West Cavan (UK Parliament constituency) explained

West Cavan
Type:county
Parliament:uk
Year:1885
Abolished:1922
Seats:1
Previous:Cavan
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West Cavan was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1885 to 1922 returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Prior to 1885 the area was part of the Cavan constituency. After 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, the area was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the western part of County Cavan, consisting of the baronies of Clanmahon, Loughtee Lower, Tullyhaw and Tullyhunco, that part of the barony of Loughtee Upper contained within the parishes of Annagelliff, Castleterra, Kilmore and Urney and the townland of Crumlin in the parish of Denn, and that part of the barony of Tullygarvey contained within the parish of Annagh.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
Joseph BiggarNationalist
1890(b)Edmund Vesey KnoxNationalist
Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite)
1895(b)[1] Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite)
1900Nationalist
1904(b)Nationalist
1918Sinn Féin
1922Constituency abolished: See Cavan (Dáil constituency).

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

References

Notes and References

  1. At the 1895 general election, Knox was elected for both West Cavan and for Londonderry City. He chose to sit for Londonderry, triggering a by-election in West Cavan.