East Cavan (UK Parliament constituency)

East 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.

East Cavan
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Seats	1
Created from	Cavan
Replaced by	Cavan

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

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Cavan, consisting of the baronies of Castlerahan and Clankee, and those parts of the baronies of Loughtee Upper and Tullygarvey not contained within the constituency of West Cavan.

Members of Parliament

Election	Member		Party
1885		Thomas O'Hanlon	Nationalist
1891			Parnellite Nationalist
1892		Samuel Young	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
1900			Nationalist
1918(b)		Arthur Griffith	Sinn Féin
1922	Constituency abolished: See Cavan (Dáil constituency).

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 30 November 1885: East Cavan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Thomas O'Hanlon	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,920
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

General election 7 July 1886: East Cavan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Thomas O'Hanlon	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,920
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 16 July 1892: East Cavan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Samuel Young	6,024	81.6	N/A
	Irish Unionist	Henry John Beresford Clements	1,360	18.4	New
Majority			4,664	63.2	N/A
Turnout			7,384	76.9	N/A
Registered electors			9,606
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

General election 19 July 1895: East Cavan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Samuel Young	Unopposed
Registered electors			9,370
	Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 5 October 1900: East Cavan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Samuel Young	Unopposed
Registered electors			9,372
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General election 19 January 1906: East Cavan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Samuel Young	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,946
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election 19 January 1910: East Cavan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Samuel Young	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,981
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General election 6 December 1910: East Cavan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Samuel Young	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,981
	Irish Parliamentary hold

By-election 20 June 1918: East Cavan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Arthur Griffith	3,795	59.5	New
	Irish Parliamentary	John F. O'Hanlon	2,581	40.5	N/A
Majority			1,214	19.0	N/A
Turnout			6,376	72.3	N/A
Registered electors			8,821
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

General Election 14 December 1918: East Cavan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Arthur Griffith	Unopposed
Registered electors			21,148
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 3)
• 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)
• Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 333, 385. ISBN 0901714127.
• The Anglo-Celt 150th Anniversary Souvenir Supplement (dated 30 May 1996).