North Westmeath (UK Parliament constituency)

North Westmeath
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885 (1885)–1918 (1918)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Westmeath
Created from	Westmeath

North Westmeath was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1918.

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Westmeath constituency.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the northern part of County Westmeath.

Members of Parliament

Years	Member	Party
1885–1890	James Tuite	Irish Parliamentary Party
1891–1900		Anti-Parnellite
1900–1906	Patrick James Kennedy	Healyite Nationalist1
1906–1909	Laurence Ginnell	Irish Parliamentary Party
1909–1917		Independent Nationalist
1917–1918		Sinn Féin

¹Joined the Irish Parliamentary Party during the parliamentary term

Elections

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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 "W" (part 3)