East Waterford (UK Parliament constituency)

East Waterford was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1918.

East Waterford
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	one
Replaced by	County Waterford
Created from	County Waterford

Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the County Waterford constituency.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Waterford. It included the baronies of Gaultiere, Glenahiry, Middlethird, and Upperthird, and that part of the barony of Decies-without-Drum contained within the parishes of Ballylaneen, Clonea (excluding the townlands of Ballyrandle and Kilgrovan), Fews, Kilbarrymeaden, Kilrossanty, Monksland, Rossmire and Stradbally, and the townland of Lishane in the parish of Newcastle.[1]

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Patrick Joseph Power	Nationalist
	1892		Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
	1900		Nationalist
	1913	Martin Joseph Murphy	Nationalist
1918		Constituency abolished – see County Waterford

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 1885: East Waterford[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Joseph Power	3,291	91.3	N/A
	Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union	William Gervase de la Poer	314	8.7	N/A
Majority			2,977	82.6	N/A
Turnout			3,605	63.5	N/A
Registered electors			5,678
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

General election 1886: East Waterford[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Joseph Power	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,678
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 1892: East Waterford[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish National Federation	Patrick Joseph Power	2,562	71.1	N/A
	Irish National League	Edmund Leamy	1,043	28.9	N/A
Majority			1,519	42.2	N/A
Turnout			3,605	56.2	N/A
Registered electors			6,411
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

General election 1895: East Waterford[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish National Federation	Patrick Joseph Power	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,704
	Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 1900: East Waterford[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Joseph Power	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,922
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General election 1906: East Waterford[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Joseph Power	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,042
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election January 1910: East Waterford[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Joseph Power	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,216
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General election December 1910: East Waterford[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick Joseph Power	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,216
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Power's death causes a by-election.

By-election, 1913: East Waterford[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Parliamentary	Martin Joseph Murphy	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,229
	Irish Parliamentary hold

References

1. Debrett's House of Commons and the Judicial Branch (Dean and Son, 1896) page 261
2. 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 "W" (part 1)
• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)