West Cavan (UK Parliament constituency)
Appearance
West Cavan | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1922 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Cavan |
West Cavan was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1885 to 1922 returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Prior to 1885 the area was part of the Cavan constituency. After 1922 the area was not represented in the UK Parliament.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the western part of County Cavan.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | style="background-color: Template:Nationalist Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Joseph Biggar | Nationalist |
1890(b) | style="background-color: Template:Nationalist Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Edmund Vesey Knox | Nationalist |
1892 | style="background-color: Template:Irish National Federation/meta/color" | | Anti-Parnellite Nationalist | |
1895(b)[1] | style="background-color: Template:Irish National Federation/meta/color" | | James Patrick Farrell | Anti-Parnellite Nationalist |
1900 | style="background-color:Template:Nationalist Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Thomas McGovern | Nationalist |
1904(b) | style="background-color:Template:Nationalist Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | | Vincent Kennedy | Nationalist |
1918 | style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" | | Paul Galligan | Sinn Féin |
1922 | Constituency abolished: See Cavan (Dáil constituency). |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Joseph Biggar | 6,425 | 78.3 | N/A | |
Irish Conservative | Samuel Saunderson | 1,779 | 21.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,646 | 56.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,204 | 81.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,109 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Joseph Biggar | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 10,109 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Edmund Vesey Knox | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 11,496 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Edmund Vesey Knox | 6,458 | 76.8 | N/A | |
Irish Unionist | Nugent Talbot Everard | 1,950 | 23.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,508 | 53.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 8,408 | 77.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 10,856 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Edmund Vesey Knox | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 10,439 | ||||
Irish National Federation hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | James Patrick Farrell | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 10,439 | ||||
Irish National Federation hold |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Thomas McGovern | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 9,944 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Vincent Kennedy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 9,119 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Vincent Kennedy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,897 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Vincent Kennedy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,605 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Vincent Kennedy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,605 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Sinn Féin | Peter Paul Gilligan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 22,270 | ||||
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary |
References
- ^ At the 1895 general election, Knox was elected for both West Cavan and for Londonderry City. He chose to sit for Londonderry, triggering a by-election in West Cavan.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
- 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)
- The Anglo-Celt 150th Anniversary Souvenir Supplement (dated 30 May 1996).