Coleraine (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Coordinates: 55°07′55″N 6°40′05″W / 55.132°N 6.668°W / 55.132; -6.668

Coleraine
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	()
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Coleraine

Coleraine was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Coleraine was not represented.^[1] The borough was disenfranchised under the terms of the Act of Union 1800.

Members of Parliament

1613 Sir Barnabas O'Brien, later Earl of Thomond
Henry Conyngham
1661–1668 Randal Beresford

1692–1801

Election	First member	First party	Second member	Second party
1689	Coleraine was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692	John Davys		William Leslie
1695	Sir Arthur Langford, 2nd Bt		Samuel Jackson
September 1703			Richard Gorges ^{[note 1]}
1703			Thomas Pearce
1713	Frederick Hamilton	Whig	George Lowther	Whig
1715			Sir Marcus Beresford, 4th Bt	Whig
1721			Francis Burton
1727	Henry Carey		Thomas Jackson
1751	Henry Carey		Richard Jackson
1757	Hamilton Gorges
1761	Lord La Poer
1763	George Paul Monck
1768	John Beresford ^{[note 2]}
August 1768	Theophilus Jones
1776	Hon. Richard Annesley
1783	John Beresford ^{[note 3]}
October 1783	Arthur Wolfe
1789	George Jackson		John Beresford ^{[note 4]}
1791			George FitzGerald Hill
1795			William Domville Stanley Monck
1796	John Staunton Rochfort		William Domville Stanley Monck
January 1798	Earl of Tyrone ^{[note 5]}		John Beresford ^{[note 6]}
1798	John Beresford		Walter Jones
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Coleraine

Notes

↑ Also elected for Bandonbridge in 1703, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also elected for Waterford County in 1768, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also elected for Waterford County in 1783, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also elected for Waterford County in 1789, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also elected for Londonderry County in 1798, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also elected for Waterford County in 1798, for which he chose to sit

References

↑ O'Hart (2007), p. 501

Bibliography

O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Londonderry

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

Coleraine (???–1800)
Londonderry City (???–1800)
Londonderry County (???–1800)
Newtown Limavady (???–1800)

Westminster 1801–present

Historic	Coleraine (1801–85) Londonderry (1801–85, 1922–83) Londonderry City (1801–1922) North Londonderry (1885–22) South Londonderry (1885–22)

Current	Foyle (1983—) East Londonderry (1983—) Mid Ulster (1950—)

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–22

First Dáil
1919–21

Seats taken	(none)

Second Dáil
1921–22

No seats taken	(none)

Parliament of Northern Ireland 1921–72

City of Londonderry (1929–72)
Foyle (1929–72)
Londonderry (1921–29)
Mid Londonderry (1929–72)
North Londonderry (1929–72)
South Londonderry (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	Londonderry Mid Ulster

Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	Foyle Mid Ulster

European Parliament
1979–present

Northern Ireland (1979—)

Constituencies in Ireland by county

Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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