South Leitrim (UK Parliament constituency)

South Leitrim
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Leitrim
Created from	Leitrim

South Leitrim was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland. From 1885 to 1918 it returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Prior to the 1885 general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Leitrim constituency.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Leitrim.

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Luke Patrick Hayden	Nationalist
	1890	Luke Patrick Hayden	Parnellite Nationalist
	1892	Jasper Tully	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
	1900	Jasper Tully	Nationalist
	1906	Thomas Francis Smyth	Nationalist
1918		Constituency abolished: see Leitrim

General Election 8 December 1885: Leitrim South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Luke Patrick Hayden	4525	90.2
	Conservative	James Ormsby Lawder	489	9.8
Majority			4036	80.4
Turnout			6270	80.0
	Irish Nationalist gain from new seat		Swing

General Election 15 July 1892: Leitrim South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish National Federation	Jasper Tully	4241	89.2
	Conservative	Robert O'Brien	516	10.8
Majority			3725	78.4
Turnout			6253	76.1
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

General Election 16 July 1895: Leitrim South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish National Federation	Jasper Tully
Turnout			7136
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing

General Election 1 October 1900: Leitrim South
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Jasper Tully	unopposed
Turnout			8242
	Irish Nationalist gain from Irish National Federation		Swing

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)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Leitrim

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Leitrim–Roscommon North (1921–23) Leitrim–Sligo (1923–37) Leitrim (1937–48) Donegal–Leitrim (1969–77) Roscommon–Leitrim (1969–81) Sligo–North Leitrim (2007–16) Roscommon–South Leitrim (2007–16)

Current	Sligo–Leitrim (1948–2007, 2016–)

Constituencies in Ireland by county

Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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