North Louth (UK Parliament constituency) explained

North Louth
Type:county
Parliament:uk
Year:1885
Abolished:1918
Seats:1
Previous:Dundalk and Louth
Next:Louth

North Louth was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected on a system of first-past-the-post, from 1885 to 1918. Prior to the 1885 general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Louth constituency.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the northern part of County Louth. The seat was defined under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 as comprising the baronies of Louth, Lower Dundalk and Upper Dundalk, and that part of the barony of Ardee contained within the parishes of Killany and Louth.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
Joseph NolanIrish Parliamentary Party
1891 Parnellite
Timothy Michael HealyIrish National Federation
Healyite Nationalist
January 1910All-for-Ireland League
Irish Parliamentary Party
Irish Parliamentary Party
Irish Parliamentary Party
1918constituency abolished: see County Louth

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

The general election result was overturned by petition.

Roche's death prompts a by-election.

References