Coleraine was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.
History In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by James II, Coleraine was not represented. The borough was disenfranchised under the terms of the Acts of Union 1800.
Members of Parliament 1613–1615 Sir Barnabas O'Brien, later Earl of Thomond and John Wilkinson 1634–1635 George Bland and Edward Rowley 1639–1645 Charles Monck (not duly elected - replaced by Edmond Cossens) and Thomas Harman 1661–1666 Randal Beresford and Stephen Cuppage (died and replaced 1666 by William Jackson)
1692–1801
ElectionFirst MPSecond MP 1689 Coleraine was not represented in the Patriot Parliament 1692 John Davys William Leslie 1695 Sir Arthur Langford, 2nd Bt Samuel Jackson September 1703 Richard GorgesAlso elected for Bandonbridge in 1703, for which he chose to sit 1703 Thomas Pearce 1713 Frederick Hamilton Whig George Lowther Whig 1715 Sir Marcus Beresford, 4th Bt Whig 1721 Francis Burton 1727 Henry Carey Thomas Jackson 1751 Richard Jackson 1757 Hamilton Gorges 1761 Lord La Poer 1763 George Paul Monck 1768 John BeresfordAlso elected for County Waterford in 1768, for which he chose to sit August 1768 Theophilus Jones 1776 Hon. Richard Annesley 1783 John BeresfordAlso elected for County Waterford in 1783, for which he chose to sit October 1783 Arthur Wolfe 1789 George Jackson John BeresfordAlso elected for County Waterford in 1789, for which he chose to sit 1791 George FitzGerald Hill 1795 William Domville Stanley Monck 1796 John Staunton Rochfort January 1798 Earl of TyroneAlso elected for County Londonderry in 1798, for which he chose to sit John BeresfordAlso elected for County Waterford in 1798, for which he chose to sit 1798 John Beresford Walter Jones 1801 Succeeded by the Westminster constituency Coleraine
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