South Roscommon (UK Parliament constituency)

South Roscommon
South Roscommon
	Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Number of members	One
Created from	Roscommon

South Roscommon was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.

Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the Roscommon constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Roscommon.

General Election 1885: South Roscommon^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Parliamentary	Andrew Commins	6,033	94.7	N/A
	Irish Conservative	William John Talbot	338	5.3	N/A
Majority			5,695	89.4	N/A
Turnout			6,371	68.1	N/A
Registered electors			9,351
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

General Election 1892: South Roscommon^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish National League	Luke Hayden	3,815	63.0	N/A
	Irish National Federation	Andrew Commins	2,244	37.0	N/A
Majority			1,571	25.9	N/A
Turnout			6,059	64.3	N/A
Registered electors			9,417
	Irish National League gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

General Election 1895: South Roscommon^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish National League	Luke Hayden	3,398	58.2	−4.8
	Irish National Federation	John Dillon	2,444	41.8	+4.8
Majority			954	16.3	−9.6
Turnout			5,842	62.1	−2.2
Registered electors			9,407
	Irish National League hold		Swing	−4.8

Hayden dies, causing a by-election.

General Election 1918: South Roscommon^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Sinn Féin	Harry Boland	10,685	71.6	N/A
	Irish Parliamentary	John Patrick Hayden	4,233	28.4	N/A
Majority			6,452	43.2	N/A
Turnout			14,918	67.5	N/A
Registered electors			22,093
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.

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 "R" (part 2)

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