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East Cavan was a parliamentary constituency in Irelandmarker, which from 1885 to 1922 returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commonsmarker of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Irelandmarker.

Prior to 1885 the area was part of the Cavan constituency. After 1922 the area was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Cavanmarker.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 Thomas O'Hanlon Irish Parliamentary Party
1886
1892 Samuel Young Irish National Federation
1895
1900 Irish Parliamentary Party
1906
Jan 1910
Dec 1910
June 1918 Arthur Griffith Sinn Féin (on the death of Young)
Dec 1918 Arthur Griffith Sinn Féin
1922 Constituency abolished: See Cavan .


Elections

Samuel Young died on 18 April 1918, and Arthur Griffith was elected in a by-election on 20 June. Griffith was returned again just six months later in the United Kingdom general election, 1918.

References

  • House of Commons: Carmarthen East and Dinefwr to Chesterton (including Cavan East)
  • 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)
  • Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
  • The Anglo-Celt 150th Anniversary Souvenir Supplement (dated 30 May 1996).



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