North Longford (UK Parliament constituency)

North Longford
North Longford
	Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Longford
Created from	Longford

North Longford was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the British House of Commons 1885–1918.

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Longford constituency.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the northern part of County Longford.

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Justin McCarthy	Irish Parliamentary
	1887	Tim Healy	Irish Parliamentary
	1891	Tim Healy	Irish National Federation
	1892	Justin McCarthy	Irish National Federation
	1900	James Patrick Farrell	Irish Parliamentary
1918		Constituency abolished: see Longford

General Election 2 December 1885: Longford North^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Parliamentary	Justin McCarthy	2,549	94.0	N/A
	Irish Conservative	James Mackay Wilson	163	6.0	N/A
Majority			2,386	88.0	N/A
Turnout			2,712	73.0	N/A
Registered electors			3,714
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

McCarthy is also elected MP for Londonderry City and opts to sit there, causing a by-election.

General Election 15 July 1892: Longford North^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish National Federation	Justin McCarthy	2,741	93.1	N/A
	Irish Unionist	James Mackay Wilson	203	6.9	N/A
Majority			2,538	86.2	N/A
Turnout			2,944	64.2	N/A
Registered electors			4,589
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

General Election 16 July 1895: Longford North^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish National Federation	Justin McCarthy	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,442
	Irish National Federation hold

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Craig, FWS, ed. (1974). British Parliamentary Election Results: 1885-1918. London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 9781349022984.

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 4)

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North Longford
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	one
Replaced by	Longford
Created from	Longford