Ennis (UK Parliament constituency) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Ennis is a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain

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and Ireland

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took effect on 1 January 1801.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party	Note
	1801, January 1 United Kingdom general election, 1801 The United Kingdom general election, 1801 was not an election as such, but the co-option of members to serve in the first Parliament to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801...	John Ormsby Vandeleur	Tory	1801: Co-opted
	1802, July 22 United Kingdom general election, 1802 The United Kingdom general election, 1802 was the election to the 2nd Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was the first to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...	Rt Hon. James Fitzgerald	Tory	Resigned (appointed Escheator of Munster)
	1808, February 25	Rt Hon. William Vesey Fitzgerald William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey PC, PC , FRS, FSA was an Irish statesman.-Background and education:...	Tory	^a
	1812, October 24 United Kingdom general election, 1812 The election to the 5th Parliament of the United Kingdom in 1812 was the fourth general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....	Rt Hon. James Fitzgerald	Tory	Resigned (appointed Escheator of Munster)
	1813, January 4	Rt Hon. William Vesey Fitzgerald William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey PC, PC , FRS, FSA was an Irish statesman.-Background and education:...	Tory	^a
	1818, June 26 United Kingdom general election, 1818 The 1818 general election of the United Kingdom saw the Whigs gain a few seats, but the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool retained a majority of around 90 seats...	Spencer Perceval	Tory	Not the Prime Minister assassinated in 1812
	1820, March 18 United Kingdom general election, 1820 The 1820 UK general election, held shortly after the Radical War in Scotland and the Cato Street Conspiracy. In this atmosphere, the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool were able to win a substantial majority over the Whigs....	Sir Ross Mahon, Bt	Tory	Resigned (appointed Escheator of Munster)
	1820, June 29	Richard Wellesley	Tory
	1826, June 16 United Kingdom general election, 1826 The 1826 United Kingdom general election saw the Tories under the Earl of Liverpool win a substantial and increased majority over the Whigs. In Ireland, Home Rule candidates, working with the Whigs, won large gains from Unionist candidates....	Thomas Frankland Lewis	Tory	Resigned
	1828, April 23	William Smith O'Brien William Smith O'Brien William Smith O'Brien was an Irish Nationalist and Member of Parliament and leader of the Young Ireland movement. He was convicted of sedition for his part in the Young Irelander Rebellion of 1848, but his sentence of death was commuted to deportation to Van Diemen's Land. In 1854, he was...	Tory	^b
	1831, May 11 United Kingdom general election, 1831 The 1831 general election in the United Kingdom saw a landslide win by supporters of electoral reform, which was the major election issue. As a result it was the last unreformed election, as the Parliament which resulted ensured the passage of the Reform Act 1832. Polling was held from 28 April to...	Rt Hon. William Vesey-Fitzgerald William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey William Vesey-FitzGerald, 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey PC, PC , FRS, FSA was an Irish statesman.-Background and education:...	Tory	Succeeded as the 2nd Baron Fitzgerald and Vesey Baron FitzGerald and Vesey Baron FitzGerald and Vesey, of Clare and of Inchicronan in the County of Clare, was a title in the Peerage of Ireland. It was created on 31 July 1826 for Catherine FitzGerald, with remainder to her heirs male by her husband James FitzGerald. James Fitzgerald was a member of the Irish House of... ^a
	1832, February 28	Sir Augustine Fitzgerald, Bt	Tory
	1832, December 20 United Kingdom general election, 1832 -Seats summary:-Parties and leaders at the general election:The Earl Grey had been Prime Minister since 22 November 1830. His was the first predominantly Whig administration since the Ministry of all the Talents in 1806-1807....	Francis McNamara	Repeal Association Repeal Association The Repeal Association was an Irish mass membership political movement set up by Daniel O'Connell to campaign for a repeal of the Act of Union of 1800 between Great Britain and Ireland....
