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Limerick City (UK Parliament constituency)

{{short description|UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1922}}

{{Use Hiberno-English|date=October 2013}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

{{Infobox UK constituency

|name = Limerick City

|type = borough

|borough = Limerick

|region = Ireland

|county = County Limerick

|parliament = uk

|year = 1801

|abolished = 1922

|seats = {{ubl|1 (1801–1832)|2 (1832–1885)|1 (1885–1922)}}

|previous = Limerick City (IHC)

|next = Limerick City–Limerick East

|}}

Limerick City was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland. It returned one MP 1801–1832, two MPs 1832–1885 and one thereafter. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801. It ceased to be represented in the United Kingdom Parliament in 1922.

Boundaries

This was a borough constituency, comprising the parliamentary borough of Limerick in County Limerick. After 1885, It was south of Clare East but was otherwise surrounded by Limerick East.

Members of Parliament

=One member 1801–1832=

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|ElectionMemberPartyNote
style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |

| 1801, 1 January

| Henry Deane Grady

|

| 1801: Co-opted

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| 1802, 16 July

| Charles Vereker

| Tory

| Succeeded as the 2nd Viscount Gort

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |

| 1817, 25 July

| Hon. John Vereker

| Tory

| Unseated on petition

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 1820, 3 July

| Thomas Spring Rice

| Whig

| Declared duly elected

colspan="2" align="center"|1832

|colspan="3"| Constituency allocated two seats

=Two members 1832–1885=

class="wikitable"
colspan="3"|ElectionFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Repeal Association}}" |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Repeal Association}}" rowspan="2" |

| 1832, 21 December

| William Roche

Repeal Association{{cite book|last1=Smith|first1=Henry Stooks|title=The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections|date=1842|publisher=Simpkin, Marshall & Company|pages=232–233|edition=Second|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQgHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA232}}{{sfn|Walker|1978}}

|rowspan="2"| Sir David Roche, Bt a

rowspan="2" | Repeal Association{{sfn|Walker|1978}}
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Radicals (UK)}}" rowspan="2"|

| 1841, 6 July

|rowspan="4"| John O'Brien

rowspan="2"| Radical{{cite book |last1=Warwick |first1=William Atkinson |title=The House of Commons: As Elected to the Fourteenth Parliament of the United Kingdom, Being the Second of Victoria |date=1841 |publisher=Saunders and Otley |location=London |page=150 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CiNkAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA150 }}
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Repeal Association}}" |

| 1844, 9 July

| James Kelly

Repeal Association{{sfn|Walker|1978}}
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Repeal Association}}" rowspan="2"|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Repeal Association}}" |

| 1847, 6 August

|rowspan="2"| Repeal Association{{sfn|Walker|1978}}{{cite news |title=Freeman's Journal |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000056/18470802/013/0003 |accessdate=5 October 2018 |date=2 August 1847 |page=3 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription}}

| John O'Connell a

Repeal Association{{sfn|Walker|1978}}
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent Whig}}" |

| 1851, 1 August

| Henry Fitzalan-Howard

Independent Whig{{cite DNB |wstitle= Howard, Henry Granville Fitzalan |volume=28 |last=Kent |first=William Charles Mark}}
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent Irish Party}}" |style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" rowspan="4"|

| 1852, 15 July

|Robert Potter b

Ind. Irish{{sfn|Walker|1978}}

|rowspan="5"| Francis William Russell b

rowspan="4"| Whig{{cite news |title=Freeman's Journal |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000056/18570324/003/0003 |accessdate=5 October 2018 |date=24 March 1857 |pages=2–3 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription}}{{cite news |title=Dublin Evening Mail |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000433/18570311/063/0002 |accessdate=5 October 2018 |date=11 March 1857 |pages=2–3 |via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription}}
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |

| 1854, 28 October

| James O'Brien c

Whig
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent Irish Party}}" |

| 1858, 15 February

| George Gavin d

Ind. Irish{{cite news|title=Gavin and Ball|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001311/18580224/056/0004|accessdate=25 February 2018|work=Kilkenny Journal, and Leinster Commercial and Literary Advertiser|location=County Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland|date=24 January 1858|page=4|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription}}
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |

