Numerous elections were overturned on petition by the losing candidate; after the 1868 election was overturned, a Royal Commission examined the matter and reported that "at the last three elections of members to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Sligo, corrupt practices have extensively prevailed."[1] Parliament therefore passed the Sligo and Cashel Disfranchisement Act 1870[2] (33 & 34 Vict. c.38) which came into force on 1 August 1870. The act disfranchised Sligo Borough as well as Cashel, another Irish borough. The area of Sligo borough became part of the County Sligo constituency. In 1881 the county's MP, Thomas Sexton, introduced a private member's bill to re-enfranchise the borough, which was defeated on second reading.[3]
Last MP for the constituency. Election declared void on petition.[20]
1870, 1 August
constituency disenfranchised
Supplemental Note:-
1 Walker (like F. W. S. Craig in his compilations of election results for Great Britain) classifies Whig, Radical and similar candidates as Liberals from 1832. The name Liberal was gradually adopted as a description for the Whigs and politicians allied with them, before the formal creation of the Liberal Party shortly after the 1859 general election.
On petition, the poll was amended due to improperly recorded votes, leaving Wynne with 148 votes and Somers with 147 votes. Wynne was then declared elected on 31 July 1857.[23]
Knox's election was declared void on 2 March 1869, and no writ was issued to find a replacement MP. The seat was then disenfranchised on 1 August 1870, and absorbed into County Sligo.[citation needed]
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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. ISBN0901714127.
British Electoral Facts 1832-1987, compiled and edited by F.W.S. Craig (Parliamentary Research Services, 5th edition, 1989)
Commissioners for the purpose of making inquiry into the existence of corrupt practices at the last election for Sligo (1870). Report. Command papers. Vol. C.48. Dublin: Alex Thom. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^"Sligo and Cashel Disfranchisement Bill— [Bill 139.] Second Reading". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 16 June 1870. HC Deb vol 202 cc309-15. Retrieved 23 December 2016.; "Sligo and Cashel Disfranchisement Bill.—(No. 167.) Second Reading". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 7 July 1870. HL Deb vol 202 cc1596-1602. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^"Sligo Borough Re-Enfranchisement Bill.— [Bill 62.]; Second Reading". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). 23 March 1881. HC Deb vol 259 cc1782–5. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^ abSalmon, Philip. "WYNNE, Owen (c.1756-1841), of Hazelwood, co. Sligo". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
^ abcdefghiSmith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. p. 239. Retrieved 8 October 2018 – via Google Books.
^ abThe Assembled Commons; Or, Parliamentary Biographer. Scott, Webster and Geary. 1838. p. 210 – via Google Books.
^ ab"Sligo Borough". King's County Chronicle. 14 July 1852. p. 2. Retrieved 17 March 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^Copy of a memorial forwarded to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland for certain magistrates of the county ... impugning the conduct of Major Browne (government magistrate) during the late contest (Sligo) election. Sessional papers. Vol. HC 36, 1837-1838 46 551. 12 December 1837. Retrieved 23 December 2016.; Return of all reports of outrages to Inspector General of Police by Constabulary during late Elections for County and Borough of Sligo. Sessional papers. Vol. HC 166, 1837-1838 46 555. 27 February 1838. Retrieved 23 December 2016.;
^ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyWalker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 237, 310–311. ISBN0901714127.
^"Ireland". Norfolk Chronicle. 22 April 1848. p. 2. Retrieved 8 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"Durham County Advertiser". 21 April 1848. p. 5. Retrieved 8 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Select Committee of Privileges (21 July 1848). Sligo election petitions: petition of John Delaney: report with minutes of evidence. Sessional papers. Vol. HC 526, 1847-1848 14 367. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^ Select Committee on the Sligo borough election petition (6 June 1853). Report. Sessional papers. Vol. HC 572, 1852-1853 18 595. Retrieved 23 December 2016.; Select Committee on the Sligo borough election petition (10 June 1853). Minutes of evidence, proceedings and index. Sessional papers. Vol. HC 600, 1852-1853 18 605, 713. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^ Select Committee on Appointment of H. Stonor as Judge in Colony of Victoria, after being reported Guilty of Bribery at Election for Borough of Sligo (1 June 1854). Report, minutes of evidence and appendices. Sessional papers. Vol. HC 278, 1854 8 681. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^Trollope, Anthony (3 March 2016). Dentith, Simon (ed.). Doctor Thorne. Foreword by Julian Fellowes (TV Tie-In ed.). OUP Oxford. p. 638, fn.156. ISBN9780191088568. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^"Irish Elections". Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal. 7 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^"The General Election". Morning Post. 9 August 1847. pp. 2–4. Retrieved 15 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ Select Committee on Sligo Borough Election Petition (22 May 1856). Report, minutes of evidence and proceedings. Sessional papers. Vol. HC 234, 1856 7 409. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^ ab Select Committee on Sligo Borough Election Petition (23 July 1857). Report and proceedings. Sessional papers. Vol. HC 227, 1857 8 585. Retrieved 23 December 2016.; Select Committee on Sligo Borough Election Petition (3 August 1857). Minutes of evidence and proceedings. Sessional papers. Vol. HC 206, 1857 8 609. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^Minutes of evidence at Trial of Sligo Borough Election Petition. Sessional papers. Vol. HC 85, 1868-1869 49 933. 16 March 1869. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
^ abSalmon, Philip. "Sligo". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 May 2020.
