West Limerick (UK Parliament constituency)
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West Limerick | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1922 | |
Created from | County Limerick |
West Limerick was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.
Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Limerick County constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.
Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Elections
3.1 Elections in the 1880s
3.2 Elections in the 1890s
3.3 Elections in the 1900s
3.4 Elections in the 1910s
4 References
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the western part of County Limerick.
1885-1922: The baronies of Connello Lower, Connello Upper, Glenquin, Kenry and Shanid, and that part of the barony of Coshma contained within the parishes of Adare, Drehidtarsna and Killonohan.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | Note | |
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1885, December 1 | William Abraham | Irish Parliamentary | Party split | |
1890, December 1 | Anti-Parnellite | Joined new organisation | ||
1891, March 1 | Irish National Federation | |||
1892, July 13 | Michael Austin | Irish National Federation | ||
1900, October 5 | Patrick O'Shaughnessy | Irish Parliamentary | ||
1918, December 14 2 | Con Collins | Sinn Féin | Did not take his seat at Westminster | |
1922, October 26 | UK constituency abolished |
Notes:-
1 Not an election, but the date of a party change. The Irish Parliamentary Party had been created in 1882, on the initiative of Charles Stewart Parnell's Irish National League. Both the IPP and the INL split into Parnellite and Anti-Parnellite factions, in December 1890. The Parnellites remained members of the Irish National League after the split and the Anti-Parnellites organised the Irish National Federation in March 1891. The two organisations and the United Irish League merged in 1900, to re-create the Irish Parliamentary Party.
2 Date of polling day. The result was declared on 28 December 1918, to allow time for votes cast by members of the armed forces to be included in the count.
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Parliamentary | William Abraham | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Parliamentary | William Abraham | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish National Federation | Michael Austin | 3,257 | 86.3 | N/A | |
Irish National League | Henry Harrison | 516 | 13.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,741 | 72.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,773 | 53.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,118 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish National Federation | Michael Austin | Unopposed | |||
Irish National Federation hold |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Patrick O'Shaughnessy | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Patrick O'Shaughnessy | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Patrick O'Shaughnessy | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Patrick O'Shaughnessy | 3,052 | 70.4 | N/A | |
All-for-Ireland | D. D. Sheehan | 1,285 | 29.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,767 | 40.7 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,337 | 57.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,550 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Sinn Féin | Con Collins | Unopposed | |||
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary |
References
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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 "L" (part 3)
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