{{Short description|UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1885–1922}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}} {{Infobox UK constituency |name = West Cavan |type = county |parliament = uk |year = 1885 |abolished = 1922 |seats = 1 |previous = Cavan |next = Cavan |}} '''West Cavan''' was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1885 to 1922 returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Prior to 1885 the area was part of the County Cavan constituency. After 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, the area was not represented in the UK Parliament.
==Boundaries== This constituency comprised the western part of County Cavan, consisting of the baronies of Clanmahon, Loughtee Lower, Tullyhaw and Tullyhunco, that part of the barony of Loughtee Upper contained within the parishes of Annagelliff, Castleterra, Kilmore and Urney and the townland of Crumlin in the parish of Denn, and that part of the barony of Tullygarvey contained within the parish of Annagh.
==Members of Parliament== {| class="wikitable" |- !Election!!colspan="2"|Member!!Party |- | 1885 |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Nationalist Party (Ireland)}}" | |Joseph Biggar |Nationalist |- | 1890(b) |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Nationalist Party (Ireland)}}" | |rowspan="2"| Edmund Vesey Knox | Nationalist |- |1892 |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish National Federation}}" | |Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite) |- | 1895(b)<ref name="knox1895">At the 1895 general election, Knox was elected for both West Cavan and for Londonderry City. He chose to sit for Londonderry, triggering a by-election in West Cavan.</ref> |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish National Federation}}" | | James Patrick Farrell | Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite) |- | 1900 |style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Nationalist Party (Ireland)}}" | | Thomas McGovern | Nationalist |- | 1904(b) |style="color:inherit;background-color:{{party color|Nationalist Party (Ireland)}}" | |Vincent Kennedy |Nationalist |- | 1918 |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" | | Paul Galligan | Sinn Féin |- |1922 |colspan=3| ''Constituency abolished: See Cavan (Dáil constituency).'' |- |}
==Elections== ===Elections in the 1880s=== {{Election box begin | |title=General election 8 December 1885: West Cavan}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = Joseph Biggar |votes = 6,425 |percentage = 78.3 |change = }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Irish Conservative Party |candidate = Samuel Saunderson |votes = 1,779 |percentage = 21.7 |change = }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 4,646 |percentage = 56.6 |change = }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 8,204 |percentage = 81.2 |change = }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 10,109 }} {{Election box new seat win| |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | |title=General election 8 July 1886: West Cavan}} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = Joseph Biggar }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 10,109 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party }} {{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1890s=== {{Election box begin | |title=By-election 26 March 1890: Cavan West}} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = Edmund Vesey Knox }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 11,496 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | |title=General election 14 July 1892: Cavan West}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link| |party = Irish National Federation |candidate = Edmund Vesey Knox |votes = 6,458 |percentage = 76.8 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box candidate with party link| |party = Irish Unionist Party |candidate = Nugent Talbot Everard |votes = 1,950 |percentage = 23.2 |change = ''New'' }} {{Election box majority| |votes = 4,508 |percentage = 53.6 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box turnout| |votes = 8,408 |percentage = 77.5 |change = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 10,856 }} {{Election box gain with party link| |winner = Irish National Federation |loser = Irish Parliamentary Party |swing = ''N/A'' }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | |title=General election 16 July 1895: Cavan West}} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Irish National Federation |candidate = Edmund Vesey Knox }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 10,439 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Irish National Federation }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | |title=By-election 2 August 1895: Cavan West}} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Irish National Federation |candidate = James Patrick Farrell }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 10,439 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Irish National Federation }} {{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1900s=== {{Election box begin | |title=General election 4 October 1900: Cavan West}} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = Thomas McGovern }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 9,944 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | |title=By-election 11 June 1904: Cavan West}} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = Vincent Kennedy }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 9,119 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | |title=General election 16 January 1906: Cavan West}} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = Vincent Kennedy }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 8,897 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party }} {{Election box end}}
===Elections in the 1910s=== {{Election box begin | |title=General election 18 January 1910: Cavan West}} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = Vincent Kennedy }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 8,605 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | |title=General election 5 December 1910: Cavan West}} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Irish Parliamentary Party |candidate = Vincent Kennedy }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 8,605 }} {{Election box hold with party link no swing| |winner = Irish Parliamentary Party }} {{Election box end}} {{Election box begin | |title=General Election 14 December 1918: Cavan West}} {{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link| |party = Sinn Féin |candidate = Paul Galligan }} {{Election box registered electors| |reg. electors = 22,270 }} {{Election box gain with party link no swing| |winner = Sinn Féin |loser = Irish Parliamentary Party }} {{Election box end}}
==References== {{reflist}} *{{Rayment-hc|c|3|date=March 2012}} *''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) *{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922|editor-first=B.M.|editor-last=Walker|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|year=1978|location=Dublin|isbn=0901714127|pages=332–333, 385}} *''The Anglo-Celt 150th Anniversary Souvenir Supplement'' (dated 30 May 1996).
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