Randalstown (Parliament of Ireland constituency)
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Pre-1801 Irish constituency
54°45′00″N 6°19′12″W / 54.750°N 6.320°W / 54.750; -6.320
| Randalstown | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Antrim |
| Borough | Randalstown |
| –1801 (1801) | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Randalstown was a borough constituency which elected two MPs representing Randalstown, County Antrim, to the Irish House of Commons, the house of representatives of the Kingdom of Ireland. It was disenfranchised by the Acts of Union 1800.
| Election | First MP | Second MP | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1692 | Robert Dixon | Edmond Stafford | ||||
| 1695 | Henry O'Neill | |||||
| 1697 | Charles O'Neill | |||||
| September 1703 | Robert Dixon | |||||
| 1703 | Timothy Armitage | |||||
| 1713 | Charles O'Neill | Robert Dixon | ||||
| 1715 | James Stevenson | |||||
| 1727 | Charles O'Neill | Henry O'Hara | ||||
| 1746 | Clotworthy O'Neill | |||||
| 1749 | William Sharman | |||||
| 1760 | Sir Kildare Borrowes, 5th Bt | |||||
| 1761 | John O'Neill | |||||
| 1771 | St John O'Neill | |||||
| 1776 | James St John Jeffereyes | |||||
| 1781 | Lord Rawdon | Patriot | ||||
| October 1783 | Richard Jackson | |||||
| 1783 | Michael Smith | John Dunn | ||||
| 1790 | John O'Neill | |||||
| 1791 | Michael Smith | |||||
| 1794 | Edward Corry | |||||
| January 1798 | Isaac Corry | George Jackson | ||||
| 1798 | James McClelland | |||||
| 1801 | Constituency disenfranchised | |||||
References
- Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.