South Louth (UK Parliament constituency)

South Louth County constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1918
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	One

South Louth was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) 1885-1918.

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Louth constituency.

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This constituency comprised the southern part of County Louth including the towns Drogheda and Ardee.

The elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system.

General Election 1885: South Louth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	T.P. Gill	uncontested	N/A	N/A
	Irish Parliamentary gain from new seat		Swing	N/A

General Election 1886: South Louth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	T.P. Gill	uncontested	N/A	N/A
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1892: South Louth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist	Dr. Daniel Ambrose	2,451		N/A
	Parnellite Nationalist	Joseph Nolan	1,126		N/A
Majority			1,325
Turnout
	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1895: South Louth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist	Dr. Daniel Ambrose	2,006		N/A
	Parnellite Nationalist	Dr. Gubins Fitzgerald	1,044		N/A
Majority			681
Turnout
	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

By-Election 19 March 1896: South Louth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist	Richard McGhee	1,626		N/A
	Parnellite Nationalist	J. P. Nolan	1,249		N/A
	Ind. Nationalist	Philip Callan	459		N/A
Majority
Turnout
	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 1900: South Louth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Ind. Nationalist	Joseph Nolan	1,233		N/A
	Irish Parliamentary	Richard McGhee	934		N/A
Majority			681
Turnout
	Ind. Nationalist gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

General Election 1906: South Louth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Joseph Nolan	uncontested	N/A	N/A
	Irish Parliamentary gain from Ind. Nationalist		Swing	N/A

General Election January 1910: South Louth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Joseph Nolan	uncontested	N/A	N/A
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A

General Election December 1910: South Louth
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Joseph Nolan	uncontested	N/A	N/A
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A

Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)

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