Mallow was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in

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, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the

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took effect on 1 January 1801. The constituency lasted until 1885 when it was absorbed into the North East Cork constituency. Prior to the Union, the Mallow constituency had been represented in the

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Boundaries

This constituency was a parliamentary borough based on the town of Mallow in

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. From the 1801 union until 1832, the boundaries and franchise were the same as in the previous Parliament of Ireland constituency, namely all freeholders within the manor of Mallow. The manor comprised the portion of the

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of Mallow north of the River Blackwater, as well as three

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s south of the Blackwater – namely Lower (or North) Quartertown, Upper (or South) Quartertown, and Gortnagraiga – which constituted the portion of the civil parish of

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within the

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changed the franchise and the ancillary

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defined new boundaries, in most cases accepting the recommendations of a committee appointed the previous year. Mallow was one such case, despite protests from the gentry who would be disenfranchised. The new boundary was: This excluded a large rural hinterland but included the Ballydaheen suburb immediately south of the Blackwater. The new boundary appears on the

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's 1878 town plan of Mallow.

Members of Parliament

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

* On petition, 11 votes were struck off of Daunt's total and Jephson was declared elected.

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Elections in the 1860s

Sullivan was appointed

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, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1870s

Sullivan was appointed

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, causing a by-election. Knox stated his intention to petition the return on the basis of bribery and intimidation of the electorate.''Ireland:From Our Own Correspondent'';

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; 4 February 1870; pg8 col A The petition was successful and a by-election was called. Waters was appointment Chairman of Quarter Sessions of County Waterford.

Elections in the 1880s

Johnson was appointed

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, requiring a by-election. Johnson was appointed a judge and resigned, causing 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) * {{Cork constituencies Westminster constituencies in County Cork (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1801 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885 Mallow, County Cork