Baltimore was a potwalloper constituency represented in the Irish House of Commons from 1614 to 1801.

Borough

This constituency was a parliamentary borough based in the town of Baltimore in County Cork.

Potwalloper

A potwalloper (sometimes potwalloner or potwaller) is an archaic term referring to a borough constituency returning members to the British House of Commons before 1832 and the Reform Act created a uniform suffrage. Several potwalloper constituencies were also represented in the Irish House of Commons, prior to its abolition in 1801. A potwalloper borough was one in which a householder had the right to vote if he had, in his house, a hearth large enough to boil, or wallop, a cauldron, or pot. The electors for Baltimore were tenants at will of the Freke family.

History

In the Patriot Parliament of 1689 summoned by King James II, Baltimore was represented with two members.

Members of Parliament, 1613–1801

Baltimore, Incorporated 25 March 1613.

1689–1801