East Cavan (UK Parliament constituency)

East Cavan was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1885 to 1922 returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Cavan.

Members of Parliament

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.

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
• 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).