West Clare (UK Parliament constituency)
West Clare | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1922 | |
Seats | 1 |
Created from | Clare |
Replaced by | Clare |
West Clare was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.
Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election the area was part of the Clare constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.
Boundaries
[edit]This constituency comprised the western part of County Clare, consisting of the baronies of Clonderalaw, Corcomroe, Ibrickan and Moyarta, and those parts of the baronies of Inchiquin and Islands not contained within the constituency of East Clare.
Members of Parliament
[edit]Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | Jeremiah Jordan | Nationalist | |
1892 | James Rochfort Maguire | Parnellite Nationalist | |
1895 | John Eustace Jameson | Anti-Parnellite Nationalist | |
1900 | Nationalist | ||
1904 | Unionist | ||
1906 | James Halpin | Nationalist | |
1909 | Arthur Lynch | Nationalist | |
1918 | Brian O'Higgins | Sinn Féin | |
1922 | constituency abolished |
Elections
[edit]Elections in the 1880s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Jeremiah Jordan | 6,763 | 95.9 | ||
Irish Conservative | Robert William Carey Reeves | 289 | 4.1 | ||
Majority | 6474 | 91.8 | |||
Turnout | 7,052 | 71.9 | |||
Registered electors | 9,813 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Jeremiah Jordan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 9,813 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1890s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National League | James Rochfort Maguire | 3,878 | 57.5 | N/A | |
Irish National Federation | Bernard O’Connor | 2,871 | 42.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,007 | 15.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,749 | 60.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 11,077 | ||||
Irish National League gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish National Federation | John Eustace Jameson | 3,376 | 53.2 | +10.7 | |
Irish National League | James Rochfort Maguire | 2,973 | 46.8 | −10.7 | |
Majority | 403 | 6.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,349 | 60.5 | −0.4 | ||
Registered electors | 10,488 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish National League | Swing | +10.7 |
Elections in the 1900s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | John Eustace Jameson | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 10,683 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | James Halpin | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,989 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
- Death of Halpin
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Arthur Lynch | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,854 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1910s
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Arthur Lynch | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,834 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Arthur Lynch | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,834 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Sinn Féin | Brian O'Higgins | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 21,674 | ||||
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary |
References
[edit]- Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 4)