East Wicklow, a division of County Wicklow, was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. From 1885 to 1922 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Until the 1885 general election the area was part of the Wicklow constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament, as it was no longer in the UK.
Boundaries This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Wicklow. In 1918, the boundary of the constituency was expanded to include that part of the Bray urban district transferred from County Dublin to County Wicklow under the 1898 Local Government (Ireland) Act.
1885–1918: The baronies of Arklow, Newcastle and Rathdown, and that part of the barony of Ballinacor North contained within the parish of Calary.
1918–1922: The existing East Wicklow constituency, together with that part of the existing South Dublin constituency contained within the administrative county of Wicklow.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1885 William Joseph Corbet Nationalist 1890 National League (Parnellite) 1892 John Sweetman National Federation (Anti-Parnellite) 1895 Edward Peter O'Kelly National Federation (Anti-Parnellite) 1895 William Joseph Corbet National League (Parnellite) 1900 Denis Joseph Cogan Nationalist 1907 John Muldoon Nationalist 1911 Anthony Donelan Nationalist 1918 Seán Etchingham Sinn Féin1922 UK constituency abolished
Elections Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Sweetman resigns to re-stand as a Parnellite Nationalist, prompting a by-election.
Elections in the 1900s
Cogan resigns, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1910s
Muldoon resigns, prompting 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)