County Wexford was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, which returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) to the United Kingdom House of Commons.
Boundaries This constituency comprised the whole of County Wexford, except for the parliamentary boroughs of New Ross and Wexford.
Members of Parliament Year1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party 1801, 1 January Viscount Loftus Abel Ram Tory 1806, 27 May Caesar Colclough Whig 1806, 17 November John Colclough Whig Robert Shapland Carew 1807, 1 June Abel Ram Tory William Congreve Alcock Tory 1812, 10 October Robert Carew Whig Sir Frederick Flood, Bt 1818, 21 JulyCaesar Colclough Whig 1820, 21 March Viscount Stopford Tory 1830, 19 August Arthur Chichester Whig Viscount Valentia Tory 1831, 18 May Henry Lambert Whig 1831, 27 September Robert Carew Whig 1834, 3 July Cadwallader Waddy Repeal Association 1835, 27 January John Maher Repeal Association James Power Repeal Association 1841, 16 Jul Villiers Francis Hatton Whig 1847, 10 August James Fagan Repeal Association Hamilton Knox Grogan Morgan Repeal Association 1852, 26 July Patrick McMahon Ind. Irish John George Conservative 1857, 10 March John Hatchell Whig 1859, 16 May Liberal John George Conservative 1865, 24 Jul Sir James Power, Bt. Liberal 1866, 15 November Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh Conservative 1868, 24 November John Talbot Power Liberal Matthew Peter D'Arcy Liberal 1874, 23 February Sir George Bowyer, Bt. Home Rule Keyes O'Clery Home Rule 1880, 14 April John Barry Garrett Byrne 1883, 15 June John Francis Small Irish Parliamentary 1885 Constituency divided: see North Wexford and South Wexford
Elections Elections in the 1830s
Chichester was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Templemore and causing a by-election.
Carew was elevated to the peerage, becoming 1st Baron Carew and causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
Elections in the 1860s
George resigned after being appointed judge of the Queen's Bench Division.
Elections in the 1870s
Elections in the 1880s
Byrne resigned, 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)