This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)
Notes
^ abcdefghijklmnopqSmith, Henry Stooks (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections (Second ed.). Simpkin, Marshall & Company. pp. 231–232. Retrieved 4 October 2018 – via Google Books.
^ abFarrell, Stephen. Fisher, D. R.. (ed.). "WHITE, Samuel (c.1784–1854), of Killakee, co. Dublin". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^"MP of the Month: Edward King Tenison". The Victorian Commons. 27 June 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
^ ab"Leitrim". Dublin Weekly Nation. 21 August 1847. pp. 4–5. Retrieved 4 October 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^December 14 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.
^ abFarrrell, 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. ISBN0901714127.
January 31, 2023
leitrim, parliament, constituency, leitrim, parliamentary, constituency, ireland, represented, house, commons, united, kingdom, great, britain, ireland, returned, from, 1801, 1885, from, 1918, 1922, leitrimformer, county, constituencyfor, house, commonscountyc. 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 LeitrimFormer county constituencyfor the House of CommonsCountyCounty Leitrim1801 1885Created fromLeitrimReplaced byNorth LeitrimSouth Leitrim1918 1922Seats1Created fromNorth Leitrim South LeitrimReplaced byLeitrim Roscommon North Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 2 1 MPs 1801 85 2 2 MPs 1918 22 3 Elections 3 1 Elections in the 1830s 3 2 Elections in the 1840s 3 3 Elections in the 1850s 3 4 Elections in the 1860s 3 5 Elections in the 1870s 3 6 Elections in the 1880s 3 7 Elections in the 1910s 4 Notes 5 ReferencesBoundaries EditThis constituency comprised the whole of County Leitrim Members of Parliament EditMPs 1801 85 Edit Election 1st Member 1st Party 2nd Member 2nd Party1801 Nathaniel Clements Viscount Clements later Earl of Leitrim Whig 1 Theophilus Jones Tory 1 1802 Peter La Touche Whig 1 1805 by election Henry John Clements Tory 1 1806 William Gore1807 John La Touche Whig 1 1818 Luke White Tory 1 1820 John Marcus Clements Tory 1 1824 by election Samuel White Whig 1 2 1826 Robert Clements Viscount Clements Whig 1 2 1830 John Marcus Clements Tory 1 3 1832 Robert Clements Viscount Clements Whig 1 4 1839 by election William Clements Viscount Clements later Earl of Leitrim Whig1847 Edward King Tenison Whig 5 6 7 Charles Skeffington Clements Whig 7 5 1852 Hugh Lyons Montgomery Conservative 3 John Brady Ind Irish 3 1858 by election William Ormsby Gore later Baron Harlech Conservative 3 1859 Liberal 3 186518681874 Home Rule 3 1876 by election Francis O Beirne Home Rule 3 1880 Arthur Loftus Tottenham Conservative 3 1885 Constituency divided see North Leitrim and South LeitrimMPs 1918 22 Edit Election Member Party Note1918 Single member constituency created1918 December 14 8 James Dolan Sinn Fein Did not take his seat at Westminster1922 October 26 UK constituency abolishedElections EditElections in the 1830s Edit General election 1830 Leitrim 2 seats 3 1 9 Party Candidate Votes Tory John Marcus Clements 285 39 6Whig Samuel White 218 30 3Whig Robert Bermingham Clements 212 29 5Whig Luke White 4 0 6Turnout 436 72 4Registered electors 602Majority 67 9 3Tory gain from WhigMajority 6 0 8Whig holdGeneral election 1831 Leitrim 2 seats 3 1 9 Party Candidate Votes Tory John Marcus Clements UnopposedWhig Samuel White UnopposedRegistered electors 602Tory holdWhig holdGeneral election 1832 Leitrim 2 seats 3 1 Party Candidate Votes Whig Samuel White 730 39 1Whig Robert Bermingham Clements 625 33 5Tory John Marcus Clements 513 27 5Majority 112 6 0Turnout 1 217 92 3Registered electors 1 318Whig holdWhig gain from ToryGeneral election 1835 Leitrim 2 seats 3 1 Party Candidate Votes Whig Samuel White UnopposedWhig Robert Bermingham Clements UnopposedRegistered electors 1 437Whig holdWhig holdGeneral election 1837 Leitrim 2 seats 3 1 Party Candidate Votes Whig Samuel White UnopposedWhig Robert Bermingham Clements UnopposedRegistered electors 1 734Whig holdWhig holdClements death caused a by election By election 6 March 1839 Leitrim 3 1 Party Candidate Votes Whig William Clements UnopposedWhig holdElections in the 1840s Edit General election 1841 Leitrim 2 seats 3 Party