Dungarvan (UK Parliament constituency)

This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Dungarvan in County Waterford. Until the Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 (passed alongside the Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1832) it was coterminous with the manor of Dungarvan, and the franchise was exercised by potwallopers of the town and forty shilling freeholders of the manor.{{cite book|title=Instructions by Secretary for Ireland, respecting Cities and Boroughs in Ireland sending Representatives to Parliament; Reports of Commissioners|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PG9bAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA65|access-date=12 February 2015|series=Sessional papers|volume=43|date=8 June 1832|issue = 519|publisher=Sessional papers|pages=65–68}}; for the map [https://c7.alamy.com/comp/2A9C9NN/manor-of-dungarvan-townborough-plan-reform-act-waterford-munster-1832-map-2A9C9NN.jpg see the scan] at Alamy{{cite book|chapter=Dungarvan |title=Reports and instructions by Lord Lieutenant, with reference to boundaries and divisions of cities, boroughs and towns corporate in Ireland|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VHFbAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA78-IA2|series=Sessional papers|volume=29|date=10 May 1837|issue=301|pages=78–80}}; for the map see also [http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/035%20map%20dungarvan.jpg a better scan] at Limerick City and County Council The manor extended far beyond the urban area, including Abbeyside on the east bank of the Colligan River. Commissioners appointed in 1831 and 1836, to revise Irish parliamentary and municipal borough boundaries respectively, described the old border as "supposed to contain about 10,000 Statute Acres" and with an "ill defined" boundary. Besides the main portion around the town, the borough included three detached townlands further west (Knockampoor, Canty, and Ballymullala) and excluded 15 small enclaves (one within Dungarvan town, one to the west, and thirteen on the east bank of the Colligan, of which nine belonged to the manor of Dromana, including the townlands of Tournore, Clonanagh and Croughtanaul).{{cite web |last1=O'Brien |first1=Niall C. E. J. |title=The Dromana estate in 1640 |url=https://niallbrn.wordpress.com/2015/03/24/the-dromana-estate-in-1640/ |website=History Exploration with Niall |access-date=6 August 2019 |language=en |date=24 March 2015}} Although the 1832 commissioners suggested radical simplification in the boundary, the only change in 1832 was to exclude the detached parts and include the enclosed enclaves to create a single area.{{cite book|last=Lewis|first=Samuel|author-link=Samuel Lewis (publisher)|title= A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland |chapter-url=http://www.libraryireland.com/topog/appendix.php|year=1837|chapter=Appendix, Shewing the Boundaries of the Cities and Boroughs in Ireland, as adopted and defined by the Act passed in the 2nd and 3rd of William IV., cap. 89, intituled "An Act to settle and describe the Limits of Cities, Towns, and Boroughs in Ireland, in so far as respects the Election of Members to serve in Parliament."}} This boundary is marked on the Ordnance Survey of Ireland's six-inch map, published a few years later.{{cite web |url=http://map.geohive.ie/mapviewer.html?webmap=0cd73a0c18df41a0a4c85bb045fb003a |title=Six-inch map centred on Dungarvan |author=Ordnance Survey Ireland |date=1839–41 |website=Geohive |access-date=1 August 2019}} The parliamentary boundary is in violet, except that the boundary is correctly named along the west and north edges of the townlands of Windgap, Barranalira, and Killongford, whereas the purple line runs south of these.

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1830: Dungarvan{{cite web |last1=Salmon |first1=Philip |title=Dungarvan |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/dungarvan |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=15 May 2020}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = George Lamb

|votes = 370

|percentage = 88.1

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Repeal Association

|candidate = Dominick Ronayne

|votes = 50

|percentage = 11.9

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{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 320

|percentage = 76.2

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{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 420

|percentage = {{circa|48.2}}

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = {{circa|871}}

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1831: Dungarvan

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = George Lamb

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = {{circa|871}}

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1832: Dungarvan

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = George Lamb

|votes = 307

|percentage = 53.2

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Repeal Association

|candidate = John Matthew Galwey

|votes = 270

|percentage = 46.8

|change =

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{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 37

|percentage = 6.4

|change =

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{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 577

|percentage = 85.2

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 677

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

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Lamb's death caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 15 February 1834: Dungarvan

