East Waterford was a

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constituency in

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, returning one

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from 1885 to 1918. Prior to the

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and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the County Waterford

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Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Waterford. It included the baronies of Gaultiere, Glenahiry, Middlethird, and

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, and that part of the barony of

Decies-without-Drum Decies-without-Drum (; ) is a Barony (Ireland), barony in County Waterford, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Etymology Déisi#Déisi Muman, Decies (''Déisi Muman'') north of the Drum Hills (''Drom Fhinín''). "Without" is used with the meaning ...

contained within the parishes of Ballylaneen, Clonea (excluding the townlands of Ballyrandle and Kilgrovan), Fews, Kilbarrymeaden, Kilrossanty, Monksland, Rossmire and Stradbally, and the townland of Lishane in the parish of Newcastle.''Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Branch'' (Dean and Son, 1896) page 261

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

Power's death causes a by-election.

References

* * Westminster constituencies in County Waterford (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918 {{Ireland-UK-hist-constituency-stub