South Meath by-election, 1903

The South Meath by-election, 1903 was a by-election held on 9 October 1903 for the British House of Commons constituency of South Meath.

The by-election was triggered by the death of the Independent Nationalist Member of Parliament (MP) James Laurence Carew.

The Irish Parliamentary Party nominated David Sheehy, a former member for Galway South, as its candidate. The former member for this constituency, John Howard Parnell, had lost to Carew in the previous general election due to an oversight which led to Carew being elected unopposed. Parnell was nominated as an Independent Nationalist. Sheehy was elected with more than twice the votes of Parnell.

Votes

South Meath by-election, 1903
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	David Sheehy	2,245	68.5
	Independent Nationalist	John Howard Parnell	1,031	31.5
Majority			1,214	1.8
Turnout
	Irish Parliamentary gain from Independent Nationalist		Swing

References

The Times, 12 October 1903

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South Meath by-election, 1903

Votes

References

See also