Eamon Scanlon is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Sligo–Leitrim constituency since the 2016 general election. He had previously served as a Teachta Dála for the Sligo–North Leitrim constituency from 2007 to 2011. He was a Senator for the Agricultural Panel from 2002 to 2007.
Sligo–Leitrim is a parliamentary constituency that has been represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from the 2016 general election. The constituency elects 4 deputies. The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV). Another constituency of the same name existed from 1948 to 2007.
Sligo–North Leitrim was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 2007 to 2016. The constituency elected 3 deputies. The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
Sligo County 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.
Donegal is a parliamentary constituency which is represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, since the 2016 general election. The constituency elects 5 deputies. The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV). It covers the current County Donegal with the exception of nine southern electoral divisions which are part of the neighbouring Sligo–Leitrim constituency.
Sligo was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1937 to 1948. The constituency elected 3 deputies to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
Leitrim–Sligo was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1923 to 1937. The constituency elected 7 deputies to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
Sligo–Mayo East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1921 to 1923. The constituency elected 5 deputies to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
Martin Roddy was an Irish politician, newspaper editor and company director. He was first elected as a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála (TD) at the by-election held on 11 March 1925 for the Leitrim–Sligo constituency following the resignation of Alexander McCabe.
William McKillop was an Ayrshire-born grocer and restaurant-owner in Glasgow who became an Irish nationalist politician, serving for the last decade of his life as an Irish Parliamentary Party Member of Parliament (MP) for constituencies in Ireland. He was a founding member of the committee which established the Glasgow Celtic football club, but is probably better known for the William McKillop Cup, which he donated to Armagh Gaelic Athletic Association.
Cavan–Monaghan is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 4 deputies. The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
The South Donegal by-election, 1887 was a parliamentary by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of South Donegal on 2 February 1887. It arose as a result of the death of the sitting member, Bernard Kelly of the Irish Parliamentary Party, on 1 January.
The North Longford by-election, 1887 was a parliamentary by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of North Longford on 5 February 1887. The sitting member, Justin McCarthy of the Irish Parliamentary Party had been re-elected in the general election of 1886, but having been elected also in the constituency of Londonderry City, he chose to sit for the latter on the basis that the Longford seat was safe for a Nationalist candidate. In the ensuing by-election another Irish Parliamentary Party candidate, Tim Healy, former member for North Monaghan, was elected unopposed.
The North East Cork by-election, 1887 was a parliamentary by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of North East Cork on 16 May 1887. The vacancy arose because of the resignation of the sitting member, Edmund Leamy of the Irish Parliamentary Party. In the ensuing by-election another Irish Parliamentary Party candidate, William O'Brien, former member for South Tyrone, was elected unopposed.
The South Kerry by-election, 1887 was a parliamentary by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of South Kerry on 27 September 1887. The vacancy arose because of the resignation of the sitting member, John O'Connor of the Irish Parliamentary Party. In the resulting by-election another Irish Parliamentary Party candidate, Denis Kilbride, a tenant farmer, was elected unopposed.
The South Sligo by-election, 1888 was a parliamentary by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of South Sligo on 6 July 1888. The vacancy arose because of the resignation of the sitting member, Edward Joseph Kennedy of the Irish Parliamentary Party. Only one candidate was nominated, Edmund Leamy of the Irish Parliamentary Party, formerly MP for Waterford City and Cork North East, who was elected unopposed.
The North Sligo by-election, 1891 was a parliamentary by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of North Sligo on 2 April 1891. It arose as a result of the death of the sitting member, Peter McDonald of the Irish Parliamentary Party.
The 1906 North Leitrim by-election was held on 28 February 1906 after Patrick Aloysius McHugh resigned. McHugh had been elected for the Irish Parliamentary Party in the 1906 general election for both North Leitrim and North Sligo. As he could only take one seat he chose North Sligo, so creating a vacancy.
