West Cavan was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1885 to 1922 returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Prior to 1885 the area was part of the County Cavan constituency. After 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, the area was not represented in the UK Parliament.
Boundaries This constituency comprised the western part of County Cavan, consisting of the baronies of Clanmahon, Loughtee Lower, Tullyhaw and Tullyhunco, that part of the barony of Loughtee Upper contained within the parishes of Annagelliff, Castleterra, Kilmore and Urney and the townland of Crumlin in the parish of Denn, and that part of the barony of Tullygarvey contained within the parish of Annagh.
Members of Parliament ElectionMemberParty 1885 Joseph BiggarNationalist 1890(b) Edmund Vesey Knox Nationalist1892 Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite) 1895(b)At the 1895 general election, Knox was elected for both West Cavan and for Londonderry City. He chose to sit for Londonderry, triggering a by-election in West Cavan. J. P. Farrell Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite) 1900 Thomas McGovern Nationalist 1904(b)Vincent Kennedy Nationalist 1918 Paul Galligan Sinn Féin1922 Constituency abolished: See Cavan (Dáil constituency).
Elections Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
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)
The Anglo-Celt 150th Anniversary Souvenir Supplement (dated 30 May 1996).