South Sligo | |
Type: | county |
Parliament: | uk |
Year: | 1885 |
Abolished: | 1922 |
Seats: | 1 |
Previous: | County Sligo |
Next: | Sligo–Mayo East |
South Sligo 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 County Sligo constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.
This constituency comprised the southern part of County Sligo.
1885–1922: The baronies of Coolavin, Corran and Tirerrill, and that part of the Barony of Leyny not contained within the constituency of North Sligo.
Year | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1885 | Nationalist | ||
1887 | Nationalist | ||
1888 | Nationalist | ||
1892 | Anti-Parnellite | ||
1900 | John O'Dowd | Nationalist | |
1918 | Sinn Féin |
Sexton is also elected MP for Belfast North and opts to sit there, causing a by-election.
Kennedy resigns, causing a second by-election.