	1835, January 14 United Kingdom general election, 1835 The 1835 United Kingdom general election was called when Parliament was dissolved on 29 December 1834. Polling took place between 6 January and 6 February 1835, and the results saw Robert Peel's Conservatives make large gains from their low of the 1832 election, but the Whigs maintained a large...	Hewitt Bridgeman	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
	1847, August 3 United Kingdom general election, 1847 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...	The O'Gorman Mahon James Patrick Mahon Charles James Patrick Mahon, known as the O'Gorman Mahon or James Patrick Mahon was an Irish nationalist journalist, barrister, parliamentarian and international mercenary.-Personal life:...	Repeal Association Repeal Association The Repeal Association was an Irish mass membership political movement set up by Daniel O'Connell to campaign for a repeal of the Act of Union of 1800 between Great Britain and Ireland....
	1852, July 13 United Kingdom general election, 1852 The July 1852 United Kingdom general election was a watershed election in the formation of the modern political parties of Britain. Following 1852, the Tory/Conservative party became, more completely, the party of the rural aristocracy, while the Whig/Liberal party became the party of the rising...	Rt Hon. John David Fitzgerald John FitzGerald, Baron FitzGerald John David FitzGerald, Baron FitzGerald PC, PC was an Irish judge and Liberal politician.-Background:...	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...	Became a member of the Independent Irish Party
	1852		Independent Irish Independent Irish Party The Independent Irish Party was an Irish political party founded in July 1852 by 40 Liberal Irish MPs who had been elected to the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It is sometimes mentioned as the Irish Independent Opposition Party, and colloquially known as the...	Appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland Solicitor-General for Ireland The Solicitor-General for Ireland was the holder of an Irish and then United Kingdom government office. The holder was a deputy to the Attorney-General for Ireland, and advised the Crown on Irish legal matters. At least one holder of the office, Patrick Barnewall played a significant role in... , as a Liberal
	1855, March 8		Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...	Appointed Judge of the Irish Queen's Bench
	1860, February 20	William Stacpoole William Stacpoole William Stacpoole was an Irish nationalist politician. From 1860 to 1879 he was Member of Parliament for Ennis in County Clare, taking his seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....	Liberal Liberal Party (UK) The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...	Sought re-election as a Home Rule League candidate
	1874, February 5 United Kingdom general election, 1874 -Seats summary:-References:* F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987* British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...		Home Rule League Home Rule League The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a political party which campaigned for home rule for the country of Ireland from 1873 to 1882, when it was replaced by the Irish Parliamentary Party.-Origins:...	Died
	1879, February 28	James Lysaght Finigan	Home Rule League Home Rule League The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a political party which campaigned for home rule for the country of Ireland from 1873 to 1882, when it was replaced by the Irish Parliamentary Party.-Origins:...	1880 United Kingdom general election, 1880 -Seats summary:-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987 British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *... : Supporter of Parnellite faction. Resigned.
	1882, November 14	Matthew Joseph Kenny Matthew Joseph Kenny Matthew Joseph Kenny was an Irish lawyer and Nationalist politician from County Clare. He was elected to the United Kingdom House of Commons at the age of 21, qualified as a barrister whilst still a Member of Parliament , and later became a judge in the Irish Free State.- Early life :Kenny was...	Home Rule League Home Rule League The Home Rule League, sometimes called the Home Rule Party, was a political party which campaigned for home rule for the country of Ireland from 1873 to 1882, when it was replaced by the Irish Parliamentary Party.-Origins:...	Last MP for the constituency
1885		Constituency abolished

Notes:-

^a William Vesey Fitzgerald (MP for Ennis 1808-1812 and 1813-1818) appears to be the same person as William Vesey-Fitzgerald, the MP from 1831 to 1832, although the biographical article in Wikipedia does not confirm this. Walker includes all three terms as MP for Ennis in one index entry.
^b Stooks Smith classifies O'Brien as a Whig MP, but the Wikipedia biographical article suggests he was a Conservative MP (i.e. a Tory) in 1828-1831.

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