South Sligo (UK Parliament constituency)

South Sligo
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
18851922
Number of members One
Created from Sligo County

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

Year Member Party
1885 Thomas Sexton Nationalist
1887 Edward Joseph Kennedy Nationalist
1888 Edmund Leamy Nationalist
1892 Thomas Curran Anti-Parnellite
1900 John O'Dowd Nationalist
1918 Alexander McCabe Sinn Féin

Elections

General Election December 1885: South Sligo
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule Thomas Sexton 5,151 N/A
Conservative Alexander Perceval 541 N/A
Majority N/A
Turnout N/A

At the 1886 General Election Thomas Sexton was returned unopposed, but having been also returned for Belfast West he opted to sit for that constituency, and at a by-election in February 1887 there was no opposition to the return of Edward J. Kennedy (Nationalist), who resigned in June 1888, and at a by-election on the 6th of that month there was no opposition to the return of Edmund Leamy (Nationalist).

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