North Louth (UK Parliament Constituency)
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North Louth was a parliamentary constituency in
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, which returned one
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(MP) to the
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of the
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, elected on a system of
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, from 1885 to 1918. Prior to the 1885 general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the
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constituency.


Boundaries

This constituency comprised the northern part of
County Louth County Louth ( ; ga, An Lú) is a coastal county in the Eastern and Midland Region of Ireland, within the province of Leinster. Louth is bordered by the counties of Meath to the south, Monaghan to the west, Armagh to the north and Down to the ...
. The seat was defined under the
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as comprising the baronies of Louth, Lower Dundalk and Upper Dundalk, and that part of the barony of Ardee contained within the parishes of Killany and Louth.


Members of Parliament


Elections


Elections in the 1880s


Elections in the 1890s


Elections in the 1900s


Elections in the 1910s

The general election result was overturned by petition. Roche's death prompts a by-election.


References

*
''Debrett's Guide to the House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1918''
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Louth North Westminster constituencies in County Louth (historic) Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885 Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918