West Cavan (UK Parliament constituency)

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West Cavan County constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1922
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	One

West Cavan was a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885-1922.

Prior to 1885 the area was part of the Cavan (UK Parliament constituency). After 1922 the area was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 References

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency comprised the western part of County Cavan.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election	Member		Party
1885		Joseph Gillis Biggar	Irish Nationalist
1886
1890		Edmund Francis Vesey Knox	Irish Nationalist
1892			Irish National Federation
1895		James Patrick Farrell	Irish National Federation
1900		Thomas McGovern	Irish Nationalist
1904		Vincent Paul Kennedy	Irish Nationalist
1906
Jan 1910
Dec 1910
1918		Peter Galligan	Sinn Féin
1922	Constituency abolished: See Cavan (Dáil Éireann constituency).

[edit] Elections

[edit] References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs. House of Commons: Carmarthen East and Dinefwr to Chesterton (including Cavan West)
• 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)
• The Anglo-Celt 150th Anniversary Souvenir Supplement (dated 30 May 1996).