Leitrim (UK Parliament constituency) explained

County Leitrim
Type:	county
Region:	Ireland
County:	County Leitrim
Parliament:	uk
Year:	1801
Abolished:	1885
Seats:	2
Previous:	County Leitrim (IHC)
Year2:	1918
Abolished2:	1922
Seats2:	1
Next2:	Leitrim–Roscommon North

County Leitrim was a Parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It returned two MPs from 1801 to 1885 and one from 1918 to 1922.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Leitrim.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1801–85

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1801		Nathaniel Clements, Viscount Clements, later Earl of Leitrim <	-- 9 May 1768 to 31 Dec 1854 -->	Whig^[1]			Tory
1802					Peter La Touche <	-- c 1775 to 11 Feb 1830 -->	Whig
1805 by-election		Henry John Clements <		-- 16 Jul 1781 to 12 Jan 1843 -->		Tory
1806
1807				John La Touche <	-- c 1774 to 30 Jan 1820 -->		Whig
1818		Luke White <			-- c 1740 to 25 Feb 1824 -->	Tory
1820				John Marcus Clements <	-- 1789 to 1833 -->		Tory
1824 by-election		Samuel White <			-- died 30 May 1854 -->	Whig^[2]
1826					Whig
1830					Tory
1832					Whig^[3]
1839 by-election				William Clements, Viscount Clements, later Earl of Leitrim	Whig
1847			Whig^[4] ^[5]			Whig^[6]
1852			Conservative		John Brady <	-- born 1812 -->	Ind. Irish
1858 by-election		William Ormsby-Gore, later Baron Harlech <	-- 3 Mar 1819 to 27 Jun 1904 -->			Conservative
1859				Liberal
1865
1868
1874				Home Rule
1876 by-election		Francis O'Beirne <				-- died 11 Apr 1899 -->	Home Rule
1880					Conservative
1885	Constituency divided: see North Leitrim and South Leitrim

MPs 1918–22

Election		Member	Party	Note
1918		Single member constituency created
	1918, December 14^[7]	James Dolan	Sinn Féin	Did not take his seat at Westminster
1922, October 26		UK constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

Clements' death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

Montgomery resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Hempholme, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1870s

Gore succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Harlech, and causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1910s

References

• The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
• Book: Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Brian M.. Walker. Royal Irish Academy. 1978. Dublin. 0901714127. 224, 290–291, 392.

Notes and References

1. Book: Smith. Henry Stooks. The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections. 1842. Simpkin, Marshall & Company. 231–232. Second. 4 October 2018 . .
2. Web site: Farrell . Stephen . WHITE, Samuel (c.1784–1854), of Killakee, co. Dublin . The History of Parliament . 24 August 2019 . Fisher . D. R...
3. Book: Edward. Churton. Edward Churton. The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. 1838. 57. . 24 August 2019.
4. News: Leitrim (Country). 24 February 2018. Bell's Weekly Messenger. 14 August 1847. 2. British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
5. Web site: MP of the Month: Edward King Tenison. The Victorian Commons. 24 February 2018. 27 June 2017.
6. News: Leitrim . 4 October 2018 . Dublin Weekly Nation . 21 August 1847 . 4–5 . British Newspaper Archive. subscription .
7. 14 December was the 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.