This constituency comprised the western part of County Clare, consisting of the baronies of Clonderalaw, Corcomroe, Ibrickan and Moyarta, and those parts of the baronies of Inchiquin and Islands not contained within the constituency of East Clare.
west, clare, parliament, constituency, other, parliamentary, constituencies, county, clare, clare, disambiguation, costume, designer, clare, west, costume, designer, west, clare, parliament, constituency, ireland, returning, member, parliament, 1885, 1922, wes. For other parliamentary constituencies in County Clare see Clare disambiguation For the costume designer see Clare West costume designer West Clare was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland returning one Member of Parliament 1885 1922 West ClareFormer county constituencyfor the House of Commons1885 1922Seats1Created fromClareReplaced byClare Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election the area was part of the Clare constituency From 1922 on the establishment of the Irish Free State it was not represented in the UK Parliament 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 western part of County Clare consisting of the baronies of Clonderalaw Corcomroe Ibrickan and Moyarta and those parts of the baronies of Inchiquin and Islands not contained within the constituency of East Clare Members of Parliament editElection Member Party 1885 Jeremiah Jordan Nationalist 1892 James Rochfort Maguire Parnellite Nationalist 1895 John Eustace Jameson Anti Parnellite Nationalist 1900 Nationalist 1904 Unionist 1906 James Halpin Nationalist 1909 Arthur Lynch Nationalist 1918 Brian O Higgins Sinn Fein 1922 constituency abolishedElections editElections in the 1880s edit General election 1 December 1885 Clare West 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish Parliamentary Jeremiah Jordan 6 763 95 9 Irish Conservative Robert William Carey Reeves 289 4 1 Majority 6474 91 8 Turnout 7 052 71 9 Registered electors 9 813 Irish Parliamentary win new seat General election 6 July 1886 Clare West 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish Parliamentary Jeremiah Jordan Unopposed Registered electors 9 813 Irish Parliamentary hold Elections in the 1890s edit General election 14 July 1892 Clare West 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish National League James Rochfort Maguire 3 878 57 5 N A Irish National Federation Bernard O Connor 2 871 42 5 N A Majority 1 007 15 0 N A Turnout 6 749 60 9 N A Registered electors 11 077 Irish National League gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N A General election 23 July 1895 Clare West 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish National Federation John Eustace Jameson 3 376 53 2 10 7 Irish National League James Rochfort Maguire 2 973 46 8 10 7 Majority 403 6 4 N A Turnout 6 349 60 5 0 4 Registered electors 10 488 Irish National Federation gain from Irish National League Swing 10 7 Elections in the 1900s edit General election 5 October 1900 Clare West 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish Parliamentary John Eustace Jameson Unopposed Registered electors 10 683 Irish Parliamentary hold General election 18 January 1906 Clare West 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish Parliamentary James Halpin Unopposed Registered electors 8 989 Irish Parliamentary hold Death of Halpin By election 3 September 1909 Clare West 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish Parliamentary Arthur Lynch Unopposed Registered electors 8 854 Irish Parliamentary hold Elections in the 1910s edit General election 19 January 1910 Clare West 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish Parliamentary Arthur Lynch Unopposed Registered electors 8 834 Irish Parliamentary hold General election 8 December 1910 Clare West 1 Party Candidate Votes Irish Parliamentary Arthur Lynch Unopposed Registered electors 8 834 Irish Parliamentary hold General Election 14 December 1918 Clare West 1 Party Candidate Votes Sinn Fein Brian O Higgins Unopposed Registered electors 21 674 Sinn Fein gain from Irish ParliamentaryReferences edit a b c d e f g h i j Walker B M ed 1978 Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland 1801 1922 Dublin Royal Irish Academy pp 333 334 385 ISBN 0901714127 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 C 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 West Clare UK Parliament constituency amp oldid 1186728058, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
