Roscommon (UK Parliament constituency)

General election 1830: Roscommon^[3][1][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Arthur French	Unopposed
	Whig	Owen O'Conor	Unopposed
Registered electors			629
	Whig hold
	Whig gain from Tory

General election 1831: Roscommon^[3][1][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Arthur French	514	38.4
	Whig	Owen O'Conor	479	35.8
	Tory	William Lloyd	346	25.8
Majority			133	10.0
Turnout			c. 670	c. 91.8
Registered electors			729
	Whig hold
	Whig hold

O'Conor's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 25 July 1831: Roscommon^[3][1][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Repeal	Denis O'Conor	Unopposed
	Irish Repeal gain from Whig

General election 1832: Roscommon^[3][1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Fitzstephen French	Unopposed
	Irish Repeal	Denis O'Conor	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,776
	Whig hold
	Irish Repeal gain from Whig

General election 1835: Roscommon^[3][1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Fitzstephen French	985	39.4
	Irish Repeal (Whig)	Denis O'Conor	955	38.2
	Conservative	Thomas Johnston Barton	523	20.9
	Conservative	Arthur Browne	40	1.6
Turnout			1,453	78.0
Registered electors			1,864
Majority			30	1.2
	Whig hold
Majority			432	17.3
	Irish Repeal hold

General election 1837: Roscommon^[3][1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Whig	Fitzstephen French	Unopposed
	Irish Repeal (Whig)	Denis O'Conor	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,070
	Whig hold
	Irish Repeal hold

General election 1841: Roscommon^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Fitzstephen French	Unopposed
	Irish Repeal	Denis O'Conor	Unopposed
Registered electors			1,059
	Whig hold
	Irish Repeal hold

O'Conor was appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 21 July 1846: Roscommon^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Repeal	Denis O'Conor	Unopposed
	Irish Repeal hold

General election 1847: Roscommon^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Fitzstephen French	205	41.8	N/A
	Whig	Oliver Dowell John Grace	170	34.7	N/A
	Irish Repeal	Valentine O'Connor Blake	115	23.5	N/A
Majority			55	11.2	N/A
Turnout			245 (est)	18.3 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			1,341
	Whig hold		Swing	N/A
	Whig gain from Irish Repeal		Swing	N/A

General election 1852: Roscommon^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Irish	Fitzstephen French	Unopposed
	Independent Irish	Oliver Dowell John Grace	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,236
	Independent Irish gain from Whig
	Independent Irish gain from Whig

General election 1857: Roscommon^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Whig	Fitzstephen French	Unopposed
	Whig	Oliver Dowell John Grace	Unopposed
Registered electors			2,890
	Whig gain from Independent Irish
	Whig gain from Independent Irish

General election 1859: Roscommon^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fitzstephen French	1,930	40.6	N/A
	Conservative	Thomas William Goff	1,541	32.4	New
	Liberal	Edward King-Tenison	1,280	26.9	N/A
	Liberal	Patrick Dignan	3	0.0	N/A
Turnout			2,377 (est)	71.1 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			3,345
Majority			389	8.2	N/A
	Liberal hold		Swing	N/A
Majority			261	5.5	N/A
	Conservative gain from Liberal		Swing	N/A

On petition, Goff was unseated and a by-election was called.

By-election, 26 March 1860: Roscommon^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles Owen O'Conor	Unopposed
	Liberal gain from Conservative

General election 1865: Roscommon^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fitzstephen French	Unopposed
	Liberal	Charles Owen O'Conor	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,650
	Liberal hold
	Liberal gain from Conservative

General election 1868: Roscommon^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Fitzstephen French	Unopposed
	Liberal	Charles Owen O'Conor	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,814
	Liberal hold
	Liberal hold

French's death caused a by-election

By-election, 24 Jun 1873: Roscommon^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Charles French	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,809
	Liberal hold

General election 1874: Roscommon^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Charles Owen O'Conor	Unopposed
	Home Rule	Charles French	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,710
	Home Rule gain from Liberal
	Home Rule gain from Liberal

General election 1880: Roscommon^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Parnellite Home Rule League	Andrew Commins	1,585	31.1	N/A
	Parnellite Home Rule League	James Joseph O'Kelly	1,479	29.0	N/A
	Home Rule	Charles Owen O'Conor	1,107	21.7	N/A
	Home Rule	Thomas Austin Patrick Mapother	933	18.3	N/A
Majority			372	7.3	N/A
Turnout			2,552 (est)	70.8 (est)	N/A
Registered electors			3,602
	Home Rule hold		Swing	N/A
	Home Rule hold		Swing	N/A

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 2)
• 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.

• Roscommon (Dáil constituency)