East Waterford (UK Parliament constituency)

East Waterford
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	one
Replaced by	County Waterford
Created from	County Waterford

East Waterford was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1918.

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the County Waterford constituency.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Waterford. It included the baronies of Gaultiere, Glenahiry, Middlethird, and Upperthird, and part of the barony of Decies without Drum.^[1]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Patrick Joseph Power	Nationalist
	1892		Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
	1900		Nationalist
	1913	Martin Joseph Murphy	Nationalist
1918		Constituency abolished – see County Waterford

Elections

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References

↑ Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Branch (Dean and Son, 1896) page 261

Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 1)
Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Waterford and Borough/City

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Dungarvan (1610–1800) Lismore (1614–1800) Tallow (????–1800) Waterford City (1264–1800) Waterford County (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Dungarvan (1801–85) County Waterford (1801–85, 1918–22) Waterford City (1801–1922) East Waterford (1885–1918) West Waterford (1885–1918)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Waterford–Tipperary East (1921–23) Waterford (1923–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Munster (1979–2004) South (2004–)

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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