West Cavan
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| West Cavan | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1885–1922 | |
| Seats | 1 |
| Created from | Cavan |
| Replaced by | 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 County Cavan constituency. After 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, the area was not represented in the UK Parliament.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the western part of County Cavan, consisting of the baronies of Clanmahon, Loughtee Lower, Tullyhaw and Tullyhunco, that part of the barony of Loughtee Upper contained within the parishes of Annagelliff, Castleterra, Kilmore and Urney and the townland of Crumlin in the parish of Denn, and that part of the barony of Tullygarvey contained within the parish of Annagh.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Joseph Biggar | Nationalist |
| 1890(b) | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Edmund Vesey Knox | Nationalist |
| 1892 | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite) | |
| 1895(b)[1] | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | James Patrick Farrell | Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite) |
| 1900 | style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Party color" | | Thomas McGovern | Nationalist |
| 1904(b) | style="color:inherit;background-color:Template:Party color" | | Vincent Kennedy | Nationalist |
| 1918 | style="color:inherit;background-color: Template:Party color" | | Paul Galligan | Sinn Féin |
| 1922 | Constituency abolished: See Cavan (Dáil constituency). | ||
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Joseph Biggar | 6,425 | 78.3 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Samuel Saunderson | 1,779 | 21.7 | ||
| Majority | 4,646 | 56.6 | |||
| Turnout | 8,204 | 81.2 | |||
| Registered electors | 10,109 | ||||
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| Registered electors | 10,109 | ||||
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Elections in the 1890s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
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| Registered electors | 11,496 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Edmund Vesey Knox | 6,458 | 76.8 | N/A | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Nugent Talbot Everard | 1,950 | 23.2 | New | |
| Majority | 4,508 | 53.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 8,408 | 77.5 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 10,856 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
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| Registered electors | 10,439 | ||||
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| Registered electors | 10,439 | ||||
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Elections in the 1900s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
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| Registered electors | 9,944 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
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| Registered electors | 9,119 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
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| Registered electors | 8,897 | ||||
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Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
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| Registered electors | 8,605 | ||||
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| Registered electors | 8,605 | ||||
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| Registered electors | 22,270 | ||||
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References
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- ^ 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)
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 332–333, 385. ISBN 0901714127.
- The Anglo-Celt 150th Anniversary Souvenir Supplement (dated 30 May 1996).
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