Candidate Votes Whig Samuel White UnopposedWhig William Clements UnopposedRegistered electors 1 488Whig holdWhig holdGeneral election 1847 Leitrim 2 seats 3 Party Candidate Votes Whig Edward King Tenison 389 34 5 N AWhig Charles Skeffington Clements 376 33 4 N AConservative John Robert Godley 329 29 2 NewIndependent John Reynolds Dickson 32 2 8 NewMajority 47 4 2 N ATurnout 563 est 41 5 est N ARegistered electors 1 357Whig hold Swing N AWhig hold Swing N AElections in the 1850s Edit General election 1852 Leitrim 2 seats 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Hugh Lyons Montgomery 617 36 1 6 9Independent Irish John Brady 551 32 3 N AWhig Charles Skeffington Clements 540 31 6 1 8Turnout 854 est 67 5 est 26 0Registered electors 1 265Majority 66 3 8 N AConservative gain from Whig Swing 3 9Majority 11 0 7 N AIndependent Irish gain from Whig Swing N AGeneral election 1857 Leitrim 2 seats 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Hugh Lyons Montgomery 1 577 49 7 13 6Independent Irish John Brady 1 006 31 7 0 6Whig Edward King Tenison 591 18 6 13 0Turnout 1 587 est 60 4 est 7 1Registered electors 2 628Majority 571 18 0 14 2Conservative hold Swing 7 0Majority 415 13 1 12 4Independent Irish hold Swing 3 7Montgomery resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Manor of Hempholme causing a by election By election 17 May 1858 Leitrim 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Ormsby Gore UnopposedConservative holdGeneral election 1859 Leitrim 2 seats 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Ormsby Gore UnopposedLiberal John Brady UnopposedRegistered electors 2 404Conservative holdLiberal holdElections in the 1860s Edit General election 1865 Leitrim 2 seats 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Ormsby Gore 1 383 42 1 N ALiberal John Brady 1 011 30 8 N ALiberal Edward King Tenison 892 27 1 N AMajority 372 11 3 N ATurnout 2 335 est 97 7 est N ARegistered electors 2 389Conservative hold Swing N ALiberal hold Swing N AGeneral election 1868 Leitrim 2 seats 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative William Ormsby Gore UnopposedLiberal John Brady UnopposedRegistered electors 2 637Conservative holdLiberal holdElections in the 1870s Edit General election 1874 Leitrim 2 seats 3 Party Candidate Votes Home Rule John Brady 1 313 37 9 NewConservative William Ormsby Gore 1 098 31 7 N AHome Rule Francis O Beirne 1 055 30 4 NewTurnout 2 282 est 88 8 est N ARegistered electors 2 571Majority 215 6 2 N AHome Rule gain from Liberal Swing N AMajority 43 1 3 N AConservative hold Swing N AGore succeeded to the peerage becoming Lord Harlech and causing a by election 1876 Leitrim by election 1 seat 3 Party Candidate Votes Home Rule Francis O Beirne 1 276 58 9 9 4Conservative Arthur Loftus Tottenham 885 40 8 9 1Home Rule Charles McGowan 7 0 3 N AMajority 391 18 1 11 9Turnout 2 168 85 4 3 4Registered electors 2 383Home Rule gain from Conservative Swing 9 3Elections in the 1880s Edit General election 1880 Leitrim 2 seats 3 Party Candidate Votes Conservative Arthur Loftus Tottenham 1 038 33 1 1 4Home Rule Francis O Beirne 837 26 7 10 2Home Rule Thomas Quinn 668 21 3 10 4Home Rule Isaac Nelson 593 18 9 N AMajority 201 6 4 0 2Turnout 2 087 est 87 6 est 1 2Registered electors 2 383Conservative hold Swing 5 6Home Rule hold Swing 5 5Elections in the 1910s Edit 1918 general election Leitrim 3 Party Candidate Votes Sinn Fein James Dolan 17 711 85 1Irish Parliamentary Gerald Farrell 3 096 14 9Majority 14 615 70 2Turnout 20 807 69 2Registered electors 30 079Sinn Fein win new seat This list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items August 2008 Notes Edit 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 amp 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 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z Walker 1978 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 December 14 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 EditThe 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 ISBN 0901714127 Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with L part 2 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Leitrim UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1132385537, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
