- Leitrim (UK Parliament constituency)
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Leitrim Former County constituency for the House of Commons 1801–1885 Replaced by North Leitrim, South Leitrim 1918–1922 Created from North Leitrim, South Leitrim 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.
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Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Leitrim.
Members of Parliament
1801-1885
Year 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party 1801, 1 January Nathaniel Clements, Viscount Clements, later Earl of Leitrim Theophilus Jones 1802, 24 July Peter La Touche 1805, 5 February Henry John Clements 1806, 21 November William Gore 1807, 18 May John La Touche 1818, 15 July Luke White 1820, 21 March John Marcus Clements 1824, 5 April Samuel White 1826, 20 June Robert Clements, Viscount Clements 1830, 16 August John Marcus Clements 1832, 24 December Robert Clements, Viscount Clements 1839, 6 March William Clements, Viscount Clements, later Earl of Leitrim 1847, 12 August Edward King Tenison Charles Skeffington Clements 1852, 26 July Hugh Lyons Montgomery John Brady 1858, 17 April William Ormsby-Gore, later Baron Harlech 1876, 17 July Francis O'Beirne 1880, 10 April Arthur Loftus Tottenham 1885 Constituency divided: see North Leitrim and South Leitrim 1918-1922
Election Member Party Note 1918 Single member constituency created 1918, December 14[1] James Nicholas Dolan Sinn Féin Did not take his seat at Westminster 1922, October 26 UK constituency abolished Elections
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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)
Parliamentary constituencies in County Leitrim Parliament of Ireland
to 1800Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918Leitrim (1801–1885) · North Leitrim (1885–1918) · South Leitrim (1885–1918) · Leitrim (1918–1922)
Dáil Éireann
1918–presentLeitrim–Roscommon North (1921–1923) · Leitrim–Sligo (1923–1937) · Leitrim (1937–1948) · Sligo–Leitrim (1948–2007) · Donegal–Leitrim (1969–1977) · Roscommon–Leitrim (1969–1981) · Sligo–North Leitrim (2007– ) · Roscommon–South Leitrim (2007– )
European Parliament
1979–presentConnacht–Ulster (1979–2004) · North-West (2004– )
Irish counties: Carlow · Cavan · Clare · Cork · Donegal · Dublin · Galway · Kerry · Kildare · Kilkenny · Laois · Leitrim · Limerick · Longford · Louth · Mayo · Meath · Monaghan · Offaly · Roscommon · Sligo · Tipperary · Waterford · Westmeath · Wexford · Wicklow 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
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