| 1858, 21 May

| James Spaight

Conservative{{sfn|Walker|1978}}
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" rowspan="2" |

| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |

| 1859, 5 May

|rowspan="2"| George Gavin

rowspan="2"| Liberal{{sfn|Walker|1978}}Liberal{{sfn|Walker|1978}}
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Home Rule League}}" rowspan="2" |

| 1871, 20 September

|rowspan="2"| Isaac Butt

rowspan="2"| Home Rule League{{sfn|Walker|1978}}
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Home Rule League}}" rowspan="2" |

| 1874, 5 February

|rowspan="2"| Richard O'Shaughnessy e

rowspan="2"| Home Rule League{{sfn|Walker|1978}}
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Home Rule League}}" rowspan="2" |

| 1879, 20 September

|rowspan="2"| Daniel Fitzgerald Gabbett

rowspan="2"| Home Rule League{{sfn|Walker|1978}}
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Home Rule League}}" |

| 1883, 16 November

| Edward McMahon

Home Rule League{{sfn|Walker|1978}}
colspan="3" align="center"|1885

|colspan="4"| Constituency allocated one seat

Notes:-

  • a Resigned.
  • b Died.
  • c Appointed a Judge of the Irish Court of Queen's Bench.
  • d Unseated on petition and new writ issued.
  • e Appointed Registrar of Petty Sessions Clerk.

=One member 1885–1922=

class="wikitable"
colspan="2"|ElectionMemberParty
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Parliamentary Party}}" |

| 1885, 27 November

| Henry Joseph Gill

| Irish Parliamentary{{sfn|Walker|1978}}

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Parliamentary Party}}" |

| 1888, 17 April

| rowspan="2" | Francis Arthur O'Keefe

| Irish Parliamentary{{sfn|Walker|1978}}

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish National Federation}}" |

| 1892, 7 July

| Irish National Federation{{sfn|Walker|1978}}

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish National League}}" |

| 1895, 13 July

| John Daly

| Irish National League{{sfn|Walker|1978}}

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish National Federation}}" |

| 1895, 11 September

| Francis Arthur O'Keefe

| Irish National Federation{{sfn|Walker|1978}}

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Parliamentary Party}}" |

| 1900, 4 October

| Michael Joyce

| Irish Parliamentary Party{{sfn|Walker|1978}}

style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |

| 1918, 14 December

| Michael Colivet

| Sinn Féin{{sfn|Walker|1978}}

colspan="2" align="center"|1922

|colspan="2"| Constituency abolished

Elections

In 1801–1832 and 1885–1922 the constituency used the first past the post electoral system to fill its one seat. In 1832–1885 the block vote was used to elect two members and first past the post to return one member at by-elections.

=Elections in the 1830s=

{{Election box begin no change |

|title=General election 1830: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}{{cite web |last1=Farrell |first1=Stephen |title=Limerick |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/limerick |website=The History of Parliament |accessdate=17 May 2020}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Thomas Spring Rice

|votes = 796

|percentage = 62.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Repeal Association

|candidate = Samuel Dickson

|votes = 485

|percentage = 37.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 311

|percentage = 24.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 1,281

|percentage = {{circa|40.0}}

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = {{circa|3,200}}

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change |

|title=General election 1831: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Thomas Spring Rice

}}

{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 3,200

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change |

|title=General election 1832: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Repeal Association

|candidate = William Roche (Irish politician)|William Roche

|votes = 1,648

|percentage = 38.1

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change|

|party = Repeal Association

|candidate = David Roche

|votes = 1,285

|percentage = 29.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = John Vereker

|votes = 1,105

|percentage = 25.5

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Repeal Association

|candidate = Samuel Dickson

|votes = 184

|percentage = 4.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Tories (British political party)

|candidate = Ralph Westropp

|votes = 104

|percentage = 2.4

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 180

|percentage = 4.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 2,444

|percentage = 85.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 2,868

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Repeal Association

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Repeal Association

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change |

|title=General election 1835: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed for alliance|

|party = Repeal Association

|side = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = William Roche (Irish politician)|William Roche

