South Leitrim (UK Parliament constituency) explained

South Leitrim
Type:county
Parliament:uk
Year:1885
Abolished:1918
Seats:1
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South Leitrim was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland. From 1885 to 1918 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Prior to the 1885 general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Leitrim constituency.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Leitrim.

1885–1918: The baronies of Carrigallen and Mohill, and that part of the barony of Leitrim not contained within the constituency of North Leitrim.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885Luke HaydenNationalist
1890Parnellite Nationalist
1892Jasper TullyAnti-Parnellite Nationalist
1900Nationalist
1906Thomas SmythNationalist
1918Constituency abolished: see Leitrim

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

References