Ardee (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Parliament of Ireland former constituency infobox
Name = Ardee
Type = Borough
Year = 1378
Post-Union = Disfranchised

Ardee (also known as Ardee Borough) was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1378 to 1801.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

"Ardee" in County Louth was enfranchised as a borough constituency in 1378. It continued to be entitled to send two Members of Parliament to the Irish House of Commons until the Parliament of Ireland was merged into the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 1 January 1801. The constituency was disenfranchised on 31 December 1800.

The borough was represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as part of the county constituency of Louth.

Electoral System and Electorate

The parliamentary representatives of the borough were elected using the bloc vote for two-member elections and first past the post for single-member by-elections.

A summary of the borough electorate was included in "Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837." The electorate consisted of the members of the Borough Corporation (the local Council) and the freemen. All of the classes of electors qualified because of co-option by all or part of the existing ones, so this was a constituency with an oligarchic constitution rather than a democratic one.

Members of Parliament (Ireland) to 1800

* 1559-1559 ?
* 1568-1571 ?
* 1585-1586 Robert Barnewall and ?
* 1613-1615 ?
* 1634-1635 ?
* 1639-1649 ?
* 1661-1666 John Chambers and John Ruxton; "changes" (1665) Sir Robert Byron vice Chambers and Brent Moore vice Ruxton
* 1689-1689 Hugh Gernon and John Babe "Members of the Patriot Parliament"
* 1692-1693 ?
* 1695-1699 ?
* 1703-1713 ?
* 1713-1714 ?
* 1715-1727 ?
* 1727-1760 ?; "changes" (1741) Tichborne Aston (b. before 1723 - d. 4 March 1747/48) vice ?
* 1761-1768 ?
* 1769-1776 ?
* 1776-1783 ?
* 1783-1790 ?
* 1790-1797 ?
* 1798-1800 ?

"Note: "In 1665 the Lord Lieutenant (James Butler, 1st Duke of Ormonde) wrote to the Portreeve of Ardee recommending Sir Robert Byron, as Burgess in Parliament for Ardee, in the room of Captain John Chambers, "removed" and Colonel Brent Moore, in the "stead of Lieutenant John Ruxton, removed"."

Elections

ee also

* List of Irish constituencies