This constituency comprised the southern part of County Louth including the towns of Drogheda and Ardee. The seat was defined under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 as comprising the baronies of Drogheda and Ferrard, that part of the barony of Ardee not contained within the constituency of North Louth, and the county of the town of Drogheda.
south, louth, parliament, constituency, south, louth, parliamentary, constituency, ireland, which, returned, member, parliament, house, commons, parliament, united, kingdom, elected, system, first, past, post, from, 1885, 1918, prior, 1885, general, election, . South Louth 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 1918 Prior to the 1885 general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Louth constituency South LouthFormer county constituencyfor the House of Commons1885 1918Seats1Created fromCounty Louth and DroghedaReplaced byCounty Louth Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 3 1 Elections in the 1880s 3 2 Elections in the 1890s 3 3 Elections in the 1900s 3 4 Elections in the 1910s 4 ReferencesBoundaries editThis constituency comprised the southern part of County Louth including the towns of Drogheda and Ardee The seat was defined under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 as comprising the baronies of Drogheda and Ferrard that part of the barony of Ardee not contained within the constituency of North Louth and the county of the town of Drogheda Members of Parliament editYears Member Party1885 1890 T P Gill Irish Parliamentary Party1891 1892 Irish National Federation1892 1895 Daniel Ambrose Irish National Federation1896 1900 Richard McGhee Irish National Federation1900 1901 Joseph Nolan Independent Nationalist1901 1918 Irish Parliamentary Party1918 constituency abolished see County LouthElections editThe elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system Elections in the 1880s edit 1885 general election South Louth 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish Parliamentary T P Gill UnopposedRegistered electors 5 796Irish Parliamentary win new seat 1886 general election South Louth 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish Parliamentary T P Gill UnopposedRegistered electors 5 796Irish Parliamentary holdElections in the 1890s edit 1892 general election South Louth 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish National Federation Daniel Ambrose 2 451 68 5 N AIrish National League Joseph Nolan 1 126 31 5 N AMajority 1 325 37 0 N ATurnout 3 577 66 0 N ARegistered electors 5 418Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N A1895 general election South Louth 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish National Federation Daniel Ambrose 2 006 65 8 2 7Irish National League James Gubbins Fitzgerald 1 044 34 2 2 7Majority 962 31 6 5 4Turnout 3 050 58 4 7 6Registered electors 5 221Irish National Federation hold Swing 2 7Ambrose s death causes a by election By Election 19 March 1896 South Louth 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish National Federation Richard McGhee 1 626 48 8 17 0Irish National League J P Nolan 1 249 37 5 3 3Independent Nationalist Philip Callan 459 13 8 NewMajority 377 11 3 20 3Turnout 3 334 64 7 6 3Registered electors 5 155Irish National Federation hold Swing 10 2Elections in the 1900s edit 1900 general election South Louth 1 Party Candidate Votes Independent Nationalist Joseph Nolan 1 233 56 9 N AIrish Parliamentary Richard McGhee 934 43 1 N AMajority 299 13 8 N ATurnout 2 167 39 5 18 9Registered electors 5 480Independent Nationalist gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N A1906 general election South Louth 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish Parliamentary Joseph Nolan UnopposedRegistered electors 4 997Irish Parliamentary gain from Independent NationalistElections in the 1910s edit January 1910 general election South Louth 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish Parliamentary Joseph Nolan UnopposedRegistered electors 4 802Irish Parliamentary holdDecember 1910 general election South Louth 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish Parliamentary Joseph Nolan UnopposedRegistered electors 4 802Irish Parliamentary holdReferences edit a b c d e f g h i Walker B M ed 1978 Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland 1801 1922 Dublin Royal Irish Academy ISBN 0901714127 Walker Brian M ed 1978 Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland 1801 1922 Dublin Royal Irish Academy ISBN 0901714127 Debrett s Guide to the House of Commons and Judicial Bench 1918 Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with L part 4 This article about a Historic Westminster constituency in Ireland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title South Louth UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1128937954, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
