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Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1868^[1]

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to amend the Representation of the People in Ireland.
Citation	31 & 32 Vict. c. 49
Territorial extent	Ireland
Dates
Royal assent	13 July 1868
Other legislation
Amended by	Statute Law Revision Act 1875
Repealed by	Representation of the People Act 1949
Status: Repealed

The Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 49) was an act of Parliament in the United Kingdom.

The act did not alter the overall distribution of parliamentary seats in Ireland.^[2] It was originally proposed to merge twelve smaller boroughs into six pairs on the model of Scottish district of burghs and Welsh contributory boroughs, with the freed-up seats being transferred to the six most populous county constituencies. This was rejected by Parliament, although the act as passed did alter the boundaries of those parliamentary boroughs which were also municipal boroughs, extending the parliamentary boundary to include all the municipal boundary.^[3]

Of Ireland's 33 parliamentary boroughs, 11 were also municipal boroughs under the Municipal Corporations (Ireland) Act 1840:

• Belfast (constituency)
• Clonmel (constituency)
• Cork (constituency)
• Drogheda (constituency)
• Dublin (constituency)
• Kilkenny (constituency)
• Limerick (constituency)
• Londonderry (constituency)
• Sligo (constituency)
• Waterford (constituency)
• Wexford (constituency)

• "C.49: An Act to amend the Representation of the People in Ireland". The Public general statutes. Vol. 31 & 32 Vict. printed by Eyre and Spottiswoode at the Queen's Printing Office. 1867–68. Retrieved 6 August 2019.

• Representation of the People (Ireland) Bill index of Hansard debate references