North Louth was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected on a system of first-past-the-post, from 1885 to 1918. Prior to the 1885 general election and after the dissolution of Parliament in 1918 the area was part of the Louth constituency.
Boundaries This constituency comprised the northern part of County Louth. The seat was defined under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 as comprising the baronies of Louth, Lower Dundalk and Upper Dundalk, and that part of the barony of Ardee contained within the parishes of Killany and Louth.
Members of Parliament
ElectionMemberParty 1885 Joseph Nolan Irish Parliamentary Party 1891 Parnellite 1892 Tim Healy Irish National Federation 1900 Healyite Nationalist January 1910 All-for-Ireland League December 1910 Richard Hazleton Irish Parliamentary Party 1911 by-election Augustine Roche Irish Parliamentary Party 1916 by-election Patrick J. Whitty Irish Parliamentary Party 1918 constituency abolished: see County Louth
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
The general election result was overturned by petition.
Roche's death prompts a by-election.
References
Debrett's Guide to the House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1918