New Ross was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament (MP). It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.
Boundaries This constituency was the parliamentary borough of New Ross in County Wexford.
Members of Parliament The use of Roman numerals in brackets is to distinguish between two MPs with the same name. It is not suggested that they were known in that way during their lifetimes.
ElectionMemberPartyNote 1801 general election Robert Leigh 1801: Co-opted 1802 general election Charles Tottenham (I) Resigned 1805 New Ross by-election Ponsonby Tottenham 1806 general election Charles Leigh 1807 general election William Wigram (I) 1812 general election Charles Leigh 1818 general election John Carroll Resigned 1821 New Ross by-election Francis Leigh Tory Resigned 1824 New Ross by-election John Doherty Tory 1826 general election William Wigram (II) Tory 1830 general election Charles Powell Leslie II Tory 1831 general election Charles Tottenham (II) Tory Resigned 1831 New Ross by-election William Wigram (II) Tory 1832 general electionJohn Hyacinth Talbot Repeal Association 1841 general election Hon. Robert Gore Whig 1847 general election John Hyacinth Talbot Repeal Association 1852 general electionCharles Gavan Duffy Ind. Irish 1856 New Ross by-election Charles Tottenham (II) Conservative Resigned 1863 New Ross by-election Charles George Tottenham Conservative 1868 general election Patrick McMahon Liberal 1874 general election John Dunbar Home Rule League Died 1878 New Ross by-election Charles George Tottenham Conservative 1880 general election Joseph Foley Home Rule League Resigned 1881 New Ross by-election John Redmond Home Rule League Last MP for the constituency1885 Constituency abolished
Elections Elections in the 1830s
Tottenham resigned, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
Duffy resigned by accepting the role of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s Tottenham resigned, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1870s
Dunbar's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1880s
Foley 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)