South Sligo (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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.

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[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 Féin

[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).

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[edit] References

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