North Sligo (UK Parliament constituency)
North Sligo | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1922 | |
Seats | 1 |
Created from | County Sligo |
Replaced by | Sligo–Mayo East |
North Sligo was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected on a system of first-past-the-post, from 1885 to 1922.
Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the two-seat County Sligo constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.
Boundaries
[edit]This constituency comprised the northern part of County Sligo.
1885–1922: The baronies of Carbury and Tireragh, and that part of the barony of Leyny contained within the parishes of Ballysadare and Killoran.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | ||
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1885 | Peter McDonald | Irish Parliamentary Party | ||
1891 | Bernard Collery | Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite) | ||
1900 by-election | John O'Dowd | Irish Parliamentary Party | ||
1900 | William McKillop | Irish Parliamentary Party | ||
1906 | P. A. McHugh | Irish Parliamentary Party | ||
1909 by-election | Thomas Scanlan | Irish Parliamentary Party | ||
1918 | J. J. Clancy | Sinn Féin | ||
1922, October 26 | UK constituency abolished |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Peter McDonald | 5,216 | 87.1 | ||
Irish Conservative | John ffolliott | 772 | 12.9 | ||
Majority | 4,444 | 74.2 | |||
Turnout | 5,988 | 76.1 | |||
Registered electors | 7,869 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Peter McDonald | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,869 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]McDonald dies, prompting a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Bernard Collery | 3,261 | 56.7 | N/A | |
Irish National League | Valentine Blake Dillon | 2,493 | 43.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 768 | 13.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,754 | 67.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,476 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Bernard Collery | 4,262 | 81.6 | N/A | |
Irish Unionist | Owen Wynne | 958 | 18.4 | New | |
Majority | 3,304 | 63.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,220 | 58.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,992 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Bernard Collery | 3,274 | 61.5 | −20.1 | |
Irish National League | Henry Harrison | 1,281 | 24.0 | New | |
Irish Unionist | Malby Crofton | 772 | 14.5 | −3.9 | |
Majority | 1,993 | 37.5 | −25.7 | ||
Turnout | 5,327 | 68.6 | +10.5 | ||
Registered electors | 7,764 | ||||
Irish National Federation hold | Swing | −8.1 |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Collery resigns, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | John O'Dowd | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,629 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | William McKillop | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,629 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | P. A. McHugh | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,350 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
McHugh dies, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Thomas Scanlan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,082 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Thomas Scanlan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,993 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Thomas Scanlan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,993 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Sinn Féin | J. J. Clancy | 9,030 | 68.0 | New | |
Irish Parliamentary | Thomas Scanlan | 4,242 | 32.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,788 | 36.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,272 | 71.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 18,448 | ||||
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
References
[edit]- The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
- Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
- Historic constituencies in County Sligo
- Westminster constituencies in County Sligo (historic)
- Dáil constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1922