greville-NugentGreville-Nugent's election was declared void 12 Apr 1870 Liberal 1870, 16 May Hon. George Greville-Nugent Liberal 1874, 12 February George Errington Home Rule League Home Rule League 1879, 5 April Justin McCarthy Home Rule League 1885 Constituency divided: see North Longford and South Longford
MPs 1918–1922 ElectionMemberPartyNote1918 Single member constituency created 1918, December 14Date 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. Joseph McGuinness Sinn Féin Did not take his seat at Westminster 1922, May 31 Not an election. Date of the death of McGuinness. Seat left vacant after the death of McGuinness1922, October 26 UK constituency abolished. Succeeded by Longford–Westmeath constituency in Dáil Éireann
Elections
Elections in the 1800s
Elections in the 1810s
Sir Thomas Fetherston died, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1820s
Elections in the 1830s
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
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 Blackall was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Dominica, causing a by-election.
Fox's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s 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 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
Elections in the 1910s
Notes
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)