North Leitrim (UK Parliament constituency)
North Leitrim | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Leitrim |
Created from | Leitrim |
North Leitrim was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland. From 1885 to 1918 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Leitrim constituency.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the northern part of County Leitrim.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Michael Conway | Nationalist/Parnelite | |
1892 | P. A. McHugh | Anti-Parnellite Nationalist | |
1906 | Charles Dolan | Nationalist | |
1908 | Francis Meehan | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
1918 | Constituency abolished: see Leitrim |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Michael Conway | 4,686 | 89.6 | N/A | |
Irish Conservative | George Loftus Tottenham | 541 | 10.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,145 | 79.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,227 | 80.6 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,483 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Michael Conway | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,483 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish National Federation | P. A. McHugh | 4,502 | 87.5 | N/A | |
Irish Unionist | Charles Gore Loftus Tottenham | 645 | 12.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,857 | 74.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,147 | 76.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,692 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish National Federation | P. A. McHugh | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,515 | ||||
Irish National Federation hold |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Parliamentary | P. A. McHugh | 4,025 | 91.3 | N/A | |
Irish Unionist | Charles James Singleton | 383 | 8.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,642 | 82.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,408 | 57.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,670 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A |
McHugh is unseated after being adjudicated bankrupt, but then wins the seat again at a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Parliamentary | P. A. McHugh | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,629 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | P. A. McHugh | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,343 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
McHugh is also elected MP for Sligo North and opts to sit there, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Charles Dolan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,343 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Dolan resigns, causing a by-election, in which he stood again as a Sinn Féin candidate.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Francis Meehan | 3,103 | 72.8 | N/A | |
Sinn Féin | Charles Dolan | 1,157 | 27.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,946 | 45.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,260 | 68.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,192 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Francis Meehan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,282 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Francis Meehan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,282 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
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 "L" (part 2)
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