West Cavan (UK Parliament constituency)

West Cavan
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Number of members	One
Created from	Cavan

West 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 western part of County Cavan.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member		Party
1885		Joseph Gillis Biggar	Nationalist
1890(b)		Edmund Francis Vesey Knox	Nationalist
1892		Edmund Francis Vesey Knox	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
1895(b)^[1]		James Patrick Farrell	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
1900		Thomas McGovern	Nationalist
1904(b)		Vincent Paul Kennedy	Nationalist
1918		Paul Galligan	Sinn Féin
1922	Constituency abolished: See Cavan (Dáil Éireann constituency).

Elections

General Election 8 December 1885: Cavan West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Joseph Gillis Biggar	6425	78.3
	Conservative	Samuel Saunderson	1779	21.7
Majority			4646	56.6
Turnout			10109	81.2
	Irish Nationalist gain from new seat		Swing

General Election 8 July 1886: Cavan West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Joseph Gillis Biggar	unopposed
Turnout			10109
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

By-election 26 March 1890: Cavan West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Edmond Francis Vesey Knox	unopposed
Turnout			11496
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 14 July 1892: Cavan West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Edmond Francis Vesey Knox	6458	76.8
	Irish Unionist	Major Nugent Talbot Everard	1950	23.2
Majority			4508	53.6
Turnout			10856	77.5
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

General Election 16 July 1895: Cavan West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Edmond Francis Vesey Knox	unopposed
Turnout			10439
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing

By-election 2 August 1895: Cavan West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	James Patrick Farrell	unopposed
Turnout			10439
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing

General Election 4 October 1900: Cavan West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas McGovern	unopposed
Turnout			9944
	Irish Nationalist gain from Irish National Federation		Swing

By-election 11 June 1904: Cavan West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Vincent Paul Kennedy	unopposed
Turnout			9119
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 16 January 1906: Cavan West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Vincent Paul Kennedy	unopposed
Turnout			8897
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 18 January 1910: Cavan West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Vincent Paul Kennedy	unopposed
Turnout			8605
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 5 December 1910: Cavan West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Vincent Paul Kennedy	unopposed
Turnout			8605
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 14 December 1918: Cavan West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Peter Paul Gilligan	unopposed
Turnout			22270
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

References

↑ At the 1895 general election, Knox was elected for both West Cavan and for Londonderry City. He chose to sit for Londonderry, triggering a by-election in West Cavan.

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).

Parliamentary constituencies in County Cavan and Borough

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Belturbet (1614–1800) Cavan Borough (1611–1800) Cavan County (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Cavan County (1801–85) East Cavan (1885–1922) West Cavan (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Cavan (1921–77) Cavan–Monaghan (1977–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004) North-West (2004–14) Midlands–North-West (2014–)

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

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