South Sligo (UK Parliament constituency)

South Sligo was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1922.

Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the two-seat Sligo constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

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

Members of Parliament

Elections

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).

References

• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)