East Cavan (UK Parliament constituency)

East Cavan
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Number of members	1
Created from	Cavan

East 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 the area was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Cavan.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member		Party
1885		Thomas O'Hanlon	Nationalist
1891			Parnellite Nationalist
1892		Samuel Young	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
1900			Nationalist
1918(b)		Arthur Griffith	Sinn Féin
1922	Constituency abolished: See Cavan (Dáil Éireann constituency).

Elections

General Election 30 November 1885: Cavan East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas O'Hanlon	unopposed
Turnout			8920
	Irish Nationalist gain from new seat		Swing

General Election 7 July 1886: Cavan East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas O'Hanlon	unopposed
Turnout			8920
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 16 July 1892: Cavan East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Samuel Young	6024	81.6
	Irish Unionist	Henry John Beresford Clements	1360	18.4
Majority			4664	63.2
Turnout			9606	76.9
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

General Election 19 July 1895: Cavan East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Samuel Young	unopposed
Turnout			9370
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing

General Election 5 October 1900: Cavan East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Samuel Young	unopposed
Turnout			9372
	Irish Nationalist gain from Irish National Federation		Swing

General Election 19 January 1906: Cavan East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Samuel Young	unopposed
Turnout			8946
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 19 January 1910: Cavan East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Samuel Young	unopposed
Turnout			8981
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 6 December 1910: Cavan East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Samuel Young	unopposed
Turnout			8981
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

By-election 20 June 1918: Cavan East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Arthur Griffith	3795	59.5
	Irish Nationalist	John F. O'Hanlon	2581	40.5
Majority			1214	19
Turnout			8821	72.3
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

General Election 14 December 1918: Cavan East
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Arthur Griffith	unopposed
Turnout			21148
	Sinn Féin hold		Swing

References

• 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)
• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
• The Anglo-Celt 150th Anniversary Souvenir Supplement (dated 30 May 1996).