West Clare (UK Parliament constituency)

For other parliamentary constituencies in County Clare, see Clare (constituency).

West Clare
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885 (1885)–1922 (1922)
Number of members	One
Created from	Clare

West Clare was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Clare constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the western part of County Clare.

Members of Parliament

Years	Member	Party
1885–1892	Jeremiah Jordan	Irish Parliamentary Party
1892–1895	James Rochfort Maguire	Parnellite Nationalist
1895–1904	John Eustace Jameson	Irish Parliamentary Party
1904–1906		Conservative
1906–1909	James Halpin	Irish Parliamentary Party
1909–1918	Arthur Alfred Lynch	Irish Parliamentary Party
1918–1922	Brian O'Higgins	Sinn Féin

Elections

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References

• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)