Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832
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| Long title | An Act to settle and describe the limits of cities, towns, and boroughs in Ireland, in so far as respects the election of Members to serve in Parliament. |
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| Citation | 2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 89 |
| Territorial extent | Ireland |
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| Royal assent | 7 August 1832 |
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Status: Repealed | |
The Parliamentary Boundaries (Ireland) Act 1832 (2 & 3 Will. 4. c. 89) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which defined the boundaries of the 33 parliamentary boroughs which were represented in the United Kingdom House of Commons under the Acts of Union 1800. It followed a boundary report. Section 12 of the Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1832, enacted on the same day, specified that the boundaries were to be defined in this separate act.
It was enacted a month after the Parliamentary Boundaries Act 1832, which had set out the boundaries of constituencies in England and Wales as required by the Reform Act 1832.
From 1801, the parliamentary boroughs of Dublin City and Cork City each had two MPs. Under section 11 of the Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1832, a second seat was granted to the boroughs of Belfast, Galway, Limerick City, and Waterford. Each of the 32 counties of Ireland continued to send two MPs to Westminster. Overall, the Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1832 increased the representation of Ireland from 100 to 105, with Dublin University also increasing its representation from one to two MPs.
The 1832 general election was held later that year under the new boundaries.
Under the Sligo and Cashel Disfranchisement Act 1870, the boroughs of Cashel and Sligo were disfranchised due to corruption.
Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, which took effect at the 1885 general election, 22 of the Irish parliamentary boroughs ceased to exist, with the area becoming part of the relevant county.
The act was repealed for the Republic of Ireland by the Electoral Act 1963. The whole act, so far as unrepealed, was repealed for Northern Ireland by the first schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1950.