West Limerick (UK Parliament constituency)

West Limerick was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1922.

West Limerick
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Seats1
Created fromCounty Limerick
Replaced byKerry–Limerick West

Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election the area was part of the County Limerick constituency. Representation at Westminster in this constituency ceased at the 1922 United Kingdom general election, which took place on 15 November, shortly before the establishment of the Irish Free State on 6 December 1922.

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
ElectionMemberPartyNote
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
1885 general election: West Limerick[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary William Abraham Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)
1886 general election: West Limerick[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary William Abraham Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s
1892 general election: West Limerick[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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
1895 general election: West Limerick[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation Michael Austin Unopposed
Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s
1900 general election: West Limerick[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Patrick O'Shaughnessy Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold
1906 general election: West Limerick[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Patrick O'Shaughnessy Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s
January 1910 general election: West Limerick[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Patrick O'Shaughnessy Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold
December 1910 general election: West Limerick[1]
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 40.8 N/A
Turnout 4,337 57.4 N/A
Registered electors 7,550
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing N/A
1918 general election: West Limerick[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Sinn Féin Con Collins Unopposed
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary

References
  1. Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.


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