| Lifford | |
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| Former borough constituency for the Irish House of Commons | |
| County | County Donegal |
| Borough | Lifford |
| () ( ())–1801 (1801) | |
| Replaced by | Disfranchised |
Lifford was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons until 1800.
Members of Parliament
| Election | First member | First party | Second member | Second party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1613 | Francis Blundell | William Disney | ||||
| July 1634 | Roger Mainwaring | Jerome Alexander | ||||
| October 1634 | Matthew Mainwaring | |||||
| 1639 | William Wandesford | Robert Nettleton | ||||
| 1661 | Edward Tarleton | Hugh Berkeley | ||||
| 1692 | Hugh Hamill | John Montgomery | ||||
| 1698 | Robert King | |||||
| 1703 | David Creighton | |||||
| 1709 | Robert King | |||||
| 1711 | Michael Sampson | |||||
| 1719 | Richard Hamilton | |||||
| 1727 | Abraham Creighton | |||||
| 1729 | Thomas Montgomery | |||||
| 1761 | John Creighton | |||||
| 1768 | Abraham Creighton | |||||
| 1773 | James Cavendish | |||||
| 1776 | Sir Nicholas Lawless | |||||
| 1789 | Edward Cooke | |||||
| 1790 | Viscount Creighton | |||||
| 1798 | John Creighton | |||||
| 1801 | Disenfranchised | |||||
- Also elected for Banagher, for which he chose to sit.
References
- Return of Members of Parliament (1878), vol. ii, p. 611.
- Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
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| Parliament of Ireland to 1800 |
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| Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918 |
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| Dáil Éireann 1918–present |
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| European Parliament 1979–present |
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