Newtown Limavady (Parliament of Ireland constituency)

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

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

Members of Parliament

Election	First member	First party	Second member
1692	Hugh Rowley		Sir John Topham
1695	William Porter		Richard Stone
1703	William Conolly ^[1]	Whig	William Cairnes^[2]
September 1703	George Macartney		Thomas Carr
1713	William Conolly ^[3]	Whig	Hugh Henry^[4]
1714	Benjamin Parry		William Ussher
1715	Isaac Manley		Joseph Henry
1717			Thomas Marlay ^[5]
1727			Thomas Medlycott
1736	Alexander Nesbitt		Thomas Medlycott
1739			Edward Riggs
1742			Edmond Leslie-Corry
1761	William Burton ^[6]		Edmond Leslie-Corry
November 1765			Arthur Magan ^[7]
1765			John Staples
1768			Richard Jones
1776			Alexander Murray
1777	William Colvill		Alexander Murray
1783	John Staples		John Richardson
1795	John Staples		Hugh Carncross
1796	Richard Trench ^[8]
January 1798	Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh ^[9]
1798	John Maxwell
1798			Eyre Power Trench
1799			Charles Trench
1801	Constituency disenfranchised

↑ Also returned for Londonderry County, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also returned for Belfast, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also returned for Londonderry County, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also returned for Antrim, for which he chose to sit
↑ At the General Election in 1727,he was also returned for Lanesborough, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also returned for Ennis, for which he chose to sit. Burton changed his surname to Conyngham 3 May 1781
↑ declared not duly elected
↑ from 1797 Hon. Richard Trench. At the General Election of 1797, he was also returned for Galway, for which he chose to sit
↑ Also returned for Co. Down, for which he chose to sit

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 Londonderry

Westminster 1801–present

Historic	Coleraine (1801–85) Londonderry (1801–85, 1922–83) Londonderry City (1801–1922) North Londonderry (1885–22) South Londonderry (1885–22)

Current	Foyle (1983—) East Londonderry (1983—) Mid Ulster (1950—)

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–22

Seats taken	(none)

No seats taken	(none)

City of Londonderry (1929–72)
Foyle (1929–72)
Londonderry (1921–29)
Mid Londonderry (1929–72)
North Londonderry (1929–72)
South Londonderry (1929–72)

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	Londonderry Mid Ulster

Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	Foyle Mid Ulster

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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