Hillsborough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

Hillsborough
Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons
Former constituency
Created	1662 (1662)
Abolished	1800
Replaced by	Disenfranchised

Hillsborough was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Hillsborough was not represented.^[1]

Election	First member	Second member
1689	Hillsborough was not represented in the Patriot Parliament
1692	Sir John Magill	William Shaw
1695	Michael Hill	William Shaw
1703	Thomas Keightley ^{[note 1]}	Samuel Waring
1703	William Richardson
1713	Trevor Hill
1715	Arthur Hill
1727	Thomas Carter	Francis Stoyte
1733	Thomas Carter	William Cooper ^{[note 2]}
1761	Arthur Trevor	William Montgomery
1771	Charles Powell Leslie I
1776	Charles Dunbar ^{[note 3]}
1777	James Bailie
1788	Robert Johnson
January 1800	Robert Johnson	Chichester Fortescue
February 1800	William Edmond Reilly	Chichester Fortescue
1801	Disenfranchised

O'Hart, John (2007). The Irish and Anglo-Irish Landed Gentry: When Cromwell came to Ireland. vol. II. Heritage Books. ISBN 0-7884-1927-7.
Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commonscites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.

Parliamentary constituencies in County Down

Westminster 1801–present

Historic	Down (1801–85, 1922–50) East Down (1885–1922) Mid Down (1918–22) North Down (1885–1922, 1950—) South Down (1885–1922, 1950—) West Down (1885–1922) Downpatrick (1801–85) Newry (1801–1918)

Current	Lagan Valley (1983—) Newry & Armagh (1983—) Strangford (1983—)

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–1922

Seats taken	(none)

Seats not taken	East Down Mid Down North Down South Down West Down

Ards (1929–72)
Bangor (1969–72)
Down (1921–29)
East Down (1929–72)
Iveagh (1929–72)
Lagan Valley (1969–72)
Larkfield (1969–72)
Mid Down (1929–72)
Mourne (1929–72)
North Down (1929–72)
South Down (1929–72)
West Down (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	North Down South Down

Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	North Down South Down Lagan Valley Newry & Armagh Strangford Upper Bann

Constituencies in Ireland by county

Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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