South Kerry (UK Parliament constituency)

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South Kerry
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Seats1
Created from County Kerry
Replaced by Kerry–Limerick West

South Kerry was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament between 1885 and 1922.

Contents

Prior to the 1885 general election, the area was part of the Kerry 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. The successor constituency in the new Dáil Éireann was Kerry–Limerick West, first established under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 to elect members to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland in 1921.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Kerry.

1885–1922: The baronies of Dunkerron North, Dunkerron South, Glanarought and Iveragh.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 John O'Connor Irish Parliamentary Party
1887 by-election Denis Kilbride Irish Parliamentary Party
1891 Irish National Federation
1895
1895 by-election Thomas Joseph Farrell Irish National Federation
1900 John Pius Boland Irish Parliamentary Party
1918 Fionán Lynch Sinn Féin
1922constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

1885 general election: South Kerry [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary John O'Connor 2,742 95.4
Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union Daniel O'Connell1334.6
Majority 2,60990.8
Turnout 2,87563.5
Registered electors 4,529
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)
1886 general election: South Kerry [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary John O'Connor Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold
By-election, 1887: South Kerry [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary Denis Kilbride Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

1892 general election: South Kerry [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish National Federation Denis Kilbride 2,096 87.1 N/A
Irish National League James Foley2259.3N/A
Irish Unionist Rowland George Allanson-Winn863.6New
Majority 1,87177.8N/A
Turnout 2,40765.3N/A
Registered electors 3,686
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A
1895 general election: South Kerry [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish National Federation Denis Kilbride Unopposed
Irish National Federation hold

Kilbride is also elected MP for Galway North and elects to sit there, prompting a by-election.

By-election, 1895: South Kerry [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish National Federation Thomas Joseph Farrell 1,209 71.8 N/A
Ind. Nationalist William Martin Murphy 47428.2New
Majority 73543.6N/A
Turnout 1,68348.5N/A
Registered electors 3,472
Irish National Federation hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1900s

1900 general election: South Kerry [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary John Pius Boland Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold
1906 general election: South Kerry [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary John Pius Boland Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

January 1910 general election: South Kerry [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary John Pius Boland Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold
December 1910 general election: South Kerry [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary John Pius Boland 2,390 84.1 N/A
All-for-Ireland Timothy Brendan Cronin45215.9N/A
Majority 1,93868.2N/A
Turnout 2,84248.5N/A
Registered electors 5,858
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing N/A
1918 general election: South Kerry [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Sinn Féin Fionán Lynch Unopposed
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 354, 391. ISBN   0901714127.


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