Coleraine | |
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Former constituency for the Irish House of Commons |
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Former constituency | |
Created | |
Abolished | 1800 |
Replaced by | Coleraine |
Coordinates: 55°07′55″N 6°40′05″W / 55.132°N 6.668°W
Coleraine was a constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1611 to 1800. Between 1725 and 1793 Catholics and those married to Catholics could not vote.
In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Coleraine was not represented. The borough was disenfranchised under the terms of the Act of Union 1800.