Leitrim (UK Parliament constituency)

Leitrim
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1801–1885
Replaced by	North Leitrim, South Leitrim
1918–1922
Created from	North Leitrim, South Leitrim

Leitrim was a Parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) from 1801 to 1885 and one from 1918 to 1922.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Leitrim.

Members of Parliament

MPs 1801–85

Election	1st Member		1st Party	2nd Member		2nd Party
1801		Nathaniel Clements, Viscount Clements, later Earl of Leitrim			Theophilus Jones
1802					Peter La Touche
1805 by-election		Henry John Clements
1806					William Gore
1807					John La Touche
1818		Luke White
1820					John Marcus Clements
1824 by-election		Samuel White
1826					Robert Clements, Viscount Clements
1830					John Marcus Clements
1832					Robert Clements, Viscount Clements
1839 by-election					William Clements, Viscount Clements, later Earl of Leitrim
1847		Edward King Tenison			Charles Skeffington Clements
1852		Hugh Lyons Montgomery			John Brady
1858 by-election		William Ormsby-Gore, later Baron Harlech
1876 by-election		Francis O'Beirne
1880		Arthur Loftus Tottenham
1885	Constituency divided: see North Leitrim and South Leitrim

MPs 1918–22

Election		Member	Party	Note
1918		Single member constituency created
	1918, December 14	James Nicholas Dolan	Sinn Féin	Did not take his seat at Westminster
1922, October 26		UK constituency abolished

Elections

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References

• The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 2)