Limerick City (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Limerick City Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1801 |
| Abolished: | 1922 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Limerick City was a former United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland. It returned one MP 1801-1832, two MPs 1832-1885 and one thereafter. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801. It ceased to be represented in the United Kingdom Parliament in 1922.
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[edit] Boundaries
This was a borough constituency, comprising the parliamentary borough of Limerick in County Limerick. It was south of Clare East but was otherwise surrounded by Limerick East.
[edit] Politics
In the 1918 election in this constituency the Sinn Féin candidate was returned unopposed.
[edit] Members of Parliament
Key to party: SF Sinn Féin.
| From | To | Name (Party) | Born | Died |
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| 1918 | 1921 | Michael Patrick Colivet (SF) | May 1884 | 4 May 1954 |
[edit] Elections
In 1801-1832 and 1885-1922 the constituency used the first past the post electoral system to fill its one seat. In 1832-1885 the block vote was used to elect two members and first past the post to return one member at by-elections.
- 1918 general election (1 seat); polling 14 December, result declared 28 December
- 17,121 electors
- Michael Patrick Colivet (SF): Unopposed
[edit] See also
- List of UK Parliament Constituencies in Ireland and Northern Ireland
- Limerick City (Dáil Éireann constituency)
[edit] References
- 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)
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
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