West Kerry (UK Parliament constituency)

West Kerry
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Number of members	One
Created from	County Kerry and Tralee

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

Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the Kerry constituency. Following the Anglo-Irish Treaty and the formation of the Irish Free State in 1922, the area was no longer represented in the UK Parliament. The successor constituency in the new Dáil Éireann was Kerry–Limerick West first established under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 to elect members to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland in 1921.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the western part of County Kerry.

Members of Parliament

Years	Member	Party
1885–1890	Edward Harrington	Irish Parliamentary Party
1891–1892		Parnellite
1892–1900	Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde Bt	Anti-Parnellite
1900–1918	Thomas O'Donnell	Irish Parliamentary Party
1918–1922	Austin Stack	Sinn Féin

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 "K" (part 1)