- South Sligo (UK Parliament constituency)
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South Sligo Former County constituency for the House of Commons 1885–1922 Number of members One Created from Sligo County South 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.
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Boundaries
This constituency comprised the southern part of County Sligo, in particular the baronies of Coolavin, Corran and Tirerrill, and part of the Barony of Leyny.[citation needed]
Members of Parliament
Year Member Party 1885 Thomas Sexton Nationalist 1887 Edward Joseph Kennedy Nationalist 1888 Edmund Leamy Nationalist 1892 Thomas Curran Anti-Parnellite 1900 John O'Dowd Nationalist 1918 Alexander McCabe Sinn Féin Elections
General Election December 1885: South Sligo Party Candidate Votes % ±% Home Rule Thomas Sexton 5,151 N/A Conservative Alexander Perceval 541 N/A Majority N/A Turnout N/A At the 1896 General Election Thomas Sexton was returned unopposed, but having been also redurned for Belfast West he opted to sit for that constituency, and at a bye-election in February 1887 there was not any opposition to the return of Edward J. Kennedy (Nationalist), who resigned in June 1888, and at a bye-election on the 6th of that month there was not any opposition to the return of Edmund Leamy (Nationalist).
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 "S" (part 3)
Parliamentary constituencies in County Sligo and Borough Parliament of Ireland
to 1800Sligo Borough (1614–1800) · Sligo County (????–1800)
Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918Sligo County (1801–1885) · Sligo Borough (1801–1870) · North Sligo (1885–1922) · South Sligo (1885–1922)
Dáil Éireann
1918–presentSligo–Mayo East (1922–1923) · Leitrim–Sligo (1923–1937) · Sligo (1937–1948) · Sligo–Leitrim (1948–2007) · Sligo–North Leitrim (2007– )
European Parliament
1979–presentConnacht–Ulster (1979–2004) · North-West (2004– )
Irish counties: Carlow · Cavan · Clare · Cork · Donegal · Dublin · Galway · Kerry · Kildare · Kilkenny · Laois · Leitrim · Limerick · Longford · Louth · Mayo · Meath · Monaghan · Offaly · Roscommon · Sligo · Tipperary · Waterford · Westmeath · Wexford · WicklowCategories:- Historic constituencies in County Sligo
- Westminster constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)
- Dáil Éireann constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1922
- Historic Westminster constituency in Ireland stubs
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