North Sligo (UK Parliament constituency)
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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
from 1885 to 1922.
Prior to the 1885 general election
the area was part of the two-seat Sligo constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.
Ireland
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, which returned one Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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(MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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from 1885 to 1922.
Prior to the 1885 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1885
-Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...
the area was part of the two-seat Sligo constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:... |
Peter McDonald | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
| 1891 | Bernard Collery | Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite) | |
| 1900 | John O'Dowd John O'Dowd (MP) John O'Dowd was Irish Nationalist Member of Parliament for North Sligo, March-September 1900, and for South Sligo, 1900-18.... |
Irish Parliamentary Party | |
| 1900 United Kingdom general election, 1900 -Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1900*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**... |
William McKillop William McKillop William McKillop was an Ayrshire-born grocer and restaurant-owner in Glasgow who became an Irish nationalist politician, serving for the last decade of his life as an Irish Parliamentary Party Member of Parliament for constituencies in Ireland... |
Irish Parliamentary Party | |
| 1906 United Kingdom general election, 1906 -Seats summary:-See also:*MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1906*The Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885-1918-External links:***-References:*F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987**... |
Patrick Aloysius McHugh | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
| 1909 | Thomas Scanlan Thomas Scanlan Thomas Scanlan was an Irish barrister and nationalist politician. He was Member of Parliament for North Sligo from 1909 to 1918, as a member of the Irish Parliamentary Party in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.... |
Irish Parliamentary Party | |
| 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 The United Kingdom general election of 1918 was the first to be held after the Representation of the People Act 1918, which meant it was the first United Kingdom general election in which nearly all adult men and some women could vote. Polling was held on 14 December 1918, although the count did... |
J. J. Clancy J. J. Clancy (Sinn Féin) John Joseph Clancy was an Irish politician and Sinn Féin Teachta Dála of the First Dáil for Sligo North from 1918 to 1921. In the general election of 1918, he was elected as part of the Sinn Féin landslide, defeating the Nationalist Thomas Scanlan who had sat for the Sligo North seat since 1909,... |
Sinn Féin | |