West Clare 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 Clare constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.
Boundaries 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 ElectionMemberParty 1885 Jeremiah Jordan Nationalist 1892 James Rochfort Maguire Parnellite Nationalist 1895 John Eustace Jameson Anti-Parnellite Nationalist1900 Nationalist1904 Unionist 1906 James Halpin Nationalist 1909 Arthur Lynch Nationalist 1918 Brian O'Higgins Sinn Féin 1922 constituency abolished
Elections Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Death of Halpin
Elections in the 1910s
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