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed for alliance|

|party = Repeal Association

|side = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = David Roche

}}

{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 2,976

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Repeal Association

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Repeal Association

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin no change |

|title=General election 1837: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate for alliance no change|

|party = Repeal Association

|side = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = William Roche (Irish politician)|William Roche

|votes = 973

|percentage = 40.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box winning candidate for alliance no change|

|party = Repeal Association

|side = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = David Roche

|votes = 960

|percentage = 39.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = William Monsell

|votes = 387

|percentage = 16.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link no change|

|party = Conservative Party (UK)

|candidate = Thomas Wilson

|votes = 101

|percentage = 4.2

|change =

}}

{{Election box majority no change|

|votes = 573

|percentage = 23.7

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout no change|

|votes = 1,355

|percentage = 38.3

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors no change|

|reg. electors = 3,534

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Repeal Association

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Repeal Association

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1840s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1841: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Radicals (UK)

|candidate = John O'Brien

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Repeal Association

|candidate = David Roche

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,893

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Radicals (UK)

|loser = Repeal Association

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Repeal Association

}}

{{Election box end}}

Roche resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin |

|title=By-election, 9 July 1844: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Repeal Association

|candidate = James Kelly

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Repeal Association

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1847: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Repeal Association

|candidate = John O'Connell

|votes = 583

|percentage = 50.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Repeal Association

|candidate = John O'Brien

|votes = 537

|percentage = 46.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Confederate Party

|candidate = Richard O'Gorman

|votes = 37

|percentage = 3.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 500

|percentage = 43.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 579 (est)

|percentage = 28.1 (est)

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 2,063

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Repeal Association

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Repeal Association

|loser = Radicals (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1850s=

O'Connell resigned by accepting the office of Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin |

|title=By-election, 1 August 1851: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed minor party|

|color = {{party color|Independent Whig}}

|party = Independent Whig

|candidate = Henry Fitzalan-Howard

}}

{{Election box gain no swing|

|colour = {{party color|Independent Whig}}

|winner = Independent Whig

|loser = Repeal Association

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1852: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Irish Party

|candidate = Robert Potter

|votes = 512

|percentage = 33.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Francis William Russell

|votes = 461

|percentage = 30.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = James O'Brien

|votes = 457

|percentage = 30.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Conservative Party

|candidate = Thadeus McDonnell

|votes = 94

|percentage = 6.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 762 (est)

|percentage = 66.6 (est)

|change = +35.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,144

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 51

|percentage = 3.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Independent Irish Party

|loser = Repeal Association

|swing =

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 367

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box gain|

|colour = {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}

|winner = {{party shortname linked|Whigs (British political party)}}

|loser = Independent Whig

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

Potter's death caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin |

|title=By-election, 28 October 1854: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = James O'Brien

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Independent Irish Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1857: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = Francis William Russell

}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = James O'Brien

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,913

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Whigs (British political party)

|loser = Independent Irish Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

O'Brien resigned after being appointed a judge of the Queen's Bench, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin |

|title=By-election, 15 February 1858: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Irish Party

|candidate = George Gavin

|votes = 782

|percentage = 51.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Whigs (British political party)

|candidate = John Ball

|votes = 733

|percentage = 48.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 49

|percentage = 3.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,515

|percentage = 79.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,913

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Independent Irish Party

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

On petition, Gavin was unseated, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin |

|title=By-election, 21 May 1858: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Conservative Party

|candidate = James Spaight

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish Conservative Party

|loser = Whigs (British political party)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1859: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Francis William Russell

|votes = 1,208

|percentage = 41.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = George Gavin

|votes = 902

|percentage = 30.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Conservative Party

|candidate = James Spaight

|votes = 807

|percentage = 27.7

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 95

|percentage = 3.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,458 (est)

|percentage = 72.4 (est)

