County Sligo is a former
county constituency
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in
Ireland
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, represented in the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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. It returned two
Members of Parliament
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(MPs), elected by the
bloc vote system of election.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the whole of
County Sligo
County Sligo ( , gle, Contae Shligigh) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the Border Region and is part of the province
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, except the
parliamentary borough of
Sligo from 1801 to 1870. After the
Sligo and Cashel Disfranchisement Act 1870, the borough ceased to have separate representation, and eligible voters were added to the roll for the county constituency.
From 1885 the constituency was divided into
North Sligo and
South Sligo.
Members of Parliament
Elections
Elections in the 1830s
Elections in the 1840s
Perceval was appointed a commissioner of the Treasury, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1850s
Ffolliott resigned by accepting the office of
Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.
Elections in the 1860s
Elections in the 1870s
Gore-Booth's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1880s
O'Conor's death caused a by-election.
References
*''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)
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Historic constituencies in County Sligo
Westminster constituencies in County Sligo (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1801
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1885