South Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)

South Londonderry was a UK Parliament constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

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in Ireland

Ireland

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. It returned one Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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(MP) to the British House of Commons

British House of Commons

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from 1885 until it was abolished in 1922.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This county constituency comprised the southern part of County Londonderry

County Londonderry

The place name Derry is an anglicisation of the old Irish Daire meaning oak-grove or oak-wood. As with the city, its name is subject to the Derry/Londonderry name dispute, with the form Derry preferred by nationalists and Londonderry preferred by unionists...

.

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885

United Kingdom general election, 1885

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and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1922 the area was part of the Londonderry

Londonderry (UK Parliament constituency)

Londonderry was a Parliamentary Constituency in the House of Commons and also a constituency in elections to various regional bodies. It was replaced in boundary changes in 1983...

constituency.

Politics

The constituency was a majority unionist area.

All three candidates in 1918 were Roman Catholics. Had the Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin

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candidate won, then instead of taking up the Westminster seat he would have participated in the revolutionary First Dáil

First Dáil

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Members of Parliament

Key to parties: U Irish Unionist Party
Irish Unionist Party
The Irish Unionist Alliance was a Unionist party founded in Ireland in 1891 to oppose plans for Gladstonian and Parnellite Home Rule for Ireland. The party was led for much of its life by Colonel Edward James Saunderson and later by the William St John Brodrick, Earl of Midleton...

1886–1921 and Ulster Unionist 1921–1922.

From	To	Name	Party	Born	Died
1885	1886	Timothy Michael Healy Timothy Michael Healy Timothy Michael Healy, KC , also known as Tim Healy, was an Irish nationalist politician, journalist, author, barrister and one of the most controversial Irish Members of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...	Irish Parliamentary Party Irish Parliamentary Party The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at...	17 May 1855	26 March 1931
1886	1900	Sir Thomas Lea Sir Thomas Lea, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Lea, 1st Baronet , was an English carpet manufacturer from Kidderminster, and a Liberal Party politician.-Carpets:...	Liberal Unionist	17 January 1841	9 January 1902
1900	1916	John Gordon	Liberal Unionist	23 November 1849	26 September 1922
1916	1921	Denis Henry	Irish Unionist Irish Unionist Party The Irish Unionist Alliance was a Unionist party founded in Ireland in 1891 to oppose plans for Gladstonian and Parnellite Home Rule for Ireland. The party was led for much of its life by Colonel Edward James Saunderson and later by the William St John Brodrick, Earl of Midleton...	7 March 1864	1 October 1925
1921	1921	Robert Chichester Robert Chichester Lt.-Col. Robert Peel Dawson Spencer Chichester DL, JP was an Irish soldier and politician. He was the son of Lord Adolphus John Spencer Churchill Chichester and Mary Dawson of Castledawson Lt.-Col. Robert Peel Dawson Spencer Chichester DL, JP (13 August 1873 – 10 December 1921) was an Irish...	Irish Unionist Irish Unionist Party The Irish Unionist Alliance was a Unionist party founded in Ireland in 1891 to oppose plans for Gladstonian and Parnellite Home Rule for Ireland. The party was led for much of its life by Colonel Edward James Saunderson and later by the William St John Brodrick, Earl of Midleton...	13 August 1874	10 December 1921
1922	1922	Sir William Hacket Pain William Hacket Pain Brigadier-General Sir George William Hacket Pain KBE CB was a British Army officer and Royal Irish Constabulary commissioner. He played a key part in setting up the Ulster Volunteers as a unionist militia during the Home Rule crisis of 1912, and was believed to have organised gun-running...	Ulster Unionist	5 February 1855	14 February 1924

Elections

The elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system.

Appointment of Henry as Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland
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Death of Chichester

External links

http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0
http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/en.toc.dail.html