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Sligo Borough is a former borough constituency in Ireland represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Sligo BoroughFormer borough constituencyfor the House of CommonsCountyCounty SligoBoroughSligo1801 1870Seats1Created fromSligo Borough IHC Replaced byCounty Sligo It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801 and returned one Member of Parliament MP elected by the first past the post system of election Numerous elections were overturned on petition by the losing candidate after the 1868 election was overturned a Royal Commission examined the matter and reported that at the last three elections of members to serve in Parliament for the Borough of Sligo corrupt practices have extensively prevailed 1 Parliament therefore passed the Sligo and Cashel Disfranchisement Act 1870 2 33 amp 34 Vict c 38 which came into force on 1 August 1870 The act disfranchised Sligo Borough as well as Cashel another Irish borough The area of Sligo borough became part of the County Sligo constituency In 1881 the county s MP Thomas Sexton introduced a private member s bill to re enfranchise the borough which was defeated on second reading 3 Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 3 1 Elections in the 1830s 3 2 Elections in the 1840s 3 3 Elections in the 1850s 3 4 Elections in the 1860s 4 References 4 1 Sources 4 2 CitationsBoundaries editThis constituency was the parliamentary borough of Sligo in County Sligo Members of Parliament editElection Member Party Note 1801 January 1 Owen Wynne Tory 4 Resigned appointed Escheator of Munster 1806 July 16 Col George Canning Tory A cousin of his successor Rt Hon George Canning 1812 November 5 Rt Hon George Canning Tory 1812 Also returned by and elected to sit for Liverpool Subsequently Prime Minister 1827 1813 April 5 Joshua Spencer Resigned appointed Escheator of Munster 1815 March 27 Sir Brent Spencer 1818 June 29 John Bent Tory 1820 March 21 Owen Wynne Tory 4 1830 August 4 John Arthur Wynne Tory 5 1832 December 21 John Martin Whig 5 1837 August 5 John Patrick Somers Whig 6 5 7 Re elected as a Repeal Association candidate There were many disturbances in the election campaign 8 1841 July 9 Repeal Association 9 Unseated on petition new writ issued 1848 April 11 Charles Towneley Whig 10 11 Unseated on petition new writ issued 12 1848 July 15 John Patrick Somers Repeal Association 9 1852 July 15 Charles Towneley Ind Irish 9 Unseated on petition new writ issued 13 Henry Stonor convicted of electoral bribery was later appointed a judge in Victoria Australia 14 The Stonor scandal inspired the character of Mr Romer in Anthony Trollope s Doctor Thorne 15 1853 July 8 John Sadleir Whig 16 17 Died 1856 March 8 Rt Hon John Arthur Wynne Conservative 9 Election upheld after petitions were rejected 18 1857 April 2 John Patrick Somers Whig 5 6 7 Unseated on petition 19 1857 July 31 Rt Hon John Arthur Wynne Conservative 9 Declared duly elected on petition 19 Resigned 1860 August 9 Francis Macdonogh Conservative 9 1865 July 15 Richard Armstrong Liberal 9 1868 November 20 Lawrence Edward Knox Conservative 9 Last MP for the constituency Election declared void on petition 20 1870 1 August constituency disenfranchised Supplemental Note 1 Walker like F W S Craig in his compilations of election results for Great Britain classifies Whig Radical and similar candidates as Liberals from 1832 The name Liberal was gradually adopted as a description for the Whigs and politicians allied with them before the formal creation of the Liberal Party shortly after the 1859 general election Elections editElections in the 1830s edit General election 1830 Sligo Borough 9 5 21 Party Candidate Votes Tory John Arthur Wynne Unopposed Registered electors 13 Tory hold General election 1831 Sligo Borough 9 5 21 Party Candidate Votes Tory John Arthur Wynne Unopposed Registered electors 13 Tory hold General election 1832 Sligo Borough 9 5 Party Candidate Votes Whig John Martin Irish politician 213 53 7 Tory John Arthur Wynne 159 40 1 Whig Gregory Cuffe Martin 20 5 0 Whig Robert Jones 5 1 3 Majority 54 13 6 Turnout 397 95 0 Registered electors 418 Whig gain from Tory General election 1835 Sligo Borough 9 5 Party Candidate Votes Whig John Martin Irish politician