South Longford (UK Parliament constituency)

South Longford
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
18851918
Number of members one
Replaced by Longford
Created from Longford

South Longford was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Members of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Before the 1885 general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Longford constituency.

Boundaries

Parliamentary constituencies in Ireland from 1885 - 1918, with South Longford highlighted.

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Longford.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Laurence Connolly Nationalist
1888 James Gubbins Fitzgerald Nationalist
1892 Edward Blake Anti-Parnellite Nationalist1
1907 John Phillips Nationalist
1917 Joseph McGuinness Sinn Féin
1918 Constituency abolished: see Longford

1Nationalist from 1900

Elections

General Election 4 December 1885: Longford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Laurence Connolly 3046 90.5
Liberal James Wilson 321 9.5
Majority 2725 81.0
Turnout 4426 76.1
Irish Nationalist gain from new seat Swing
General Election 7 July 1886: Longford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Laurence Connolly unopposed
Turnout 4426
Irish Nationalist hold Swing
By-election 30 June 1888: Longford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist James Gubbins Fitzgerald unopposed
Turnout 4590
Irish Nationalist hold Swing
General Election 13 July 1892: Longford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation Hon. Edward Blake QC 2544 88.0
Liberal Unionist George Henry Miller 347 12.0
Majority 2197 76.0
Turnout 4614 62.7
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Nationalist Swing
General Election 19 July 1895: Longford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation Hon. Edward Blake QC unopposed
Turnout 4604
Irish National Federation hold Swing
General Election 4 October 1900: Longford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Hon. Edward Blake QC unopposed
Turnout 4212
Irish Nationalist gain from Irish National Federation Swing
General Election 17 January 1906: Longford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist Hon. Edward Blake QC unopposed
Turnout 3744
Irish Nationalist hold Swing
By-election 6 September 1907: Longford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist John Phillips unopposed
Turnout 3747
Irish Nationalist hold Swing
General Election 21 January 1910: Longford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist John Phillips unopposed
Turnout 3691
Irish Nationalist hold Swing
General Election 9 December 1910: Longford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Nationalist John Phillips unopposed
Turnout 3691
Irish Nationalist hold Swing
By-election 9 May 1917: Longford South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Sinn Féin Joseph McGuinness 1493 50.5
Irish Nationalist Patrick McKenna 1461 49.5
Majority 32 1.0
Turnout 3852 76.7
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Nationalist Swing

References

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