East Cavan (UK Parliament constituency)

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East Cavan County constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1922
Type:	House of Commons

East Cavan was a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885-1922.

Prior to 1885 the area was part of the Cavan (UK Parliament constituency). After 1922 the area was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 References

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Cavan.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election	Member		Party
1885		Thomas O'Hanlon	Irish Nationalist
1886
1892		Samuel Young	Irish National Federation
1895
1900			Irish Nationalist
1906
Jan 1910
Dec 1910
1918		Arthur Griffith	Sinn Féin
1922	Constituency abolished: See Cavan (Dáil Éireann constituency).

[edit] Elections

Samuel Young died on 18 April 1918, and Arthur Griffith was elected in a by-election on 20 June. Griffith was returned again just six months later in the United Kingdom general election, 1918.

[edit] References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs. House of Commons: Carmarthen East and Dinefwr to Chesterton (including Cavan East)
• 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)
• The Anglo-Celt 150th Anniversary Souvenir Supplement (dated 30 May 1996).