Unopposed Registered electors 694 Whig hold General election 1837 Sligo Borough 9 5 Party Candidate Votes Whig John Patrick Somers 262 55 7 Whig John Martin Irish politician 208 44 3 Majority 54 11 6 Turnout 470 56 2 Registered electors 837 Whig hold Elections in the 1840s edit General election 1841 Sligo Borough 9 Party Candidate Votes Irish Repeal John Patrick Somers Unopposed Registered electors 821 Irish Repeal gain from Whig General election 1847 Sligo Borough 9 Party Candidate Votes Irish Repeal John Patrick Somers Unopposed Registered electors 910 Irish Repeal hold On petition Somers was unseated causing a by election By election 11 April 1848 Sligo Borough 9 Party Candidate Votes Whig Charles Towneley 130 52 6 New Irish Repeal John Patrick Somers 117 47 4 N A Majority 13 5 2 N A Turnout 247 29 5 est N A Registered electors 837 1847 figure Whig gain from Irish Repeal Swing N A On petition Towneley was unseated causing a further by election By election 15 July 1848 Sligo Borough 9 Party Candidate Votes Irish Repeal John Patrick Somers 102 36 6 10 8 Conservative James Hartley 90 32 3 New Whig John Ball 87 31 2 21 4 Majority 12 4 3 N A Turnout 279 30 7 1 2 Registered electors 910 Irish Repeal gain from Whig Swing 5 3 Elections in the 1850s edit General election 1852 Sligo Borough 9 Party Candidate Votes Independent Irish Charles Towneley 147 57 6 New Whig John Patrick Somers 108 42 4 N A Majority 39 15 2 N A Turnout 255 75 9 N A Registered electors 336 Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal Swing N A On petition Towneley was unseated on 6 June 1853 due to bribery by his agents causing a by election 22 By election 8 July 1853 Sligo Borough 9 Party Candidate Votes Whig John Sadleir 150 51 4 N A Whig John Patrick Somers 142 48 6 6 2 Majority 8 2 8 N A Turnout 292 83 2 7 3 Registered electors 351 Whig gain from Independent Irish Swing N A Sadleir s death caused a by election By election 8 March 1856 Sligo Borough 9 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Arthur Wynne 148 55 8 New Whig John Patrick Somers 117 44 2 1 8 Majority 31 11 6 N A Turnout 265 76 8 0 9 Registered electors 345 Conservative gain from Independent Irish Swing N A General election 1857 Sligo Borough 9 Party Candidate Votes Whig John Patrick Somers 150 51 0 8 6 Conservative John Arthur Wynne 144 49 0 N A Majority 6 2 0 N A Turnout 294 85 2 9 3 Registered electors 345 Whig gain from Independent Irish Swing N A On petition the poll was amended due to improperly recorded votes leaving Wynne with 148 votes and Somers with 147 votes Wynne was then declared elected on 31 July 1857 23 General election 1859 Sligo Borough 9 Party Candidate Votes Conservative John Arthur Wynne 177 70 0 21 0 Liberal John Patrick Somers 73 28 9 22 1 Liberal Lucas Alexander Treston 3 1 2 N A Majority 104 41 1 N A Turnout 253 70 1 15 1 Registered electors 361 Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 21 6 Elections in the 1860s edit Wynne s resignation caused a by election By election 9 August 1860 Sligo Borough 9 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Francis Macdonogh 160 95 8 25 8 Liberal John Reilly 5 3 0 1 8 Liberal John Patrick Somers 2 1 2 27 7 Majority 155 92 8 41 7 Turnout 167 46 3 23 8 Registered electors 361 Conservative hold Swing 26 8 General election 1865 Sligo Borough 9 Party Candidate Votes Liberal Richard Armstrong 166 51 7 21 6 Conservative Francis Macdonogh 155 48 3 21 7 Majority 11 3 4 N A Turnout 321 84 7 14 6 Registered electors 379 Liberal gain from Conservative Swing 21 7 General election 1868 Sligo Borough 9 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Lawrence E Knox 241 51 3 3 0 Liberal John Woulfe Flanagan 229 48 7 3 0 Majority 12 2 6 N A Turnout 470 90 4 5 7 Registered electors 520 Conservative gain from Liberal Swing 3 0 Knox s election was declared void on 2 March 1869 and no writ was issued to find a replacement MP The seat was then disenfranchised on 1 August 1870 and absorbed into County Sligo citation needed This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items August 2008 References editSources edit 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 British Electoral Facts 1832 1987 compiled and edited by F W S Craig Parliamentary Research Services 5th edition 1989 