County Sligo is a former county constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs), elected by the bloc vote system of election.
History and boundaries In 1801, the constituency succeeded the constituency of County Sligo in the Irish House of Commons, comprising the whole of County Sligo, except the parliamentary borough of Sligo. After the Sligo and Cashel Disfranchisement Act 1870, the borough ceased to have separate representation, and eligible voters were added to the roll for the county constituency.
From 1885 the constituency was divided into North Sligo and South Sligo.
Members of Parliament Election1st Member1st Party2nd Member2nd Party 1801 Joshua Edward Cooper Tory Charles O'Hara Tory Nov 1806 Edward Synge Cooper Tory Dec 1822 Henry King Whig Aug 1830 Edward Joshua Cooper Tory May 1831 Alexander Perceval Tory Dec 1834 Conservative Conservative Jul 1841 William Ormsby-Gore Conservative Sep 1841 John Ffolliott Conservative Mar 1850 Sir Robert Gore-Booth Conservative Jul 1852 Richard Swift Ind. Irish Apr 1857 Edward Joshua Cooper Conservative May 1859 Charles William Cooper changed name to O'Hara, 1860 Conservative Jul 1865 Edward Henry Cooper Conservative Dec 1868 Denis Maurice O'Conor Liberal Dec 1874 Home Rule League Jan 1877 Edward King-Harman Home Rule Apr 1880 Thomas Sexton Oct 1882 Irish Parliamentary Irish Parliamentary Aug 1883 Nicholas Lynch Irish Parliamentary 1885 constituency abolished: see North Sligo and South Sligo
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Perceval was appointed a commissioner of the Treasury, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s Ffolliott resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Gore-Booth's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1880s
O'Conor's death caused a by-election.
References
The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)