West Limerick was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1922.
Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election the area was part of the County Limerick constituency. Representation at Westminster in this constituency ceased at the 1922 United Kingdom general election, which took place on 15 November, shortly before the establishment of the Irish Free State on 6 December 1922.
Boundaries This constituency comprised the western part of County Limerick.
1885–1922: The baronies of Connello Lower, Connello Upper, Glenquin, Kenry and Shanid, and that part of the barony of Coshma contained within the parishes of Adare, Drehidtarsna and Killonohan.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberPartyNote 1885, December 1 William Abraham Irish Parliamentary Party split 1890, December 1 Anti-Parnellite Joined new organisation 1891, March 1 Irish National Federation 1892, July 13 Michael Austin Irish National Federation 1900, October 5 Patrick O'Shaughnessy Irish Parliamentary 1918, December 14 2 Con Collins Sinn Féin Did not take his seat at Westminster1922, October 26 UK constituency abolished
Notes:- 1 Not an election, but the date of a party change. The Irish Parliamentary Party had been created in 1882, on the initiative of Charles Stewart Parnell's Irish National League. Both the IPP and the INL split into Parnellite and Anti-Parnellite factions, in December 1890. The Parnellites remained members of the Irish National League after the split and the Anti-Parnellites organised the Irish National Federation in March 1891. The two organisations and the United Irish League merged in 1900, to re-create the Irish Parliamentary Party. 2 Date of polling day. The result was declared on 28 December 1918, to allow time for votes cast by members of the armed forces to be included in the count.
Elections Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
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