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.

Members of Parliament

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

Elections

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 6 July 1886: Leitrim South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Luke Patrick Hayden	unopposed
Turnout			6270
	Irish Nationalist hold		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

General Election 16 January 1906: Leitrim South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Francis Smyth	unopposed
Turnout			5971
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 19 January 1910: Leitrim South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Francis Smyth	unopposed
Turnout			5727
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 6 December 1910: Leitrim South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Francis Smyth	unopposed
Turnout			5727
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

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 "L" (part 2)