County Sligo (UK Parliament constituency)
Appearance
Sligo County | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1801–1885 | |
Seats | Two |
Replaced by | North Sligo and South Sligo |
Sligo County is a former county constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), elected by the bloc vote system of election.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Sligo, except the Parliamentary borough of Sligo 1801-1870. From 1885 the constituency was divided into North Sligo and South Sligo.
Members of Parliament
Elections
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Elections in the 1830s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Tory | Edward Joshua Cooper | 465 | 47.89 | ||
Tory | Henry King | 390 | 40.16 | ||
Independent | Fitzstephen French | 116 | 11.95 | ||
Turnout | 971 | N/A | N/A |
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 "S" (part 3)