West Waterford (UK Parliament constituency)

West Waterford
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885 (1885)–1918 (1918)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	County Waterford
Created from	County Waterford and Dungarvan

West Waterford was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1918.

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

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the western part of County Waterford.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Jasper Douglas Pyne	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1888	Seat vacant'[1]
	1890	Alfred Webb	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1892		Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
	1895	James John O'Shee (formerly Shee)	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
	1900		Irish Parliamentary Party
1918		Constituency abolished – see County Waterford

Elections

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References

1. ^ After death of Pyne in November 1888, the writ for the by-election was not moved for 15 months

Sources

• 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)