UK Parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1885 and 1918–1922
County 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 MPs from 1801 to 1885 and one from 1918 to 1922.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of County Leitrim.
Members of Parliament
MPs 1801–85
MPs 1918–22
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Clements' death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1840s
Elections in the 1850s
Montgomery resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Hempholme, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Gore succeeded to the peerage, becoming Lord Harlech, and causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1910s
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Smith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 231–232. Retrieved 4 October 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b Farrell, Stephen. Fisher, D. R.. (ed.). "WHITE, Samuel (c.1784–1854), of Killakee, co. Dublin". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ Churton, Edward (1838). The Assembled Commons or Parliamentary Biographer. p. 57. Retrieved 24 August 2019 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "Leitrim (Country)". Bell's Weekly Messenger. 14 August 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 24 February 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "MP of the Month: Edward King Tenison". The Victorian Commons. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
- ^ a b "Leitrim". Dublin Weekly Nation. 21 August 1847. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 4 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ 14 December 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.
- ^ a b Farrrell, Stephen. "Co. Leitrim". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
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)
- Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 224, 290–291, 392. ISBN 0901714127.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)
