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

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

St Johnstown was a borough constituency for Ballinalee or Saintjohnstown County Longford represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

Members of Parliament

1661–1692

Election		First member		Second member
1661		John Edgeworth		Henry Pierce, Bart.

1689 (Patriot Parliament)

Election		First member		Second member
1689		Sir William Ellis		Lt.-Col. James Nugent

1692–1801

Election	First member	Second member
1692	Sir John Edgeworth	Alexander Fraser
1695	Sir John Edgeworth	John Aghmooty
1703	Ambrose Edgeworth
1711	Anthony Atkinson
1713	John Kennedy	Robert Edgeworth
1715	Henry Edgeworth
1721	Henry Edgeworth
1727	Henry Edgeworth	Thomas Newcomen
1751	Hon. John Forbes	Thomas Newcomen
1761	George Forbes, Viscount Forbes ^[1]	Charles Newcomen
1762	George Forbes ^[2]
1768	Ralph Fetherston ^[3]
1773		Robert Jephson
1776		Hon. John Vaughan
1780	Sackville Hamilton	Hon. John Vaughan
1783	Sir Thomas Fetherston, 2nd Bt	Nicholas Colthurst ^[4]
1790	George Cavendish	John Taylor
January 1798	Sir William Gleadowe-Newcomen, 1st Bt ^[5]	Francis Hardy
1798	Richard Lovell Edgeworth	William Moore
1801	Constituency disenfranchised

Notes

↑ Sat for Mullingar
↑ from 1765 George Forbes, Viscount Forbes
↑ from 1776 Sir Ralph Fetherston, 1st Bt
↑ from 1787 Sir Nicholas Colthurst, 3rd Bt
↑ sat for Longford 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 Longford

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Granard (1679–1800) Lanesborough (1642–1800) Longford Borough (1669–1800) Longford County (????–1800) St Johnstown (1628–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Longford (1801–85) North Longford (1885–1918) South Longford (1885–1918) Longford (1918–22)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Longford–Westmeath (1921–37, 1948–92, 2007–) Athlone–Longford (1937–48) Longford–Roscommon (1992–2007)

European Parliament 1979–present	Leinster (1979–2004) East (2004–09) North-West (2009–14) 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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