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = Ebenezer Jacob

|votes = 307

|percentage = 53.6

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Pierce George Barron

|votes = 260

|percentage = 45.4

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Philip Cecil Crampton

|votes = 6

|percentage = 1.0

|change = N/A

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 47

|percentage = 8.2

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 573

|percentage = {{circa|84.6}}

|change = {{circa|−0.6}}

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = {{circa|677}}

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Radicals (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = N/A

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Jacob was unseated on petition, causing a further by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 16 May 1834: Dungarvan

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = Ebenezer Jacob

|votes = 293

|percentage = 52.1

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Pierce George Barron

|votes = 269

|percentage = 47.9

|change = −5.3

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 24

|percentage = 4.2

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 562

|percentage = {{circa|83.0}}

|change = {{circa|−2.2}}

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 677

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Radicals (UK)

|swing = N/A

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1835: Dungarvan

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Michael O'Loghlen

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 707

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing =

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O'Loghlen was appointed as Solicitor-General for Ireland, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin no change| title=By-election, 4 May 1835: Dungarvan

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Michael O'Loghlen

|votes = 360

|percentage = 80.4

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Repeal Association

|candidate = John Matthew Galwey

|votes = 88

|percentage = 19.6

|change =

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{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 272

|percentage = 60.8

|change =

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{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 448

|percentage = 63.3

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 708

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

O'Loghlen was appointed as Attorney-General for Ireland, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin no change| title=By-election, 21 September 1835: Dungarvan

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Michael O'Loghlen

|votes = 315

|percentage = 67.3

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Repeal Association

|candidate = John Matthew Galwey

|votes = 153

|percentage = 32.7

|change =

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{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 162

|percentage = 34.6

|change =

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{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 468

|percentage = 65.6

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 713

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

O'Loghlen was appointed Baron of the Irish Court of Exchequer and resigned, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin no change| title=By-election, 16 February 1837: Dungarvan

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = John Power

|votes = 283

|percentage = 63.3

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Repeal Association

|candidate = John Matthew Galwey

|votes = 164

|percentage = 36.7

|change =

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{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 119

|percentage = 26.6

|change =

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{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 447

|percentage = 60.3

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 741

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change| title=General election 1837: Dungarvan

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Cornelius O'Callaghan

|votes = 261

|percentage = 62.4

|change =

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{{Election box candidate for alliance no change|

|party = Repeal Association

|side = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = John Matthew Galwey

|votes = 157

|percentage = 37.6

|change =

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{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 104

|percentage = 24.8

|change =

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{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 418

|percentage = 56.0

|change =

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{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 747

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|swing =

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1841: Dungarvan

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = Richard Lalor Sheil

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 434

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{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Radicals (UK)

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

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{{Election box end}}

Sheil was appointed as Master of the Mint, requiring a by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 10 July 1846: Dungarvan

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = Richard Lalor Sheil

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{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Radicals (UK)

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1847: Dungarvan

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = Richard Lalor Sheil

|votes = 151

|percentage = 52.8

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Repeal Association

|candidate = John Maguire

|votes = 135

|percentage = 47.2

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 16

|percentage = 5.6

|change =N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 286

|percentage = 50.6

|change = N/A

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 565

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Radicals (UK)

|swing = N/A

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{{Election box end}}

Due to both ill health and to become a diplomat in Tuscany, Sheil resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.{{cite ODNB| title= Sheil, Richard Lalor (1791–1851) |id=25301 |last= Jenkins |first= Brian |date = 3 January 2008 |orig-year= 2004 |url= http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-25301?docPos=2 }}

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 22 March 1851: Dungarvan

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Charles Ponsonby

|votes = 158

|percentage = 65.6

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = John Maguire{{cite news |title=Ireland |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000369/18510322/036/0004 |access-date=30 September 2018 |work=Reading Mercury |date=22 March 1851 |page=4 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

|votes = 83

|percentage = 34.4

|change = −12.8

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 75

|percentage = 31.2

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 241

|percentage = 76.8

|change = +26.2

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 314

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Radicals (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1852: Dungarvan

