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West Cavan (UK Parliament constituency)

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West Cavan
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
18851922
Seats1
Created fromCavan
Replaced byCavan

West Cavan was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1885 to 1922 returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Prior to 1885 the area was part of the Cavan constituency. After 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, the area was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

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This constituency comprised the western part of County Cavan, consisting of the baronies of Clanmahon, Loughtee Lower, Tullyhaw and Tullyhunco, that part of the barony of Loughtee Upper contained within the parishes of Annagelliff, Castleterra, Kilmore and Urney and the townland of Crumlin in the parish of Denn, and that part of the barony of Tullygarvey contained within the parish of Annagh.

Members of Parliament

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Election Member Party
1885 Joseph Biggar Nationalist
1890(b) Edmund Vesey Knox Nationalist
1892 Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite)
1895(b)[1] James Patrick Farrell Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite)
1900 Thomas McGovern Nationalist
1904(b) Vincent Kennedy Nationalist
1918 Paul Galligan Sinn Féin
1922 Constituency abolished: See Cavan (Dáil constituency).

Elections

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Elections in the 1880s

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General election 8 December 1885: West Cavan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Joseph Biggar 6,425 78.3
Irish Conservative Samuel Saunderson 1,779 21.7
Majority 4,646 56.6
Turnout 8,204 81.2
Registered electors 10,109
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)
General election 8 July 1886: West Cavan
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Joseph Biggar Unopposed
Registered electors 10,109
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

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By-election 26 March 1890: Cavan West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Edmund Vesey Knox Unopposed
Registered electors 11,496
Irish Parliamentary hold
General election 14 July 1892: Cavan West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation Edmund Vesey Knox 6,458 76.8 N/A
Irish Unionist Nugent Talbot Everard 1,950 23.2 New
Majority 4,508 53.6 N/A
Turnout 8,408 77.5 N/A
Registered electors 10,856
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A
General election 16 July 1895: Cavan West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation Edmund Vesey Knox Unopposed
Registered electors 10,439
Irish National Federation hold
By-election 2 August 1895: Cavan West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation James Patrick Farrell Unopposed
Registered electors 10,439
Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

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General election 4 October 1900: Cavan West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Thomas McGovern Unopposed
Registered electors 9,944
Irish Parliamentary hold
By-election 11 June 1904: Cavan West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Vincent Kennedy Unopposed
Registered electors 9,119
Irish Parliamentary hold
General election 16 January 1906: Cavan West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Vincent Kennedy Unopposed
Registered electors 8,897
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

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General election 18 January 1910: Cavan West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Vincent Kennedy Unopposed
Registered electors 8,605
Irish Parliamentary hold
General election 5 December 1910: Cavan West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Vincent Kennedy Unopposed
Registered electors 8,605
Irish Parliamentary hold
General Election 14 December 1918: Cavan West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Sinn Féin Paul Galligan Unopposed
Registered electors 22,270
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary

References

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  1. ^ At the 1895 general election, Knox was elected for both West Cavan and for Londonderry City. He chose to sit for Londonderry, triggering a by-election in West Cavan.
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
  • 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, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 332–333, 385. ISBN 0901714127.
  • The Anglo-Celt 150th Anniversary Souvenir Supplement (dated 30 May 1996).