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East Waterford was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1918.
East Waterford | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | 1 |
Created from | County Waterford |
Replaced by | County Waterford |
Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the County Waterford constituency.
This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Waterford. It included the baronies of Gaultiere, Glenahiry, Middlethird, and Upperthird, and that part of the barony of Decies-without-Drum 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.[1]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Patrick Joseph Power | Nationalist | |
1892 | Anti-Parnellite Nationalist | ||
1900 | Nationalist | ||
1913 | Martin Joseph Murphy | Nationalist | |
1918 | Constituency abolished – see County Waterford |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Patrick Joseph Power | 3,291 | 91.3 | ||
Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union | William Gervase de la Poer | 314 | 8.7 | ||
Majority | 2,977 | 82.6 | |||
Turnout | 3,605 | 63.5 | |||
Registered electors | 5,678 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Patrick Joseph Power | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,678 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish National Federation | Patrick Joseph Power | 2,562 | 71.1 | N/A | |
Irish National League | Edmund Leamy | 1,043 | 28.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,519 | 42.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,605 | 56.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,411 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish National Federation | Patrick Joseph Power | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,704 | ||||
Irish National Federation hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Patrick Joseph Power | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,922 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Patrick Joseph Power | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,042 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Patrick Joseph Power | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,216 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Patrick Joseph Power | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,216 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Power's death causes a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Martin Joseph Murphy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,229 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
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