East Clare (UK Parliament constituency)
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For other parliamentary constituencies in County Clare, see Clare (constituency).
| East Clare County constituency |
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|---|---|
| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1922 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | One |
East Clare was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885-1922.
Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Clare constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.
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[edit] Boundaries
This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Clare.
[edit] Members of Parliament
| Years | Member | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1885–1892 | Joseph Richard Cox | Irish Parliamentary Party |
| 1892–1900 | Willie Redmond | Parnellite Nationalist |
| 1900–1917 | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
| 1917–1922 | Éamon de Valera | Sinn Féin |
[edit] Elections
| Clare East by-election 10 July 1917 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Sinn Féin | Éamon de Valera | 5,010 | N/A | ||
| Irish Parliamentary | Patrick Lynch | 2,035 | N/A | ||
| Majority | 2,975 | N/A | |||
| Turnout | N/A | ||||
| Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A | |||
Note: The 1917 by-election was the first electoral contest in the constituency in 22 years.
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[edit] References
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
Categories: Politics of County Clare | Westminster constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic) | Dáil Éireann constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic) | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1885 | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1922 | Historic Westminster constituency in Ireland stubs
