North_Louth_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
North Louth was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected on a system of first-past-the-post, from 1885 to 1918. Prior to the 1885 general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Louth constituency.
Quick Facts 1885–1918, Seats ...
North Louth | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1918 | |
Seats | 1 |
Created from | Dundalk and Louth |
Replaced by | Louth |
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This constituency comprised the northern part of County Louth. The seat was defined under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 as comprising the baronies of Louth, Lower Dundalk and Upper Dundalk, and that part of the barony of Ardee contained within the parishes of Killany and Louth.
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Elections in the 1880s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Joseph Nolan | 2,581 | 64.0 | ||
Independent Nationalist | Philip Callan | 1,451 | 36.0 | ||
Majority | 1,130 | 28.0 | |||
Turnout | 4,032 | 67.9 | |||
Registered electors | 5,935 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Joseph Nolan | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,935 | ||||
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Elections in the 1890s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Timothy Michael Healy | 2,268 | 59.1 | N/A | |
Independent Nationalist | Philip Callan | 1,569 | 40.9 | New | |
Majority | 699 | 18.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,837 | 69.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,534 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Timothy Michael Healy | 2,294 | 61.6 | −2.5 | |
Irish National League | Joseph Nolan | 1,433 | 38.4 | New | |
Majority | 861 | 23.2 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 3,727 | 65.5 | −3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 5,686 | ||||
Irish National Federation hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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Elections in the 1900s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Healyite Nationalist | Timothy Michael Healy | 1,604 | 55.5 | −6.1 | |
Irish Parliamentary | Edmund Haviland-Burke | 1,285 | 44.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 319 | 11.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,889 | 49.2 | −16.3 | ||
Registered electors | 5,869 | ||||
Healyite Nationalist gain from Irish National Federation | Swing | N/A | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Healyite Nationalist | Timothy Michael Healy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,820 | ||||
Healyite Nationalist hold | |||||
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Elections in the 1910s
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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All-for-Ireland | Timothy Michael Healy | 2,432 | 51.0 | N/A | |
Irish Parliamentary | Richard Hazleton | 2,333 | 49.0 | New | |
Majority | 99 | 2.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,765 | 81.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,868 | ||||
All-for-Ireland gain from Healyite Nationalist | Swing | N/A | |||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Richard Hazleton | 2,509 | 55.4 | +6.4 | |
All-for-Ireland | Timothy Michael Healy | 2,021 | 44.6 | −6.4 | |
Majority | 488 | 10.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,530 | 77.2 | −4.0 | ||
Registered electors | 5,868 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary gain from All-for-Ireland | Swing | +6.4 | |||
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The general election result was overturned by petition.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Augustine Roche | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,745 | ||||
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Roche's death prompts a by-election.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Patrick Joseph Whitty | 2,299 | 55.9 | +0.5 | |
Independent Nationalist | Bernard Hamill | 1,810 | 44.0 | New | |
Majority | 489 | 11.9 | +1.1 | ||
Turnout | 4,109 | 72.1 | −5.1 | ||
Registered electors | 5,697 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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- Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 364–365. ISBN 0901714127.
- Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- Debrett's Guide to the House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1918
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)