South Mayo (UK Parliament constituency) explained

South Mayo
Type:county
Parliament:uk
Year:1885
Abolished:1922
Seats:1
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South Mayo 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 1922.

Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the two-seat Mayo constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Mayo. In 1918, the constituency expanded to take in the district electoral divisions of Ballinchalla and Owenbrin from County Galway which had been transferred into County Mayo under the 1898 Local Government Act.

1885–1918: The baronies of Clanmorris and Kilmaine, that part of the barony of Costello contained within the parishes of Aghamore, Annagh, Bekan and Knock, and that part of the barony of Carra contained within the parish of Ballyovey.

1918–1922: The existing South Mayo constituency together with that part of the Connemara constituency contained in the administrative county of Mayo.

Members of Parliament

YearsMemberParty
1885–1890J. F. X. O'BrienIrish Parliamentary Party
1891–1895Irish National Federation
1895–1900Michael DavittIrish National Federation
1900 – January 1910John O'DonnellIrish Parliamentary Party
January–December 1910All-for-Ireland League
1910–1918John FitzgibbonIrish Parliamentary Party
1918–1922William SearsSinn Féin

Elections

Elections in the 1910s

References