Fermanagh (UK Parliament constituency)

County Fermanagh
County Fermanagh
Former county constituency; for the House of Commons
County	County Fermanagh
1801–1885
Seats	2
Created from	County Fermanagh (IHC)
Replaced by	North Fermanagh and South Fermanagh

54°27′04″N 7°42′47″W / 54.451°N 7.713°W / 54.451; -7.713

County Fermanagh was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Fermanagh, except for the Borough of Enniskillen.

Members of Parliament

Election	1st Member		1st Party		2nd Party	Note
1801, January 1		Mervyn Archdall	Tory	Viscount Cole		1801: Co-opted
1802, July 19		Mervyn Archdall	Tory^[1]	Viscount Cole
1803, June 27				Hon. Lowry Cole^[2]		Viscount Cole entered the House of Lords as Baron Grinstead.
1823, March 8				Viscount Corry	Tory^[1]	Cole appointed Governor of Mauritius.
1831, May 16				Viscount Cole	Tory^[1]
1834, June 27		Mervyn Edward Archdale	Tory^[1]		Tory^[1]	Archdall resigned.
1834, December			Conservative^[1]		Conservative^[1]
1840, 30 April				Sir Arthur Brooke	Conservative^[1]	Viscount Cole entered the House of Lords as Baron Grinstead.
1854, 29 December				Hon. Henry Cole	Conservative	Death of Brooke.
1874, 16 February		William Humphrys Archdale	Conservative	Hon. Henry Cole	Conservative
1880, April 13		William Humphrys Archdale	Conservative	Viscount Crichton	Conservative	Last MPs for the constituency
1885	Constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

General election 1830: Fermanagh^[3]^[1]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Mervyn Archdall	685	34.4
	Tory	Armar Lowry-Corry	563	28.3
	Whig	Sir Henry Brooke, 1st Baronet of Colebrooke	467	23.4
	Whig	Thomas Brooke	277	13.9
Majority			96	4.9
Turnout			1,015	98.4
Registered electors			1,032
	Tory hold
	Tory hold

General election 1831: Fermanagh^[3]^[1]^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Tory	Mervyn Archdall	Unopposed
	Tory	William Cole	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,232
	Tory hold
	Tory hold

General election 1832: Fermanagh^[3]^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Tory	Mervyn Archdall	Unopposed
	Tory	William Cole	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,429
	Tory hold
	Tory hold

Archdall resigned, causing a by-election.

By-election, 27 June 1834: Fermanagh^[3]^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Tory	Mervyn Edward Archdale	Unopposed
	Tory hold

General election 1835: Fermanagh^[3]^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mervyn Edward Archdale	Unopposed
	Conservative	William Cole	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,484
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1837: Fermanagh^[3]^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Mervyn Edward Archdale	Unopposed
	Conservative	William Cole	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,864
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1840s

Cole succeeded to the peerage, becoming 3rd Earl of Enniskillen and causing a by-election.

By-election, 30 April 1840: Fermanagh^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Arthur Brooke	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1841: Fermanagh^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Arthur Brooke	Unopposed
	Conservative	Mervyn Archdall	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,271
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1847: Fermanagh^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Arthur Brooke	Unopposed
	Conservative	Mervyn Archdall	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,193
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1850s

General election 1852: Fermanagh^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Arthur Brooke	Unopposed
	Conservative	Mervyn Archdall	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,497
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Brooke's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 29 December 1854: Fermanagh^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Cole	Unopposed
	Conservative hold

General election 1857: Fermanagh^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Henry Cole	Unopposed
	Conservative	Mervyn Archdall	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,420
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1859: Fermanagh^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Henry Cole	Unopposed
	Conservative	Mervyn Archdall	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,672
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1860s

General election 1865: Fermanagh^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Henry Cole	Unopposed
	Conservative	Mervyn Archdall	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,861
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

General election 1868: Fermanagh^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Conservative	Henry Cole	Unopposed
	Conservative	Mervyn Archdall	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,175
	Conservative hold
	Conservative hold

Elections in the 1870s

General election 1874: Fermanagh^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Cole	2,285	32.0	*N/A*
	Conservative	William Humphrys Archdale	2,205	30.9	*N/A*
	Liberal	John Grey Vesey Porter	1,546	21.6	New
	Liberal	Charles Robert Barton	1,111	15.5	New
Majority			659	9.3	N/A
Turnout			3,574 (est)	75.2 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			4,752
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A
	Conservative hold		Swing	N/A

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1880: Fermanagh^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	William Humphrys Archdale	2,479	36.7	+5.8
	Conservative	Viscount Crichton	2,443	36.2	+4.2
	Liberal	John Grey Vesey Porter	1,835	27.2	−9.9
Majority			608	9.0	−0.3
Turnout			4,314 (est)	90.3 (est)	+15.1
Registered electors			4,778
	Conservative hold		Swing	+5.1
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.3

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 227–228. Retrieved 15 May 2020 – via Google Books.
^ Knighted in 1813.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 216–217, 280–281. ISBN 0901714127.
^ ^a ^b Farrell, Stephen. "Co. Fermanagh". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.

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)
Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"

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[stookssmith-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 227–228. Retrieved 15 May 2020 – via Google Books.

[2] Knighted in 1813.

[walker-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 216–217, 280–281. ISBN 0901714127.

[hop1820-1832-4] Farrell, Stephen. "Co. Fermanagh". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.

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