South Leitrim (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Leitrim
County constituency
Created: 1885
Abolished: 1918
Type: House of Commons
Members: one

South Leitrim was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the British House of Commons 1885-1918.

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Leitrim constituency.

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[edit] Boundaries

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Leitrim.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 Luke Patrick Hayden <Nationalist>
1886 Luke Patrick Hayden <Nationalist>
1892 Jasper Tully
1906 Thomas Francis Smyth
1918 Constituency abolished: see Leitrim

[edit] Elections

[edit] References

  • Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
  • This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.