Downpatrick (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Downpatrick
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1586 (1586)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Downpatrick

Downpatrick was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Downpatrick was not represented.^[1]

Election	First member	Second member
1689	Downpatrick was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692	James Hamilton	Nicholas Price
1695	Sir John Magill, 1st Bt	Francis Annesley ^{[note 1]}
1703	Mathew Forde	Francis Annesley ^{[note 1]}
1705		Isaac Manley
1713		Francis Annesley
1715	Sir Emanuel Moore, 3rd Bt	Thomas Medlycott
1727	Edward Southwell	Cromwell Price
1755	Bowen Southwell	Cromwell Price
1761	Mathew Forde	Hon. Francis Charles Annesley
1771	Mathew Forde	Clotworthy Rowley
1776	Hon. Robert Henry Southwell
1783	Hon. Hercules Rowley ^{[note 2]}
October 1783	Andrew Caldwell
1790	Jonathan Chetwood
1798	Josias Rowley
1801	Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Downpatrick

O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Down

Westminster 1801–present

Historic	Down (1801–85, 1922–50) East Down (1885–1922) Mid Down (1918–22) North Down (1885–1922, 1950—) South Down (1885–1922, 1950—) West Down (1885–1922) Downpatrick (1801–85) Newry (1801–1918)

Current	Lagan Valley (1983—) Newry & Armagh (1983—) Strangford (1983—)

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–1922

Seats taken	(none)

Seats not taken	East Down Mid Down North Down South Down West Down

Ards (1929–72)
Bangor (1969–72)
Down (1921–29)
East Down (1929–72)
Iveagh (1929–72)
Lagan Valley (1969–72)
Larkfield (1969–72)
Mid Down (1929–72)
Mourne (1929–72)
North Down (1929–72)
South Down (1929–72)
West Down (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	North Down South Down

Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	North Down South Down Lagan Valley Newry & Armagh Strangford Upper Bann

Constituencies in Ireland by county

Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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