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North Sligo

Former parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom

Field	Value
name	North Sligo
type	county
parliament	uk
year	1885
abolished	1922
seats	1
previous	County Sligo
next	Sligo–Mayo East

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North Sligo was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected on a system of first-past-the-post, from 1885 to 1922.

Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the two-seat County Sligo constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the northern part of County Sligo.

1885–1922: The baronies of Carbury and Tireragh, and that part of the barony of Leyny contained within the parishes of Ballysadare and Killoran.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
Irish Parliamentary Party}}"		1885	Peter McDonald
Irish National Federation}}"		1891	Bernard Collery
Irish Parliamentary Party}}"		1900 by-election	John O'Dowd
Irish Parliamentary Party}}"		1900	William McKillop
Irish Parliamentary Party}}"		1906	P. A. McHugh
Irish Parliamentary Party}}"		1909 by-election	Thomas Scanlan
Sinn Féin}}"		1918	J. J. Clancy
1922, October 26	UK constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

|reg. electors = 7,869

Elections in the 1890s

McDonald dies, prompting a by-election.

|reg. electors = 8,476

|reg. electors = 8,992

|reg. electors = 7,764

Elections in the 1900s

Collery resigns, causing a by-election. |reg. electors = 8,629

|reg. electors = 8,629

|reg. electors = 8,350

McHugh dies, causing a by-election. |reg. electors = 8,082

Elections in the 1910s

|reg. electors = 7,993

|reg. electors = 18,448

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)

References

(1978). "Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922". Royal Irish Academy.

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