North Wexford (UK Parliament constituency)
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North Wexford was a United Kingdom
Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament
1885–1922.
Prior to 1885 the area was part of the County Wexford constituency . After 1922 the area was not represented in the UK Parliament.
United Kingdom
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Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
1885–1922.
Prior to 1885 the area was part of the County Wexford constituency . After 1922 the area was not represented in the UK Parliament.
Members of Parliament
- 1885–1891 John Edward Redmond, NationalistIrish Parliamentary PartyThe Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at...
- 1892–1900 Thomas Joseph Healy, Anti-Parnellite NationalistIrish National FederationThe Irish National Federation was a nationalist political party in Ireland. It was founded in March 1891 by former members of the Irish National League who had left the Irish Parliamentary Party in protest when Charles Stewart Parnell refused to resign the party leadership as a result of his...
- 1900–1918 Sir Thomas Henry Grattan EsmondeSir Thomas Esmonde, 11th BaronetSir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde, 11th Baronet, was an Irish Home Rule nationalist politician.Esmonde was elected Irish Parliamentary Party MP for the constituencies South Dublin 1885–1892, West Kerry 1892–1900 and North Wexford 1900–1918 in the House of Commons of the United...
, Nationalist
- 1918–1922 Roger SweetmanRoger SweetmanRoger Sweetman was an Irish Sinn Féin politician and barrister. His father was John Sweetman.He was elected as a Sinn Féin MP for the Wexford North constituency at the 1918 general election...
, Sinn FéinSinn FéinSinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...