1865 Voters List

 

This 1865 Voters List for County Louth is transcribed from:

 

An Analysis of the Parliamentary Register of Voters for the County of Louth with the Names of the Landlords and their Tenants on the Register of Voters shewing the Candidate for whom they voted at the Election in April 1865, Dublin 1865

 

 

The original list is divided into Baronies:

 

Barony of Ardee  (pages 1 - 21) with 714 names

Barony of Ferrard (pages 22 - 39) with 628 names

Barony of Louth  (pages 40 - 49) with 338 names

Barony of Lower Dundalk  (50 - 59) with 336 names

Barony of Upper Dundalk (pages 60 - 74) with 521 names

 

 

The page columns on the original list are:

 

- : Initial of candidate for whom they voted ['K', 'M' (or 'O' - did not vote)]

Reg. No: Number on list within each Barony

Name: Name of Voter

Address: Address of Voter

Tenant of: If a tenant, the landlord's name

 

The book is in the National Library of Ireland, 2/3 Kildare Street, Dublin 2, Ireland.  Telephone: (01) 6030200.  The Reference Number is: P2491 (Pamphlet)

 

For the purposes of this list I have not included the number of the name on the list,  nor the person for whom the elector voted, if he voted at all. For ease of use, I have amalgamated the names within each barony into a single alphabetical list.

 

Please note that the names of some people who had more than one landlord appear under the name of each landlord and are therefore repeated. This list is for the constituency of Louth County and does not include Dundalk constituency nor the County of the Town of Drogheda (see below).

 

Click for:

1865 Voters A - C

1865 Voters D - K

1865 Voters L - Mo

1865 Voters Mu - Y

 

 

The above list refers to a by-election that took place on 15 April 1865 for the constituency of Louth County, following the appointment of Richard Montesqieu Bellew (one of the incumbent MP's) as Poor Law Commissioner in Ireland. The total number of electors was 2441.

 

The candidates were:

 

Tristram Kennedy, Liberal, 1002 votes ('K')

John McClintock, Conservative, 923 votes ('M')

 

 There was a general election a few months later in July 1865:

 

The total number of electors for the constituency of Louth County was 2,441

The total number of electors for Dundalk constituency was 287

The total number of electors for the constituency of the County of the Town of Drogheda was 581

 

Each county constituency returned two candidates to Parliament.

 

The candidates for Louth County in the general election held on 24 July 1865 were:

 

Chichester Samuel Fortescue, Liberal, 628 votes

Tristram Kennedy, Liberal, 607 votes

Frederick John Foster, Conservative, 8 votes

John McClintock, Conservative, 6 votes

 

 

Dundalk returned Sir George Boyer, Bt., Liberal, on 14 July 1865

 

 

The Candidates for Drogheda in the election held on 17 July 1865 were:

 

Benjamin Whitworth, Liberal, 291 votes

Francis Brodigan, Liberal, 84 votes

 

Drogheda returned one candidate.

 

 

Source:

Walker, B.M. (editor), Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801 - 1922, Dublin 1978

 

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25 January 2010