West Kerry (UK Parliament constituency)

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West Kerry County constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1922
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	One

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

Prior to the 1885general election the area was part of the Kerry constituency. Following the Anglo Irish Agreement and the formation of the Irish Free State in 1922, the area was no longer represented in the UK Parliament. The successor constituency in the new Dáil Éireann was Kerry-Limerick West first established under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 to elect members to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland in 1921.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 References

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency comprised the western part of County Kerry.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Years	Member	Party
1885-1890	Edward Harrington	Irish Parliamentary Party
1891-1892		Anti-Parnellite
1892-1900	Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde Bt	Anti-Parnellite
1900-1918	Thomas O'Donnell	Irish Parliamentary Party
1918-1922	Austin Stack	Sinn Féin

[edit] Elections

[edit] References

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

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