North Sligo (UK Parliament constituency)

North Sligo
North Sligo
Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Seats	One
Created from	Sligo County

North 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 from 1885 to 1922.

Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the two-seat Sligo constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the northern part of County Sligo.

1885–1922: The baronies of Carbury and Tireragh, and that part of the barony of Leyny contained within the parishes of Ballysadare and Killoran.

Election		Member	Party
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" \|	1885	Peter McDonald	Irish Parliamentary Party
style="background-color: Template:Irish National Federation/meta/color" \|	1891	Bernard Collery	Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite)
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" \|	1900 by-election	John O'Dowd	Irish Parliamentary Party
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" \|	1900	William McKillop	Irish Parliamentary Party
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" \|	1906	P. A. McHugh	Irish Parliamentary Party
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" \|	1909	Thomas Scanlan	Irish Parliamentary Party
style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" \|	1918	J. J. Clancy	Sinn Féin
1922, October 26		UK constituency abolished

General election 1 December 1885: North Sligo^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Parliamentary	Peter McDonald	5,216	87.1
	Irish Conservative	John ffolliott	772	12.9
Majority			4,444	74.2
Turnout			5,988	76.1
Registered electors			7,869
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

McDonald dies, prompting a by-election.

By-election 2 April 1891: North Sligo^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Bernard Collery	3,261	56.7	*N/A*
	Irish National League	Valentine Blake Dillon	2,493	43.3	N/A
Majority			768	13.4	N/A
Turnout			5,754	67.9	N/A
Registered electors			8,476
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

General election 14 July 1892: North Sligo^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Bernard Collery	4,262	81.6	*N/A*
	Irish Unionist	Owen Wynne	958	18.4	New
Majority			3,304	63.2	N/A
Turnout			5,220	58.1	N/A
Registered electors			8,992
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

General election 23 July 1895: North Sligo^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Bernard Collery	3,274	61.5	−20.1
	Irish National League	Henry Harrison	1,281	24.0	New
	Irish Unionist	Malby Crofton	772	14.5	−3.9
Majority			1,993	37.5	−25.7
Turnout			5,327	68.6	+10.5
Registered electors			7,764
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing	−8.1

Collery resigns, causing a by-election.

McHugh dies, causing a by-election.

General Election 14 December 1918: North Sligo^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	J. J. Clancy	9,030	68.0	*New*
	Irish Parliamentary	Thomas Scanlan	4,242	32.0	N/A
Majority			4,788	36.0	N/A
Turnout			13,272	71.9	N/A
Registered electors			18,448
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.

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)
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 "S" (part 3)