East Wicklow, a division of

County Wicklow County Wicklow ( ; ga, Contae Chill Mhantáin ) is a county in Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is bordered by t ...

, was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885 to 1922 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Until the 1885 general election the area was part of the Wicklow constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament, as it was no longer in the UK.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of

. In 1918, the boundary of the constituency was expanded to include that part of the Bray urban district transferred from County Dublin to County Wicklow under the 1898 Local Government (Ireland) Act. 1885–1918: The baronies of Arklow, Newcastle and Rathdown, and that part of the barony of Ballinacor North contained within the parish of Calary. 1918–1922: The existing East Wicklow constituency, together with that part of the existing

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constituency contained within the administrative county of Wicklow.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Sweetman resigns to re-stand as a Parnellite Nationalist, prompting a by-election.

Elections in the 1900s

Cogan resigns, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1910s

Muldoon resigns, prompting a by-election.

References

*''The Parliaments of England'' by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973) * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wicklow County Historic constituencies in County Wicklow Westminster constituencies in County Wicklow (historic) Dáil constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1922 1885 establishments in Ireland 1922 disestablishments in Ireland