Ardfert (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
Ardfert was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of Ireland until the Act of Union 1800.
Boundaries and Boundary Changes
This constituency was based in the town of Ardfert in County Kerry.
History
Ardfert in County Kerry was enfranchised as a borough constituency, by a charter in 1639 with a Provost, 12 Burgesses and freemen. It had a Corporation, and the electorate consisted of 13 burgesses and 50 freemen. The parliamentary representatives of the borough were elected using the bloc vote for two-member elections and first past the post for single-member by-elections.
It continued to be entitled to send two Members of Parliament to the Irish House of Commons until the Act of Union merged Parliament of Ireland into the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 1 January 1801. The constituency was disenfranchised on 31 December 1800.
Thereafter borough was represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as part of the county constituency of Kerry.
Members
- 1783-1790
- 1783-1790
- 1783-1790,
- 1790-1797 Robert Day
- 1790-1796
- 1796-1797
- 1797-1800
Elections
- 1695
- 1703
- 1713
- 1715
- 1727
- 1761
- 1768
- 1776
- 1783
- 1790
- 1796 (by-election)
- 1797
See also
References
- Johnston-Liik, E. M. (2002). History of the Irish Parliament, 1692?1800, Publisher: Ulster Historical Foundation (28 Feb 2002), ISBN 1-903688-09-4,http://www.ancestryireland.com/hip_constituencies.php?filename=constituencies
- T. W. Moody, F. X. Martin, F. J. Byrne, A New History of Ireland 1534-1691, Oxford University Press, 1978
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