Wexford Borough was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one

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(MP). It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of

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and

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took effect on 1 January 1801.

Boundaries

This constituency was the

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Wexford Wexford () is the county town of County Wexford, Ireland. Wexford lies on the south side of Wexford Harbour, the estuary of the River Slaney near the southeastern corner of the island of Ireland. The town is linked to Dublin by the M11/N11 N ...

County Wexford County Wexford ( ga, Contae Loch Garman) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was based on the historic Gaelic territory of Hy Kinsella (''Uí Ceinns ...

Members of Parliament

Notes:- * ¹ Stooks Smith names the MP 1802-1806 as Richard Neville Furness, 1807-1810 as Richard Neville, 1811-1813 as Robert Neville and 1814-1819 as Richard Neville. Walker names the MP for all these terms as Richard Nevill. * ² From 1832 known as Robert Fitzwygram. * ³ Not an election - date when the previous member was unseated and the petitioner was declared duly elected. * ⁴ Not an election - change of party allegiance.

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

* On petition, Wigram was unseated and Dering was declared elected.

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

Elections in the 1860s

On petition, Devereux was unseated due to "informality" in the return, causing a by-election at which he was re-elected.

Elections in the 1870s

Devereux resigned, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

Redmond's death caused a by-election. Healy resigned to stand at the

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, 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) * * {{Wexford constituencies Westminster constituencies in County Wexford (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1801 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885 Wexford, County Wexford