North Louth (UK Parliament constituency)

North Louth
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1918
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Louth
Created from	Dundalk and Louth

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 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 and Upper Dundalk, the parish of Killany. and that part of the parish of Louth included in the Barony of Ardee.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Joseph Nolan	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1891		Parnellite
	1892	Timothy Michael Healy	Anti-Parnellite
	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

1885

Joseph Nolan (Official Nationalist) 2581

Philip Callan (Independent Nationalist) 1451

1886

Joseph Nolan (uncontested)

1892

T. M. Healy (Anti-Parnellite) 2268

Philip Callan (Independent Nationalist) 1569

1895

T. M. Healy (Anti-Parnellite) 2294

Joseph Nolan (Parnellite) 1433

1900

T. M. Healy (Independent Nationalist) 1604

E. H. Burker (Official Nationalist) 1285

1906

T. M. Healy (uncontested)

January 1910

T. M. Healy (All-for-Ireland League) 2432

Richard Hazleton (Official Nationalist) 2333

December 1910

Richard Hazleton (Official Nationalist) 2509

T. M. Healy (All-for-Ireland League) 2021

1911 by-election The general election result was overturned by petition.

Augustine Roche (uncontested)

1916 by-election Roche had died.

P. J. Whitty (Official Nationalist) 2299

Bernard Hamill (Independent Nationalist) 1810

References

• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
• Debrett's Guide to the House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1918
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "L" (part 4)