Wexford County (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Wexford County
Former County constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	()
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Wexford County

Wexford County was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons to 1800.

Members of Parliament

1692–1801

Election		First member	Second member
1692		Sir John Ivory	Philip Savage
1695		Mathew Forde
1709		William Hore
1713		James Stopford
1715		James Stopford	Nicholas Loftus
1721		James Stopford
1727		Caesar Colclough
1751			Arthur Jones-Nevill
1755			Robert Leigh
1755			Andrew Ram
1761			Hon. Arthur Saunders Gore ^[1]
1766		Vesey Colclough	Hon. Arthur Saunders Gore ^[1]
1768			Hon. Henry Loftus
1769			George Ogle
1790		Hon. John Loftus ^[2]	George Ogle
1798		Hon. John Loftus ^[2]	Abel Ram
1801	Replaced by Westminster constituency Wexford County

Notes

↑ from 1762 Arthur Gore, Viscount Sudley
↑ from 1794 John Loftus, Viscount Loftus

References

Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons( ) cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Wexford

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Bannow (????–1800) Clonmines (????–1800) Enniscorthy (1613–1800) Fethard (1613–1800) Gorey (????–1800) New Ross (????–1800) Taghmon (????–1800) Wexford Borough (????–1800) Wexford County (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	New Ross (1801–85) Wexford County (1801–85) Wexford Borough (1801–85) North Wexford (1885–1922) South Wexford (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Wexford (1921–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Leinster (1979–2004) East (2004–14) South (2014–)

Irish counties: Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

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