Wexford South (UK Parliament constituency)
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South Wexford was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one
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from 1885 to 1922. Prior to 1885 the area was part of the County Wexford constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the
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, the area was not represented in the UK Parliament.


Boundaries

This constituency was created under the
Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 The Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict., c. 23) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was a piece of electoral reform legislation that redistributed the seats in the House of Commons, introducing the concept of equal ...
and comprised the southern part of County Wexford. Under the
Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918 The Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918 was an Act passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom which redistributed the parliamentary constituencies in Ireland for the House of Commons. The new constituencies were used for the 1918 g ...
, the boundary was expanded to include the part of New Ross urban district transferred from County Kilkenny under the
Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 (61 & 62 Vict. c. 37) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland that established a system of local government in Ireland similar to that already created for England, ...
. 1885–1918: The baronies of Bargy, Forth and Shelburne, and those parts of the baronies of Bantry and Shelmaliere West not included in the constituency of North Wexford. 1918–1922: The existing South Wexford constituency together with that part of the existing South Kilkenny constituency contained within the administrative county of Wexford.


Members of Parliament


Elections


Elections in the 1880s


Elections in the 1890s

Barry resigns, prompting a by-election.


Elections in the 1900s


Elections in the 1910s


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) * * Westminster constituencies in County Wexford (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 {{Ireland-UK-hist-constituency-stub