North Westmeath (UK Parliament constituency)
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North Westmeath was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament
1885–1918.
Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885
and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Westmeath
constituency.
1Joined the Irish Parliamentary Party during the parliamentary term
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...
1885–1918.
Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885
United Kingdom general election, 1885
-Seats summary:-See also:*List of MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1885*Parliamentary Franchise in the United Kingdom 1885–1918*Representation of the People Act 1884*Redistribution of Seats Act 1885-References:...
and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Westmeath
Westmeath (UK Parliament constituency)
Westmeath is a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning two Members of Parliament 1801–1885 and one in 1918–1922.-Boundaries:This constituency comprised the whole of County Westmeath, except for the Parliamentary borough of Athlone 1801–1885....
constituency.
Members of Parliament
| Years | Member | Party |
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| 1885–1890 | James Tuite | Irish Parliamentary Party Irish Parliamentary Party The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at... |
| 1891–1900 | Anti-Parnellite | |
| 1900–1906 | Patrick James Kennedy | Healyite Nationalist Healyite Nationalist The Healyite Nationalists were Irish Nationalist politicians who supported Timothy Healy MP.Healy was the most outspoken member of the anti-Parnellite majority in the Irish Parliamentary Party... 1 |
| 1906–1909 | Laurence Ginnell Laurence Ginnell Laurence Ginnell was an Irish nationalist politician, lawyer and Member of Parliament of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as member of the Irish Parliamentary Party for Westmeath North at the 1906 UK general election, from 1910 he sat as an Independent... |
Irish Parliamentary Party |
| 1909–1917 | Independent Nationalist Independent Nationalist Independent Nationalist was a political title frequently used by Irish nationalists when contesting elections to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland not as members of the Irish Parliamentary Party, in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.In the... |
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| 1917–1918 | Sinn Féin Sinn Féin Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970... |
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1Joined the Irish Parliamentary Party during the parliamentary term