North Meath

{{Short description|UK House of Commons constituency (1885 to 1922)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=June 2021}} {{Infobox UK constituency |name = North Meath |type = county |parliament = uk |year = 1885 |abolished = 1922 |seats = 1 |previous = Meath |next = Louth–Meath |}}

'''North Meath''' was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) from 1885 to 1922.

Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election the area was part of the Meath constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

==Boundaries== This constituency comprised the northern part of County Meath.

'''1885–1922''': The baronies of Fore, Kells Lower, Kells Upper, Morgallion, Slane Lower and Slane Upper, that part of the barony of Navan Lower not contained within the constituency of South Meath, and that part of the barony of Skreen contained within the parishes of Ardmulchan and Athlumney.

==Members of Parliament==

{| class="wikitable" |- !|Years!!Member!!Party |- | 1885–1886 | Kevin Izod O'Doherty | Irish Parliamentary Party |- | 1886–1890 |rowspan=2| Pierce Mahony | Irish Parliamentary Party |- | 1891–1892 | Parnellite |- | 1892 | Michael Davitt | Irish National Federation |- | 1893–1900 | James Gibney | Irish National Federation |- | 1900–1918 | Patrick White | Irish Parliamentary Party |- | 1918 | Liam Mellows<ref>He was also elected for Galway East</ref> | Sinn Féin |- | 1918–1922 | '''vacant''' | |- |}

==Elections==

===Elections in the 1880s=== {{Election box begin | |title=1885 general election: North Meath<ref name="walker">{{cite book|editor1-last=Walker|editor1-first=B.M.|title=Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922|date=1978|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|location=Dublin|isbn=0901714127|pages=367–368, 394}}</ref>}} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = Kevin Izod O'Doherty }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 6,652 }} {{Election box new seat win| |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | |title=1886 general election: North Meath<ref name="walker"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = Pierce Mahony }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 6,652 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party }} {{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1890s=== {{Election box begin | |title=1892 general election: North Meath<ref name="walker"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Irish National Federation |candidate = Michael Davitt |votes = 2,549 |percentage = 54.3 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Irish National League |candidate = Pierce Mahony |votes = 2,146 |percentage = 45.7 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 403 |percentage = 8.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 4,695 |percentage = 78.4 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 5,990 }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Irish National Federation |loser = Irish Parliamentary Party |swing = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box end}}

On petition, Davitt was unseated causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin | |title=By-election, 1893: North Meath<ref name="walker"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Irish National Federation |candidate = James Gibney |votes = 2,635 |percentage = 52.6 |change = −1.7 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Irish National League |candidate = Pierce Mahony |votes = 2,377 |percentage = 47.4 |change = +1.7 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 258 |percentage = 5.2 |change = −3.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 5,012 |percentage = 82.7 |change = +4.3 }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 6,059 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Irish National Federation |swing = −1.7 }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | |title=1895 general election: North Meath<ref name="walker"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Irish National Federation |candidate = James Gibney |votes = 2,324 |percentage = 50.3 |change = −4.0 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Irish National League |candidate = John Sweetman |votes = 2,292 |percentage = 49.7 |change = +4.0 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 32 |percentage = 0.6 |change = −8.0 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 4,616 |percentage = 80.7 |change = +2.3 }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 5,721 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Irish National Federation |swing = −4.0 }} {{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1900s=== {{Election box begin | |title=1900 general election: North Meath<ref name="walker"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = Patrick White |votes = 1,453 |percentage = 52.5 |change = +2.2 }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Healyite Nationalist |candidate = James Gibney |votes = 1,316 |percentage = 47.5 |change = -2.2 }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 137 |percentage = 5.0 |change = +4.4 }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 2,769 |percentage = 45.7 |change = −35.0 }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 6,064 }} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | |title=1906 general election: North Meath<ref name="walker"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = Patrick White }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 5,615 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party }} {{Election box end}}

===Elections in the 1910s=== {{Election box begin | |title=January 1910 general election: North Meath<ref name="walker"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = Patrick White }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 5,662 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | |title=December 1910 general election: North Meath<ref name="walker"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = Patrick White }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 5,662 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party }} {{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin | |title=1918 general election: North Meath<ref name="walker"/>}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Sinn Féin |candidate = Liam Mellows |votes = 6,982 |percentage = 65.0 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = Patrick Joseph Cusack |votes = 3,758 |percentage = 35.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 3,224 |percentage = 30.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 10,740 |percentage = 73.0 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 14,716 }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Sinn Féin |loser = Irish Parliamentary Party |swing = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box end}}

==Sources== *{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922|editor-first=Brian M.|editor-last=Walker|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|year=1978|location=Dublin|isbn=0901714127}} *{{Rayment-hc|m|2|date=March 2012}}

==Footnotes== {{reflist}}

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