South Monaghan (UK Parliament constituency)

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

South Monaghan was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, returning 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 Monaghan constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Monaghan.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Sir Joseph Neale McKenna	Nationalist
	1891		Parnellite Nationalist
	1892	Florence O'Driscoll	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
	1895	James Daly	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
	1900		Nationalist
	1902(b)	John McKean	Nationalist
	1909		Independent Nationalist
	1910		Nationalist
	1918	Seán MacEntee	Sinn Féin
1922		constituency abolished

Elections

General Election 1885^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Parliamentary	Sir Joseph Neale McKenna	4,735	83.1	N/A
	Conservative	S. E. Shirley	963	16.9	N/A
Majority			3,772	66.2	N/A
Turnout			5,698		N/A
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1886^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Parliamentary	Sir Joseph Neale McKenna	4,715	82.2	N/A
	Irish Unionist	Hon. Peter Westenra	1,009	17.6	N/A
Majority			3,706	64.8	N/A
Turnout			5,724		N/A
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A

General election 1892^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish National Federation	Florence O'Driscoll	4,235	80.8	N/A
	Conservative	M. M. Rutherford	1,007	19.2	N/A
Majority			3,228	61.6	N/A
Turnout			5,242		N/A
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

General election 1895^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish National Federation	James Daly	3,885	79.2	N/A
	Conservative	Major W. Tennison	1,015	20.8	N/A
Majority			2,840	58.4	N/A
Turnout			4,870		N/A
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing	N/A

James Daly was re-elected unopposed in the 1900 general election.^[1]

Nationalist Party candidate Dr. John McKeen was elected unopposed in a March 1902 by-election.^[2]

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 "M" (part 3)

1. "Election intelligence". The Times (36689). London. 12 February 1902. p. 8.
2. "Election intelligence". The Times (36707). London. 5 March 1902. p. 10.