South Longford (UK Parliament constituency)
South Longford was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Members of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
South Longford | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | one |
Created from | Longford |
Replaced by | Longford |
Before the 1885 general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Longford constituency.
Boundaries
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Parliamentary constituencies in Ireland from 1885 - 1918, with South Longford highlighted.
This constituency comprised the southern part of County Longford.
1885–1918: The baronies of Moydow, Rathcline and Shrule, and those parts of the baronies of Ardagh and Longford not contained within the constituency of North Longford.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Laurence Connolly | Nationalist | |
1888 | James Gubbins Fitzgerald | Nationalist | |
1892 | Edward Blake | Anti-Parnellite Nationalist1 | |
1907 | John Phillips | Nationalist | |
1917 | Joseph McGuinness | Sinn Féin | |
1918 | Constituency abolished: see Longford |
1Nationalist from 1900
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Laurence Connolly | 3,046 | 90.5 | ||
Irish Conservative | James Wilson | 321 | 9.5 | ||
Majority | 2,725 | 81.0 | |||
Turnout | 3,367 | 76.1 | |||
Registered electors | 4,426 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Laurence Connolly | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,426 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | |||||
Connolly resigns, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | James Gubbins Fitzgerald | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,590 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | |||||
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Edward Blake | 2,544 | 88.0 | N/A | |
Liberal Unionist | George Henry Miller | 347 | 12.0 | New | |
Majority | 2,197 | 76.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,891 | 62.7 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 4,614 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish National Federation | Edward Blake | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,604 | ||||
Irish National Federation hold | |||||
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Edward Blake | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,212 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Edward Blake | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,744 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | |||||
Blake resigns, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | John Phillips | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,747 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | |||||
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | John Phillips | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,691 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | John Phillips | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 3,691 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | |||||
Phillips dies, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | Joseph McGuinness | 1,498 | 50.6 | New | |
Irish Parliamentary | Patrick McKenna | 1,461 | 49.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 37 | 1.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,959 | 76.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,852 | ||||
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A | |||
References
- Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)
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