Ennis is a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one MP. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.

Boundaries This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Ennis in County Clare.

Members of Parliament ElectionMemberPartyNote 1801 John Ormsby Vandeleur Tory 1801: Co-opted 1802 Rt Hon. James Fitzgerald Tory Resigned (appointed Escheator of Munster) 1808 Rt Hon. William Vesey-Fitzgerald Tory a 1812 Rt Hon. James Fitzgerald Tory Resigned (appointed Escheator of Munster) 1813 Rt Hon. William Vesey-Fitzgerald Tory a 1818 Spencer Perceval Tory Not the Prime Minister assassinated in 1812 but his son 1820 Sir Ross Mahon, Bt Tory Resigned (appointed Escheator of Munster) 1820 Richard Wellesley Tory 1826 Thomas Frankland Lewis Tory Resigned 1828 William Smith O'Brien Tory b 1831 Rt Hon. William Vesey-Fitzgerald Tory Succeeded as the 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Veseya 1832 Sir Augustine Fitzgerald, Bt Tory 1832 Francis Macnamara Repeal Association 1835 Hewitt Bridgeman Radical 1847 James Patrick Mahon Repeal Association 1852 John Fitzgerald Ind. Irish Appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland, as a Whig 1855 Whig 1859 Liberal Appointed Judge of the Irish Queen's Bench 1860 William Stacpoole Liberal Sought re-election as a Home Rule League candidate 1874 Home Rule League Died 1879 James Lysaght Finegan Home Rule League 1880 United Kingdom general election: Supporter of Parnellite faction. Resigned. 1882 Matthew Joseph Kenny Irish Parliamentary Last MP for the constituency1885 Constituency abolished

Notes:- a William Vesey Fitzgerald (MP for Ennis 1808–1812 and 1813–1818) appears to be the same person as William Vesey-Fitzgerald, the MP from 1831 to 1832. Walker includes all three terms as MP for Ennis in one index entry. The History of Parliament website confirms it was the same person and that he was also MP for Clare in 1818–1828, Newport, Cornwall in 1829 and Lostwithiel in 1830. b Stooks Smith classifies O'Brien as a Whig MP, but the Wikipedia biographical article suggests he was a Conservative MP (i.e. a Tory) in 1828–1831.

Elections Elections in the 1830s

Vesey-FitzGerald succeeded to the peerage, becoming 2nd Baron FitzGerald and Vesey and causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1840s

Elections in the 1850s

FitzGerald was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

FitzGerald was appointed Attorney-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

FitzGerald was appointed Attorney-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

Elections in the 1860s Fitzgerald resigned after being appointed a judge of the Queen's Bench, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1870s

Stacpoole's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1880s

Finegan resigned, causing a by-election.

References

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)