West Clare (UK Parliament constituency)
West Clare | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1922 | |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Clare |
West Clare was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.
Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Clare constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the western part of County Clare.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Jeremiah Jordan | Nationalist | |
1892 | James Rochfort Maguire | Parnellite Nationalist | |
1895 | John Eustace Jameson | Anti-Parnellite Nationalist | |
1900 | Nationalist | ||
1904 | Conservative | ||
1906 | James Halpin | Nationalist | |
1909 | Arthur Lynch | Nationalist | |
1918 | Brian O'Higgins | Sinn Féin | |
1922 | constituency abolished |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Jeremiah Jordan | 6,763 | 95.9 | N/A | |
Irish Conservative | Robert William Carey Reeves | 289 | 4.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 6474 | 91.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,052 | 71.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 9,813 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Jeremiah Jordan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 9,813 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish National League | James Rochfort Maguire | 3,878 | 57.5 | N/A | |
Irish National Federation | Bernard O’Connor | 2,871 | 42.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,007 | 15.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,749 | 60.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,077 | ||||
Irish National League gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish National Federation | John Eustace Jameson | 3,376 | 53.2 | +10.7 | |
Irish National League | James Rochfort Maguire | 2,973 | 46.8 | -10.7 | |
Majority | 403 | 6.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,349 | 60.5 | -0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 10,488 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish National League | Swing | +10.7 | |||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | John Eustace Jameson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 10,683 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | James Halpin | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,989 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
- Death of Halpin
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Arthur Lynch | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,854 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Arthur Lynch | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,834 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Arthur Lynch | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,834 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | Brian O’Higgins | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 21,674 | ||||
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary |
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 "C" (part 4)
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