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Irish Party

|candidate = John Maguire

|votes = 127

|percentage = 52.3

|change = +5.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Edmund O'Flaherty{{cite news |title=London Nonconformist |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/london-nonconformist-mar-26-1856-p-13/ |access-date=30 September 2018 |date=26 March 1856 |page=13}}

|votes = 116

|percentage = 47.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 11

|percentage = 4.6

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 243

|percentage = 77.4

|change = +26.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 314

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Independent Irish Party

|loser = Radicals (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

In order to enable the withdrawal of an election petition filed by O'Flaherty, Maguire resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.{{cite news |title=Belfast Mercury |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000783/18530826/002/0001 |access-date=30 September 2018 |date=26 August 1853 |page=1 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 26 August 1853: Dungarvan

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Irish Party

|candidate = John Maguire

|votes = 150

|percentage = 65.8

|change = +13.5

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Henry Gregory

|votes = 78

|percentage = 34.2

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 72

|percentage = 31.6

|change = +27.0

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 228

|percentage = 75.2

|change = −2.2

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 303

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Independent Irish Party

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1857: Dungarvan

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Irish Party

|candidate = John Maguire

|votes = 123

|percentage = 54.2

|change = +1.9

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Sir John Nugent Humble, 2nd Baronet|John Nugent Humble

|votes = 104

|percentage = 45.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 19

|percentage = 8.4

|change = +3.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 227

|percentage = 85.3

|change = +7.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 266

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Independent Irish Party

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1859: Dungarvan

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{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = John Maguire

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{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 280

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{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Independent Irish Party

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1865: Dungarvan

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Robert Barry

|votes = 112

|percentage = 54.4

|change = N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Palliser

|votes = 94

|percentage = 45.6

|change =New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 18

|percentage = 8.8

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 206

|percentage = 80.2

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 257

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1868: Dungarvan

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Matthews

|votes = 155

|percentage = 59.6

|change =N/A

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Charles Robert Barry

|votes = 105

|percentage =40.4

|change = −14.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 50

|percentage = 19.2

|change =N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 260

|percentage = 83.6

|change = +3.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 311

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

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{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1874: Dungarvan

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Home Rule League

|candidate = John O'Keefe

|votes = 131

|percentage = 53.3

|change = New

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Matthews

|votes = 115

|percentage = 46.7

|change = −12.9

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 16

|percentage = 6.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 246

|percentage = 85.4

|change = +1.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 288

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{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Home Rule League

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

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{{Election box end}}

O'Keefe's death caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin| title=By-election, 23 June 1877: Dungarvan

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Home Rule League

|candidate = Frank Hugh O'Donnell

|votes = 137

|percentage = 53.5

|change = +0.2

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Matthews

|votes = 119

|percentage = 46.5

|change = −0.2

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 18

|percentage = 7.0

|change = +0.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 256

|percentage = 80.5

|change = −4.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 318

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Home Rule League

|swing = +0.2

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin| title=General election 1880: Dungarvan{{cite book|editor1-last=Walker|editor1-first=B.M.|title=Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922|date=1978|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|location=Dublin|isbn=0901714127|pages=214–215, 277–278}}

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{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Home Rule League

|candidate = Frank Hugh O'Donnell

|votes = 132

|percentage = 57.6

|change = +4.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Henry Matthews

|votes = 97

|percentage = 42.4

|change = −4.3

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 35

|percentage = 15.2

|change = +8.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 229

|percentage = 97.4

|change = +12.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 235

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Home Rule League

|swing = +4.3

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}}

• 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)
• {{cite book|title=Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922|editor-first=B.M.|editor-last=Walker|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|year=1978|location=Dublin|isbn=0901714127}}
• {{Rayment-hc|d|4|date=March 2012}}

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{{Waterford constituencies}}

Category:Westminster constituencies in County Waterford (historic)

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1801

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885

Category:Dungarvan