| Ardfert | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Kerry |
| Borough | Ardfert |
| 1639–1801 | |
| Seats | 2 |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Ardfert was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of Ireland until the Act of Union 1800.
This constituency was based in the town of Ardfert in County Kerry.
Ardfert in County Kerry was enfranchised as a borough constituency, by a charter in 1639 with a Provost, 12 Burgesses and freemen. It had a Corporation, and the electorate consisted of 13 burgesses and 50 freemen. The parliamentary representatives of the borough were elected using the bloc vote for two-member elections and first past the post for single-member by-elections. In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Ardfert was not represented. [1]
It continued to be entitled to send two Members of Parliament to the Irish House of Commons until the Act of Union merged Parliament of Ireland into the Parliament of the United Kingdom on 1 January 1801. The constituency was disenfranchised on 31 December 1800.
Thereafter borough was represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as part of the county constituency of Kerry.
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1634 | David Crosbie [2] | James FitzJames Pierce [3] | ||||
| 1639 | Anthony Stoughton [4] | |||||
| 1661 | Thomas Amory | John Carricke [5] | ||||
| 1689 Patriot Parliament | Roger McElligott | Cornelius MacGillicuddy | ||||
| 1692 | Christopher Dominick | Andrew Young | ||||
| 1699 | Theobald Purcell | |||||
| 1703 | Henry Rose | |||||
| 1713 | William Crosbie | |||||
| 1735 | William Crosbie [note 1] | |||||
| 1743 | Edmond Malone | |||||
| 1758 | Maurice Coppinger | |||||
| 1762 | Lancelot Crosbie | |||||
| 1776 | Viscount Crosbie | |||||
| 1781 | Edward Gleadowe | |||||
| October 1783 | John Scott [note 2] | Sir Frederick Flood, 1st Bt | ||||
| 1783 | John Tydd | |||||
| 1790 | Robert Day | Richard Archdall | ||||
| January 1798 | Arthur Wolfe [note 3] | |||||
| 1798 | Lord Charles FitzGerald | |||||
| 1798 | Lorenzo Moore | |||||
| February 1800 | John Talbot | |||||
| September 1800 | Matthew Franks [note 4] | |||||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
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