North Sligo was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected on a system of first-past-the-post, from 1885 to 1922.
Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the two-seat County Sligo constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.
Boundaries This constituency comprised the northern part of County Sligo.
1885–1922: The baronies of Carbury and Tireragh, and that part of the barony of Leyny contained within the parishes of Ballysadare and Killoran.
Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty 1885 Peter McDonald Irish Parliamentary Party 1891 Bernard Collery Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite) 1900 by-election John O'Dowd Irish Parliamentary Party 1900 William McKillop Irish Parliamentary Party 1906 P. A. McHugh Irish Parliamentary Party 1909 by-election Thomas Scanlan Irish Parliamentary Party 1918 J. J. Clancy Sinn Féin1922, October 26 UK constituency abolished
Elections Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s McDonald dies, prompting a by-election.
Elections in the 1900s Collery resigns, causing a by-election.
McHugh dies, causing a by-election.
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)