Limerick City (UK Parliament constituency)

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Limerick City Borough constituency
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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 See also 5 References

[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] Members of Parliament

Key to party: N Irish Parliamentary Party, PN Parnellite Nationalist, SF Sinn Féin.

From	To	Name (Party)	Born	Died
1885	1888	Henry Joseph Gill (N)	1836
1888	1895	Francis Arthur O'Keeffe (N)	1856	1909
1895	1895	John Daly (PN)
1895	1900	Francis Arthur O'Keeffe (N)	1856	1909
1900	1918	Michael Joyce (N)	1854
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.

• 1895 John Daly, serving a term of life imprisonment, was elected unopposed after the Official Nationalist candidate (O'Keeffe) withdrew in his favour. As a convicted felon, Daly was not eligible to sit in the House of Commons, and the election was declared void.

• 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)