South Kerry (UK Parliament constituency)
For the 1937–present constituency, see Kerry South (Dáil Éireann constituency).
South Kerry | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1922 | |
Number of members | One |
Created from | County Kerry |
South Kerry was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.
Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Kerry constituency. Following the Anglo Irish Agreement and the formation of the Irish Free State in 1922, the area was no longer represented in the UK Parliament, since it was no longer part of the UK. 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.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | John O'Connor | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
1887 by-election | Denis Kilbride | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
1891 | Anti-Parnellite | ||
1895 | |||
1895 by-election | Thomas Joseph Farrell | Anti-Parnellite | |
1900 | John Pius Boland | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
1918 | Fionán Lynch | Sinn Féin | |
1922 | constituency abolished |
Elections
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References
- 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 "K" (part 1)
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