Commissioners for the purpose of making inquiry into the existence of corrupt practices at the last election for Sligo 1870 Report Command papers Vol C 48 Dublin Alex Thom Retrieved 23 December 2016 Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with S part 3 Citations edit Commission 1870 p viii Sligo and Cashel Disfranchisement Bill Bill 139 Second Reading Parliamentary Debates Hansard 16 June 1870 HC Deb vol 202 cc309 15 Retrieved 23 December 2016 Sligo and Cashel Disfranchisement Bill No 167 Second Reading Parliamentary Debates Hansard 7 July 1870 HL Deb vol 202 cc1596 1602 Retrieved 23 December 2016 Sligo Borough Re Enfranchisement Bill Bill 62 Second Reading Parliamentary Debates Hansard 23 March 1881 HC Deb vol 259 cc1782 5 Retrieved 23 December 2016 a b Salmon Philip WYNNE Owen c 1756 1841 of Hazelwood co Sligo The History of Parliament Retrieved 24 May 2020 a b c d e f g h i Smith Henry Stooks 1842 The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections Second ed Simpkin Marshall amp Company p 239 Retrieved 8 October 2018 via Google Books a b The Assembled Commons Or Parliamentary Biographer Scott Webster and Geary 1838 p 210 via Google Books a b Sligo Borough King s County Chronicle 14 July 1852 p 2 Retrieved 17 March 2018 via British Newspaper Archive Copy of a memorial forwarded to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland for certain magistrates of the county impugning the conduct of Major Browne government magistrate during the late contest Sligo election Sessional papers Vol HC 36 1837 1838 46 551 12 December 1837 Retrieved 23 December 2016 Return of all reports of outrages to Inspector General of Police by Constabulary during late Elections for County and Borough of Sligo Sessional papers Vol HC 166 1837 1838 46 555 27 February 1838 Retrieved 23 December 2016 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y Walker B M ed 1978 Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland 1801 1922 Dublin Royal Irish Academy pp 237 310 311 ISBN 0901714127 Ireland Norfolk Chronicle 22 April 1848 p 2 Retrieved 8 October 2018 via British Newspaper Archive Durham County Advertiser 21 April 1848 p 5 Retrieved 8 October 2018 via British Newspaper Archive Select Committee of Privileges 21 July 1848 Sligo election petitions petition of John Delaney report with minutes of evidence Sessional papers Vol HC 526 1847 1848 14 367 Retrieved 23 December 2016 Select Committee on the Sligo borough election petition 6 June 1853 Report Sessional papers Vol HC 572 1852 1853 18 595 Retrieved 23 December 2016 Select Committee on the Sligo borough election petition 10 June 1853 Minutes of evidence proceedings and index Sessional papers Vol HC 600 1852 1853 18 605 713 Retrieved 23 December 2016 Select Committee on Appointment of H Stonor as Judge in Colony of Victoria after being reported Guilty of Bribery at Election for Borough of Sligo 1 June 1854 Report minutes of evidence and appendices Sessional papers Vol HC 278 1854 8 681 Retrieved 23 December 2016 Trollope Anthony 3 March 2016 Dentith Simon ed Doctor Thorne Foreword by Julian Fellowes TV Tie In ed OUP Oxford p 638 fn 156 ISBN 9780191088568 Retrieved 23 December 2016 Irish Elections Drogheda Argus and Leinster Journal 7 August 1847 p 2 Retrieved 15 September 2018 via British Newspaper Archive The General Election Morning Post 9 August 1847 pp 2 4 Retrieved 15 September 2018 via British Newspaper Archive Select Committee on Sligo Borough Election Petition 22 May 1856 Report minutes of evidence and proceedings Sessional papers Vol HC 234 1856 7 409 Retrieved 23 December 2016 a b Select Committee on Sligo Borough Election Petition 23 July 1857 Report and proceedings Sessional papers Vol HC 227 1857 8 585 Retrieved 23 December 2016 Select Committee on Sligo Borough Election Petition 3 August 1857 Minutes of evidence and proceedings Sessional papers Vol HC 206 1857 8 609 Retrieved 23 December 2016 Minutes of evidence at Trial of Sligo Borough Election Petition Sessional papers Vol HC 85 1868 1869 49 933 16 March 1869 Retrieved 23 December 2016 a b Salmon Philip Sligo The History of Parliament Retrieved 24 May 2020 Tralee Chronicle 10 June 1853 pp 3 4 Retrieved 8 October 2018 via British Newspaper 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