Sligo County (UK Parliament constituency)

Sligo County is a former county constituency in Ireland

Ireland

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, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom

Parliament of the United Kingdom

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. It returned two Members of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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(MPs), elected by the bloc vote

Plurality-at-large voting

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system of election.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the whole of County Sligo, except the Parliamentary borough

Parliamentary borough

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of Sligo

Sligo Borough (UK Parliament constituency)

Sligo Borough is a former borough constituency in Ireland, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801, and returned one Member of...

1801-1870. From 1885 the constituency was divided into North Sligo

North Sligo (UK Parliament constituency)

North Sligo was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1922....

and South Sligo

South Sligo (UK Parliament constituency)

South Sligo was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1922....

Members of Parliament

Election	\|2nd Member	2nd Party
1801 United Kingdom general election, 1801 The United Kingdom general election, 1801 was not an election as such, but the co-option of members to serve in the first Parliament to be held after the formation of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland on 1 January 1801...		Joshua Edward Cooper	Charles O'Hara
Nov 1806 United Kingdom general election, 1806 The United Kingdom general election, 1806 was the election of members to the 3rd Parliament of the United Kingdom. This was the second general election to be held after the Union of Great Britain and Ireland....		Edward Synge Cooper	Charles O'Hara
Dec 1822		Edward Synge Cooper	Henry King Henry King (MP) Lieutenant-General Sir Henry King KCB was a Member of Parliament for County Sligo in Ireland.He was the fourth son of Robert King, 2nd Earl of Kingston . He lived at Grove Lodge at Winkfield Row in Berkshire and was buried in the parish church at Winkfield in 1839....
Aug 1830 United Kingdom general election, 1830 The 1830 United Kingdom general election, was triggered by the death of King George IV and produced the first parliament of the reign of his successor, William IV. Fought in the aftermath of the Swing Riots, it saw electoral reform become a major election issue...		Edward Joshua Cooper
May 1831 United Kingdom general election, 1831 The 1831 general election in the United Kingdom saw a landslide win by supporters of electoral reform, which was the major election issue. As a result it was the last unreformed election, as the Parliament which resulted ensured the passage of the Reform Act 1832. Polling was held from 28 April to...		Edward Joshua Cooper	Alexander Perceval Alexander Perceval Colonel Alexander Perceval was an Irish politician. He sat in the House of Commons for Sligo County from 1831 to 1841, when his growing financial difficulties compelled him to resign his seat. He served briefly as a Junior Lord of the Treasury in Sir Robert Peel's second government .-References:*...
Jul 1841 United Kingdom general election, 1841 -Seats summary:-Whig MPs who lost their seats:Viscount Morpeth - Chief Secretary for IrelandSir George Strickland, BtSir Henry Barron, 1st Baronet-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987...		William Richard Ormsby-Gore William Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron Harlech William Richard Ormsby-Gore, 2nd Baron Harlech was an Anglo-Irish peer and Member of Parliament.Ormsby-Gore was the younger son of William Ormsby-Gore and Mary Jane Ormsby. He was educated at Eton College and later purchased an Ensigncy in the 53rd Foot...
Sep 1841			John Ffolliott
Mar 1850			Sir Robert Gore Booth Sir Robert Gore-Booth, 4th Baronet Sir Robert Gore-Booth, 4th Baronet was an Anglo-Irish politician and landowner, who built Lissadell House, located in County Sligo.-Background and education:...
Jul 1852 United Kingdom general election, 1852 The July 1852 United Kingdom general election was a watershed election in the formation of the modern political parties of Britain. Following 1852, the Tory/Conservative party became, more completely, the party of the rural aristocracy, while the Whig/Liberal party became the party of the rising...		Richard Swift
Apr 1857 United Kingdom general election, 1857 -Seats summary:-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987 British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...		Edward Joshua Cooper
May 1859 United Kingdom general election, 1859 In the 1859 United Kingdom general election, the Whigs, led by Lord Palmerston, held their majority in the House of Commons over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives...		Charles William Cooper
Jul 1865 United Kingdom general election, 1865 The 1865 United Kingdom general election saw the Liberals, led by Lord Palmerston, increase their large majority over the Earl of Derby's Conservatives to more than 80. The Whig Party changed its name to the Liberal Party between the previous election and this one.Palmerston died later in the same...		Edward Henry Cooper
Dec 1868 United Kingdom general election, 1868 The 1868 United Kingdom general election was the first after passage of the Reform Act 1867, which enfranchised many male householders, thus greatly increasing the number of men who could vote in elections in the United Kingdom...		Denis Maurice O'Conor Denis Maurice O'Conor Denis Maurice O'Conor was an Irish politician, Member of Parliament in the Parliament of the United Kingdom.The second son of The O'Conor Don, O'Conor was educated at Downside School and the University of London, gaining an MA in 1861 and LLD in 1866. A barrister, he was called to the bar at...
Jan 1877			Edward Robert King-Harman Edward Robert King-Harman Edward Robert King-Harman was an Irish landlord and Irish Nationalist and later Unionist politician who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1877 to 1888.-Early life:...
Apr 1880 United Kingdom general election, 1880 -Seats summary:-References:F. W. S. Craig, British Electoral Facts: 1832-1987 British Electoral Facts 1832-1999, compiled and edited by Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher *...			Thomas Sexton
Aug 1883		Nicholas Lynch	Thomas Sexton
1885 United Kingdom general election, 1885 -Seats summary:-See also:List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918Representation of the People Act 1884Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...	constituency abolished: see North Sligo North Sligo (UK Parliament constituency) North Sligo was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1922.... and South Sligo South Sligo (UK Parliament constituency) South Sligo was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1922....

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