St Johnstown (County Donegal) (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

St Johnstown
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	()
Abolished	1800

St Johnstown was a borough constituency for St Johnston in County Donegal represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Members of Parliament

1692–1801

Election		First member	First party		Second member	Second party
1692		John Forward			Charles Melville
1695		Humphrey May			Henry Langford
1703		Kilner Brasier			Charles Melville
1713		James Topham			John Hamilton
1715		James Topham			William Forward
1725		Hon. Henry Hamilton
1727		Hon. George Hamilton
May 1761		Ralph Howard
1761		William Talbot
1768					Ralph Howard ^[1]
1769					Hugh Howard
1776		Robert Howard			Hugh Howard
1783		Hon. Robert Howard			Hon. William Forward-Howard
1790		Hon. Hugh Howard			Hon. William Forward-Howard
1801		Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

↑ Sat for Wicklow County

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 Donegal

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Ballyshannon (1613–1800) Donegal Borough (1613–1800) Donegal County (1613–1800) Killybegs (1613–1800) Lifford (1613–1800) St Johnstown (1618–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Donegal (1801–85) East Donegal (1885–1922) North Donegal (1885–1922) South Donegal (1885–1922) West Donegal (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Donegal (1921–37, 1977–81, 2016–) Donegal East (1937–61) Donegal West (1937–61) Donegal–Leitrim (1969–77) Donegal North–East (1961–77, 1981–2016) Donegal South–West (1961–69, 1981–2016)

European Parliament 1979–present	Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004) North-West (2004–14) Midlands–North-West (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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