North Louth (UK Parliament constituency)
North Louth was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1918. Prior to the 1885 general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Louth constituency.
North Louth | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Louth |
Created from | Dundalk and Louth |
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the northern part of County Louth. The seat was defined under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 as comprising the baronies of Louth, Lower Dundalk and Upper Dundalk, and that part of the barony of Ardee contained within the parishes of Killany and Louth.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Joseph Nolan | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
1891 | Parnellite | ||
1892 | Timothy Michael Healy | Anti-Parnellite | |
1900 | Healyite Nationalist | ||
January 1910 | All-for-Ireland League | ||
December 1910 | Richard Hazleton | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
1911 by-election | Augustine Roche | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
1916 by-election | Patrick J. Whitty | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
1918 | constituency abolished: see County Louth | ||
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Joseph Nolan | 2,581 | 64.0 | N/A | |
Independent Nationalist | Philip Callan | 1,451 | 36.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,130 | 28.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,032 | 67.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,935 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Joseph Nolan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,935 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish National Federation | Timothy Michael Healy | 2,268 | 59.1 | N/A | |
Independent Nationalist | Philip Callan | 1,569 | 40.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 699 | 18.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,837 | 69.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,534 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Irish National Federation | Timothy Michael Healy | 2,294 | 61.6 | −2.5 | |
Irish National League | Joseph Nolan | 1,433 | 38.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 861 | 23.2 | −5.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,727 | 65.5 | −3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 5,686 | ||||
Irish National Federation hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Healyite Nationalist | Timothy Michael Healy | 1,604 | 55.5 | −6.1 | |
Irish Parliamentary | Edmund Haviland-Burke | 1,285 | 44.5 | New | |
Majority | 319 | 11.0 | −12.1 | ||
Turnout | 2,889 | 49.2 | −16.3 | ||
Registered electors | 5,869 | ||||
Healyite Nationalist gain from Irish National Federation | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Healyite Nationalist | Timothy Michael Healy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,820 | ||||
Healyite Nationalist hold |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
All-for-Ireland | Timothy Michael Healy | 2,432 | 51.0 | N/A | |
Irish Parliamentary | Richard Hazleton | 2,333 | 49.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 99 | 2.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,765 | 81.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,868 | ||||
All-for-Ireland gain from Healyite Nationalist | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Richard Hazleton | 2,509 | 55.4 | +6.4 | |
All-for-Ireland | Timothy Michael Healy | 2,021 | 44.6 | −6.4 | |
Majority | 488 | 10.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,530 | 77.2 | −4.0 | ||
Registered electors | 5,868 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary gain from All-for-Ireland | Swing | +6.4 | |||
The general election result was overturned by petition.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Augustine Roche | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,745 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Roche's death prompts a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Patrick Joseph Whitty | 2,299 | 56.0 | +0.6 | |
Independent Nationalist | Bernard Hamill | 1,810 | 44.0 | New | |
Majority | 489 | 12,0 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 4,109 | 72.1 | −5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 5,697 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A |
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References
- Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
- Debrett's Guide to the House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1918
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)
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