South Longford (UK Parliament constituency)

South Longford 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.

South Longford
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Seats	one
Created from	Longford
Replaced by	Longford

Before the 1885 general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Longford constituency.

Boundaries

Parliamentary constituencies in Ireland from 1885 - 1918, with South Longford highlighted.

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Longford.

1885–1918: The baronies of Moydow, Rathcline and Shrule, and those parts of the baronies of Ardagh and Longford not contained within the constituency of North Longford.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Laurence Connolly	Nationalist
	1888	James Gubbins Fitzgerald	Nationalist
	1892	Edward Blake	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist1
	1907	John Phillips	Nationalist
	1917	Joseph McGuinness	Sinn Féin
1918		Constituency abolished: see Longford

¹Nationalist from 1900

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 4 December 1885: Longford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Laurence Connolly	3,046	90.5
	Irish Conservative	James Wilson	321	9.5
Majority			2,725	81.0
Turnout			3,367	76.1
Registered electors			4,426
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

General election 7 July 1886: Longford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Laurence Connolly	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,426
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Connolly resigns, causing a by-election.

By-election 30 June 1888: Longford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	James Gubbins Fitzgerald	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,590
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 13 July 1892: Longford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Edward Blake	2,544	88.0	N/A
	Liberal Unionist	George Henry Miller	347	12.0	New
Majority			2,197	76.0	N/A
Turnout			2,891	62.7	N/A
Registered electors			4,614
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

General election 19 July 1895: Longford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Edward Blake	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,604
	Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 4 October 1900: Longford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Edward Blake	Unopposed
Registered electors			4,212
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General election 17 January 1906: Longford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Edward Blake	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,744
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Blake resigns, causing a by-election.

By-election 6 September 1907: Longford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Phillips	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,747
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election 21 January 1910: Longford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Phillips	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,691
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General election 9 December 1910: Longford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Phillips	Unopposed
Registered electors			3,691
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Phillips dies, causing a by-election.

By-election 9 May 1917: Longford South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Joseph McGuinness	1,498	50.6	New
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick McKenna	1,461	49.4	N/A
Majority			37	1.2	N/A
Turnout			2,959	76.8	N/A
Registered electors			3,852
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

References

• Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)