East Clare (UK Parliament constituency)

East Clare (UK Parliament constituency)
East Clare
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885 (1885)1922 (1922)
Number of members One
Created from Clare and Ennis

East Clare was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) 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.

Contents

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Clare.

Members of Parliament

Years Member [1] Party
1885–1892 Joseph Richard Cox Irish Parliamentary Party
1892–1900 Willie Redmond Parnellite Nationalist
1900–1917 Irish Parliamentary Party
1917–1922 Éamon de Valera Sinn Féin

Elections

Clare East by-election 10 July 1917
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Sinn Féin Éamon de Valera 5,010 N/A
Irish Parliamentary Patrick Lynch 2,035 N/A
Majority 2,975 N/A
Turnout N/A
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A

Note: The 1917 by-election was the first electoral contest in the constituency in 22 years.

Notes

References

  • Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)



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