North Sligo (UK Parliament constituency)
North Sligo | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1922 | |
Number of members | One |
Created from | Sligo County |
North Sligo was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1922.
Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the two-seat Sligo constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the northern part of County Sligo.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Peter McDonald | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
1891 | Bernard Collery | Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite) | |
1900 by-election | John O'Dowd | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
1900 | William McKillop | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
1906 | Patrick Aloysius McHugh | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
1909 | Thomas Scanlan | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
1918 | J. J. Clancy | Sinn Féin |
Elections
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Nationalist | Peter McDonald | 5,216 | 87.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Lt. Col. John ffolliott | 772 | 12.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,444 | 74.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 7,869 | 76.1 | |||
Irish Nationalist gain from new seat | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Nationalist | Peter McDonald | unopposed | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 7,869 | ||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish National Federation | Bernard Collery | 3,261 | 56.7 | N/A | |
Parnellite Nationalist | Valentine Blake Dillon | 2,493 | 43.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 768 | 13.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,476 | 67.9 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish National Federation | Bernard Collery | 4,262 | 81.6 | ||
Irish Conservative | Owen Wynne | 958 | 18.4 | ||
Majority | 3,304 | 63.2 | |||
Turnout | 8,992 | 58.1 | |||
Irish National Federation hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish National Federation | Bernard Collery | 3,274 | 61.5 | ||
Parnellite Nationalist | Henry Harrison | 1,281 | 24.0 | ||
Irish Conservative | Sir Morgan Crofton | 771 | 14.5 | ||
Majority | 1,993 | 37.4 | |||
Turnout | 7,764 | 68.6 | |||
Irish National Federation hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | John O'Dowd | unopposed | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 8,629 | ||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | William McKillop | unopposed | |||
Majority | 8,629 | ||||
Turnout | |||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | P.A. McHugh | unopposed | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 8,350 | ||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Thomas Scanlan | unopposed | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 8,082 | ||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Thomas Scanlan | unopposed | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 7,993 | ||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Nationalist | Thomas Scanlan | unopposed | |||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | 7,993 | ||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | J.J. Clancy | 9,030 | 68.0 | ||
Irish Nationalist | Thomas Scanlan | 4,242 | 32.0 | ||
Majority | 4,788 | 36.0 | |||
Turnout | 18,448 | 71.9 | |||
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Nationalist | Swing | ||||
References
- 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)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 3)
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