South Louth (UK Parliament constituency)
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| South Louth County constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
South Louth was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885-1918.
Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Louth constituency.
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[edit] Boundaries
This constituency comprised the southern part of County Louth including the towns Drogheda and Ardee.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Years | Member | Party |
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| 1885 - 1890 | Thomas Patrick Gill | Irish Parliamentary Party |
| 1891 - 1892 | Anti-Parnellite | |
| 1892 - 1895 | Dr Daniel Ambrose | Anti-Parnellite |
| 1896 - 1900 | Richard McGhee | Anti-Parnellite |
| 1900 - 1901 | Joseph Nolan | Independent Nationalist |
| 1901 - 1918 | Irish Parliamentary Party |
[edit] Elections
1885
T. P. Gill (Nationalist) (uncontested)
1886
T. P. Gill (Nationalist) (uncontested)
1892
Dr. Daniel Ambrose (Anti-Parnellite) 2451
Joseph Nolan (Parnellite) 1126
1895
Dr. Daniel Ambrose (Anti-Parnellite) 2006
Dr. Gubins Fitzgerald (Parnellite) 1044
1896 by-election Ambrose had died on 17 December 1895.
Richard McGhee (Anti-Parnellite) 1626
J. P. Nolan (Parnellite) 1249
Philip Callan (Independent Nationalist) 459
1900
Joseph Nolan (Independent Nationalist) 1233
Richard McGhee (Official Nationalist) 934
1906
Joseph Nolan (Official Nationalist) (uncontested)
January 1910
Joseph Nolan (Official Nationalist) (uncontested)
December 1910
Joseph Nolan (Official Nationalist) (uncontested)
[edit] Reference
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
