West Clare (UK Parliament constituency) explained

West Clare
Type:county
Parliament:uk
Year:1885
Abolished:1922
Seats:1
Previous:Clare
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West Clare was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.

Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election the area was part of the Clare constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the western part of County Clare, consisting of the baronies of Clonderalaw, Corcomroe, Ibrickan and Moyarta, and those parts of the baronies of Inchiquin and Islands not contained within the constituency of East Clare.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885Jeremiah JordanNationalist
1892James Rochfort MaguireParnellite Nationalist
1895John Eustace JamesonAnti-Parnellite Nationalist
1900Nationalist
1904Unionist
1906James HalpinNationalist
1909Arthur LynchNationalist
1918Brian O'HigginsSinn Féin
1922constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

References