South Westmeath (UK Parliament constituency)

South Westmeath
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Westmeath
Created from	Athlone and Westmeath

South Westmeath was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) 1885–1918.

Prior to the 1885 general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Westmeath constituency.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Westmeath.

Members of Parliament

Years		Party
1885–1890	Donal Sullivan	Irish Parliamentary Party
1891–1900		Anti-Parnellite
1900–1907		Irish Parliamentary Party
1907–1918	Sir Walter Nugent, Bt.	Irish Parliamentary Party

Elections

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References

Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "W" (part 3)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Westmeath

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Athlone (1607–1800) Fore (???–1800) Kilbeggan (1613–1800) Mullingar (1583–1800) Westmeath (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Athlone (1801–85) Westmeath (1801–85) North Westmeath (1885–1922) South Westmeath (1885–1922) Westmeath (1918–22)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Longford–Westmeath (1921–37) Meath–Westmeath (1937–48) Longford–Westmeath (1948–92) Westmeath (1992–2007) Longford–Westmeath (2007–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Leinster (1979–2004) East (2004–09) North-West (2009–14) Midlands–North-West (2014–)

Irish counties: Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

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