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County Cavan was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland which from 1801 to 1885 returned two Members of Parliament MPs to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland County CavanFormer county constituencyfor the House of CommonsCountyCounty Cavan1801 1885Seats2Created fromCounty CavanReplaced byEast Cavan and West Cavan Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Election results 3 1 Elections in the 1800s 3 2 Elections in the 1810s 3 3 Elections in the 1820s 3 4 Elections in the 1830s 3 5 Elections in the 1840s 3 6 Elections in the 1850s 3 7 Elections in the 1860s 3 8 Elections in the 1870s 3 9 Elections in the 1880s 4 ReferencesBoundaries editThis constituency comprised the whole of County Cavan Members of Parliament editFrom 1801 to 1885 County Cavan was one constituency with two Members of Parliament who both represented the whole of the county Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party1801 Francis Saunderson Whig Nathaniel Sneyd Tory18021806 John Maxwell Barry Tory18071812181818201824 Henry Maxwell Tory 1 1826 Alexander Saunderson Whig 1 2 18301831 Sir John Young Bt Tory 1 18321835 Conservative 1 Conservative 1 18371839 Somerset Maxwell Conservative 1 1840 Henry John Clements Conservative 1 184118411843 James Maxwell Conservative1847 Peelite18521853 Peelite1855 Robert Burrowes Conservative1857 Hugh Annesley Conservative18591865 Edward James Saunderson Palmerstonian Liberal1869 Conservative1874 Charles Joseph Fay Home Rule League Joseph Biggar Home Rule League18801885 constituency abolished see Cavan East and Cavan WestElection results editElections in the 1800s edit Co option 1 January 1801 Cavan Party Candidate Votes Whig Francis Saunderson UnopposedTory Nathaniel Sneyd UnopposedGeneral Election 1802 Cavan Party Candidate Votes Whig Francis Saunderson UnopposedTory Nathaniel Sneyd UnopposedGeneral Election 1806 Cavan Party Candidate Votes Tory Nathaniel Sneyd UnopposedTory John Maxwell Barry UnopposedGeneral Election 1807 Cavan Party Candidate Votes Tory Nathaniel Sneyd UnopposedTory John Maxwell Barry UnopposedElections in the 1810s edit General Election 1812 Cavan Party Candidate Votes Tory Nathaniel Sneyd UnopposedTory John Maxwell Barry UnopposedGeneral Election 1818 Cavan Party Candidate Votes Tory Nathaniel Sneyd UnopposedTory John Maxwell Barry UnopposedElections in the 1820s edit General Election 1820 Cavan Party Candidate Votes Tory Nathaniel Sneyd UnopposedTory John Maxwell Barry UnopposedJohn Maxwell Barry succeeded as 5th Baron Farnham causing a by election By election 24 February 1824 Cavan Party Candidate Votes Tory Henry Maxwell UnopposedGeneral Election 1826 Cavan Party Candidate Votes Tory Henry Maxwell 2 854 30 5 N AWhig Alexander Saunderson 2 673 28 6 N ARobert Henry Southwell 1 917 20 5 N ACharles Coote 1 901 20 3 N AElections in the 1830s edit General Election 1830 Cavan 3 1 4 Party Candidate Votes Tory Henry Maxwell 786 51 5 N AWhig Alexander Saunderson 452 29 6 N ATory William Young 287 18 8 N ATurnout 879 66 3 N ARegistered electors 1 325Majority 334 21 9Tory hold SwingMajority 165 10 8Whig hold SwingGeneral Election 1831 Cavan 3 1 4 Party Candidate Votes Tory Henry Maxwell 664 41 3 10 2Tory John Young 614 38 2 19 4Whig Robert Henry Southwell 331 20 6 9 0Majority 283 17 6 4 3Turnout c 805 c 60 7 c 5 6Registered electors 1 325Tory hold Swing 2 9Tory gain from Whig Swing 12 0General Election 1832 Cavan 3 1 Party Candidate Votes Tory Henry Maxwell UnopposedTory John Young UnopposedRegistered electors 2 248Tory holdTory holdGeneral Election 1835 Cavan 3 1 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Henry Maxwell UnopposedConservative John Young UnopposedRegistered electors 2 241Conservative holdConservative holdGeneral Election 1837 Cavan 3 1 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Henry Maxwell UnopposedConservative John Young UnopposedRegistered electors 2 918Conservative holdConservative holdHenry Maxwell succeeded to the peerage becoming 7th Baron Farnham and causing a by election By election 18 February 1839 Cavan 3 1 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Somerset Maxwell UnopposedConservative holdElections in the 1840s edit Somerset Maxwell resigned causing a by election By election 12 August 1840 Cavan 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Henry John Clements UnopposedConservative holdGeneral Election 1841 Cavan 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Henry John Clements