South Sligo (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Sligo County constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1922
Type:	House of Commons

South Sligo was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885-1922.

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Sligo County (UK Parliament constituency). From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 3.1 House of Commons (United Kingdom) 4 Reference

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Sligo, in particular the baronies of Covlavin, Corrin and Tirerrill, and part of the Barony of Leyny.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1885	Thomas Sexton	Nationalist
1887	Edward Joseph Kennedy	Nationalist
1888	Edmund Leamy	Nationalist
1892	Thomas Curran	Anti-Parnellite
1900	John O'Dowd	Nationalist
1918	Alexander McCabe	Sinn Fein

[edit] Elections

[edit] House of Commons (United Kingdom)

General Election December 1885: South Sligo
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Thomas Sexton	5,151		N/A
	Conservative	Alexander Perceval	541		N/A
Majority					N/A
Turnout					N/A

At the 1896 General Election Thomas Sexton was returned unopposed, but having been also redurned for Belfast West he opted to sit for that constituency, and at a bye-election in February 1887 there was not any opposition to the return of Edward J. Kennedy (Nationalist), who resigned in June 1888, and at a bye-election on the 6th of that month there was not any opposition to the return of Edmund Leamy (Nationalist).

[edit] Reference

• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)