North Monaghan (UK Parliament constituency)

North Monaghan
North Monaghan
	Former County constituency; for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Number of members	One
Created from	Monaghan

North Monaghan was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, from 1885 to 1922.

Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election the area was part of the Monaghan constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the northern part of County Monaghan.

1885–1922: The baronies of Dartree, Monaghan and Trough.

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Timothy Healy	Nationalist
	1886	Pat O'Brien	Nationalist
	1891	Pat O'Brien	Parnellite Nationalist
	1892	Charles Diamond	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
	1895	Daniel MacAleese	Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
	1900(b)	Edward Charles Thompson	Nationalist
	1906	Patrick O'Hare	Nationalist
	1907(b)	James Lardner	Nationalist
	1918	Ernest Blythe	Sinn Féin
1922		constituency abolished

General election 1885: North Monaghan[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Parliamentary	Tim Healy	4,055	60.2
	Irish Conservative	John Leslie	2,685	39.8
Majority			1,370	20.4
Turnout			6,740	89.6
Registered electors			7,525
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

Healy is also elected MP for South Londonderry and opts to sit there, causing a by-election.

By-election 1886: North Monaghan[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Pat O'Brien	4,015	61.1	+0.9
	Irish Conservative	James Campbell Hall	2,551	38.9	−0.9
Majority			1,464	22.2	+1.8
Turnout			6,566	87.3	−2.3
Registered electors			7,525
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	+0.9

General election 1886: North Monaghan[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Pat O'Brien	3,962	61.4	+1.2
	Irish Unionist	John Leslie	2,491	38.6	−1.2
Majority			1,471	22.8	+2.4
Turnout			6,453	85.8	−3.8
Registered electors			7,525
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	+1.2

General election 1892: North Monaghan[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Charles Diamond	3,697	62.1	+0.7
	Irish Unionist	Henry William Jackson	2,260	37.9	−0.7
Majority			1,437	24.2	+1.4
Turnout			5,957	84.5	−1.3
Registered electors			7,047
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	+0.7

General election 1895: North Monaghan[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Daniel MacAleese	3,377	61.7	−0.4
	Irish Unionist	Peter Craven Westenra	2,094	38.3	+0.4
Majority			1,283	23.4	−0.8
Turnout			5,471	80.3	−4.2
Registered electors			6,815
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing	−0.4

MacAleese dies, causing a by-election.

O'Hare resigns, causing a by-election.

General election January 1910: North Monaghan[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	James Lardner	3,477	63.4	*N/A*
	Irish Unionist	Michael Elliott Knight	2,005	36.6	New
Majority			1,472	26.8	N/A
Turnout			5,482	85.2	N/A
Registered electors			6,435
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A

General election December 1910: North Monaghan[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	James Lardner	3,365	63.5	+0.1
	Irish Unionist	Michael Elliott Knight	1,937	36.5	−0.1
Majority			1,428	27.0	+0.2
Turnout			5,302	82.4	−2.8
Registered electors			6,435
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	+0.1

General Election 1918: North Monaghan[1][2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Ernest Blythe	6,842	48.7	*New*
	Irish Unionist	Michael Elliott Knight	4,497	32.0	−4.5
	Irish Parliamentary	John Joseph Turley	2,709	19.3	−44.2
Majority			2,345	16.7	N/A
Turnout			14,048	86.9	+4.5
Registered electors			16,175
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/h1918.htm

Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)

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