Leitrim (UK Parliament constituency)
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Leitrim was a Parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) from 1801 to 1885 and one from 1918 to 1922.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Leitrim.
Members of Parliament
1801-1885
Year | 1st Member | 1st Party | 2nd Member | 2nd Party | ||
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1801, 1 January | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Nathaniel Clements, Viscount Clements, later Earl of Leitrim | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Theophilus Jones | ||
1802, 24 July | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Peter La Touche | ||||
1805, 5 February | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Henry John Clements | ||||
1806, 21 November | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Gore | ||||
1807, 18 May | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John La Touche | ||||
1818, 15 July | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Luke White | ||||
1820, 21 March | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Marcus Clements | ||||
1824, 5 April | rowspan="5" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Samuel White | ||||
1826, 20 June | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert Clements, Viscount Clements | ||||
1830, 16 August | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Marcus Clements | ||||
1832, 24 December | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Robert Clements, Viscount Clements | ||||
1839, 6 March | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Clements, Viscount Clements, later Earl of Leitrim | ||||
1847, 12 August | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Edward King Tenison | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Charles Skeffington Clements | ||
1852, 26 July | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Hugh Lyons Montgomery | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | John Brady | ||
1858, 17 April | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | William Ormsby-Gore, later Baron Harlech | ||||
1876, 17 July | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Francis O'Beirne | ||||
1880, 10 April | style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | Arthur Loftus Tottenham | ||||
1885 | Constituency divided: see North Leitrim and South Leitrim |
1918-1922
Election | Member | Party | Note | |
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1918 | Single member constituency created | |||
style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" | | 1918, December 14[1] | James Nicholas Dolan | Sinn Féin | Did not take his seat at Westminster |
1922, October 26 | UK constituency abolished |
Elections
Notes
- ^ December 14 was the date of polling day. The result was declared on 28 December 1918, to allow time for votes cast by members of the armed forces to be included in the count.
References
- 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 "L" (part 2)
Categories:
- Historic constituencies in County Leitrim
- Westminster constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)
- Dáil Éireann constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1801
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1885
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1918
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1922
- Historic Westminster constituency in Ireland stubs