UnopposedConservative John Young UnopposedRegistered electors 2 050Conservative holdConservative holdJohn Young was appointed a Commissioner of the Treasury requiring a by election By election 30 September 1841 Cavan 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Young UnopposedConservative holdHenry John Clements s death caused a by election By election 17 February 1843 Cavan 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative James Maxwell UnopposedConservative holdGeneral Election 1847 Cavan 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative James Maxwell UnopposedPeelite John Young UnopposedRegistered electors 1 492Conservative holdPeelite gain from ConservativeElections in the 1850s edit General election 1852 Cavan 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative James Maxwell 2 252 44 8 N APeelite John Young 2 049 40 8 N ATenant Rights Hercules Ellis 5 727 14 5 NewTurnout 2 514 est 65 3 N ARegistered electors 3 850Majority 203 4 0 N AConservative hold Swing N AMajority 1 322 26 3 N APeelite hold Swing N AJohn Young was appointed Chief Secretary of Ireland requiring a by election By election 10 January 1853 Cavan 3 Party Candidate Votes Peelite John Young UnopposedRegistered electors 4 909Peelite holdJohn Young resigned after being appointed Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands causing a by election By election 13 April 1855 Cavan 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Robert Burrowes 2 163 53 7 8 9Whig Henry George Hughes 6 1 866 46 3 NewMajority 297 7 4 3 4Turnout 4 029 82 1 16 8Registered electors 4 909Conservative gain from Peelite Swing N AGeneral election 1857 Cavan 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative James Maxwell 3 164 47 0 2 2Conservative Hugh Annesley 2 164 32 1 N ARadical Matthew O Reilly Dease 7 1 409 20 9 NewMajority 755 11 2 7 2Turnout 4 073 est 72 2 est 6 9Registered electors 5 638Conservative hold Swing N AConservative gain from Peelite Swing N AGeneral election 1859 Cavan 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative James Maxwell UnopposedConservative Hugh Annesley UnopposedRegistered electors 5 989Conservative holdConservative holdElections in the 1860s edit General election 1865 Cavan 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Hugh Annesley UnopposedLiberal Edward James Saunderson UnopposedRegistered electors 6 304Conservative holdLiberal gain from ConservativeGeneral election 1868 Cavan 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Hugh Annesley UnopposedLiberal Edward James Saunderson UnopposedRegistered electors 6 415Conservative holdLiberal holdElections in the 1870s edit General election 1874 Cavan 3 Party Candidate Votes Home Rule Charles Joseph Fay 3 229 37 5 NewHome Rule Joseph Biggar 3 079 35 7 NewConservative Edward James Saunderson 2 310 26 8 N AMajority 769 8 9 N ATurnout 5 464 est 87 8 est N ARegistered electors 6 225Home Rule gain from Conservative SwingHome Rule gain from Liberal SwingElections in the 1880s edit General election 1880 Cavan 3 Party Candidate Votes Home Rule Charles Joseph Fay 3 097 36 9 0 6Parnellite Home Rule League Joseph Biggar 3 061 36 5 0 8Conservative Somerset Maxwell 2 233 26 6 0 2Majority 828 9 9 1 0Turnout 5 330 est 87 4 est 0 4Registered electors 6 096Home Rule hold Swing N AHome Rule hold Swing N AReferences edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m Stooks Smith Henry 1842 The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830 London Simpkin Marshall amp Co pp 218 219 Retrieved 10 May 2020 via Google Books Farrell Stephen SAUNDERSON Alexander 1783 1857 of Castle Saunderson co Cavan The History of Parliament Retrieved 10 May 2020 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Walker B M ed 1978 Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland 1801 1922 Dublin Royal Irish Academy pp 202 259 260 ISBN 0901714127 a b Farrell Stephen Co Cavan The History of Parliament Retrieved 10 May 2020 Irish Counties Freeman s Journal 8 July 1852 p 2 Retrieved 18 September 2018 via British Newspaper Archive Carlisle Journal 20 April 1855 p 8 Retrieved 18 September 2018 via British Newspaper Archive Cavan Election Newry Telegraph 9 April 1857 p 3 Retrieved 18 September 2018 via British Newspaper Archive Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with C part 3 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 The Anglo Celt 150th Anniversary Souvenir Supplement dated 30 May 1996 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w 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