Leitrim (UK Parliament constituency)

Leitrim was a Parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) from 1801 to 1885 and one from 1918 to 1922.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Leitrim.

Year	1st Member
1801, 1 January		Nathaniel Clements, Viscount Clements, later Earl of Leitrim	Theophilus Jones
1802, 24 July			Peter La Touche
1805, 5 February		Henry John Clements	Peter La Touche
1806, 21 November			William Gore
1807, 18 May			John La Touche
1818, 15 July		Luke White	John La Touche
1820, 21 March		Luke White	John Marcus Clements
1824, 5 April		Samuel White	John Marcus Clements
1826, 20 June			Robert Clements, Viscount Clements
1830, 16 August			John Marcus Clements
1832, 24 December			Robert Clements, Viscount Clements
1839, 6 March			William Clements, Viscount Clements, later Earl of Leitrim
1847, 12 August		Edward King Tenison	Charles Skeffington Clements
1852, 26 July		Hugh Lyons Montgomery	John Brady
1858, 17 April		William Ormsby-Gore, later Baron Harlech
1876, 17 July		Francis O'Beirne
1880, 10 April		Arthur Loftus Tottenham
1885	Constituency divided: see North Leitrim and South Leitrim

Election		Member	Party	Note
1918		Single member constituency created
	1918, December 14^[1]	James Nicholas Dolan	Sinn Féin	Did not take his seat at Westminster
1922, October 26		UK constituency abolished

^ December 14 was the date of polling day. The result was declared on 28 December 1918, to allow time for votes cast by members of the armed forces to be included in the count.

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)
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Leitrim

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Carrick (1614–1800) · Jamestown (????–1800) · Leitrim (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Leitrim (1801–1885) · North Leitrim (1885–1918) · South Leitrim (1885–1918) · Leitrim (1918–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Leitrim–Roscommon North (1921–1923) · Leitrim–Sligo (1923–1937) · Leitrim (1937–1948) · Sligo–Leitrim (1948–2007) · Donegal–Leitrim (1969–1977) · Roscommon–Leitrim (1969–1981) · Sligo–North Leitrim (2007– ) · Roscommon–South Leitrim (2007– )

European Parliament 1979–present	Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004) · North-West (2004– )

Irish counties: Carlow · Cavan · Clare · Cork · Donegal · Dublin · Galway · Kerry · Kildare · Kilkenny · Laois · Leitrim · Limerick · Longford · Louth · Mayo · Meath · Monaghan · Offaly · Roscommon · Sligo · Tipperary · Waterford · Westmeath · Wexford · Wicklow