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 2,013

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|loser = Irish Conservative Party

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1860s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1865: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = George Gavin

|votes = 1,004

|percentage = 40.1

|change = +9.2

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Francis William Russell

|votes = 838

|percentage = 33.5

|change = −7.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Conservative Party

|candidate = James Spaight

|votes = 658

|percentage = 26.3

|change = −1.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Conservative Party

|candidate = Josh Seaward

|votes = 4

|percentage = 0.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 180

|percentage = 7.2

|change = +4.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,579 (est)

|percentage = 78.8 (est)

|change = +6.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 2,005

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = +5.0

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = −3.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1868: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = George Gavin

|votes = 1,026

|percentage = 37.6

|change = −2.5

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Francis William Russell

|votes = 794

|percentage = 29.1

|change = −4.4

}}

{{Election box candidate minor party|

|party = Liberal-Conservative

|color = #FFFFAA

|candidate = Peter Tait{{cite news|title=Limerick City|url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001423/18681128/010/0004|accessdate=25 February 2018|work=The Irishman|date=28 November 1868|page=4|via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription}}

|votes = 720

|percentage = 26.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Nationalist

|candidate = Richard Pigott

|votes = 187

|percentage = 6.9

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 74

|percentage = 2.7

|change = −5.5

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,364 (est)

|percentage = 67.1 (est)

|change = −11.7

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 2,032

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Liberal Party (UK)

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1870s=

Russell's death caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin |

|title=By-election, 20 Sep 1871: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Home Rule League

|candidate = Isaac Butt

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 2,193

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Home Rule League

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1874: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Home Rule League

|candidate = Isaac Butt

|votes = 856

|percentage = 30.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Home Rule League

|candidate = Richard O'Shaughnessy

|votes = 848

|percentage = 30.0

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Conservative Party

|candidate = James Spaight

|votes = 587

|percentage = 20.8

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Home Rule League

|candidate = Peter Tait

|votes = 291

|percentage = 10.3

|change = −16.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Home Rule League

|candidate = Charles Smyth Vereker

|votes = 242

|percentage = 8.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 261

|percentage = 9.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,706 (est)

|percentage = 85.1 (est)

|change = +18.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 2,004

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Home Rule League

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Home Rule League

|loser = Liberal Party (UK)

}}

{{Election box end}}

Butt's death caused a by-election.

{{Election box begin |

|title=By-election, 23 May 1879: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Home Rule League

|candidate = Daniel Fitzgerald Gabbett

|votes = 860

|percentage = 56.7

|change = −22.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Conservative Party

|candidate = James Spaight

|votes =658

|percentage = 43.3

|change = +22.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 202

|percentage = 13.4

|change = +4.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,518

|percentage = 78.7

|change = −6.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,930

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Home Rule League

|swing = −22.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1880s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 1880: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Home Rule League

|candidate = Richard O'Shaughnessy

|votes = 1,109

|percentage = 40.8

|change = +10.8

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Home Rule League

|candidate = Daniel Fitzgerald Gabbett

|votes = 989

|percentage = 36.4

|change = +6.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Conservative Party

|candidate = James Spaight

|votes = 620

|percentage = 22.8

|change = +2.0

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 369

|percentage = 13.6

|change = +4.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,729 (est)

|percentage = 89.4 (est)

|change = +4.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,934

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Home Rule League

|swing = +4.9

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Home Rule League

|swing = +3.6

}}

{{Election box end}}

O'Shaughnessy resigned after being appointed a registrar of petty sessions clerk, causing a by-election.

{{Election box begin |

|title=By-election, 16 Nov 1883: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate = Edward McMahon

|votes = 922

|percentage = 66.1

|change = −11.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Conservative Party

|candidate = James Spaight

|votes = 473

|percentage = 33.9

|change = +11.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 449

|percentage = 32.2

|change = +18.6

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,395

|percentage = 71.0

|change = −18.4 (est)

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 1,964

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

|swing = +11.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

For the 1885 election, the seat was reduced to one MP.

{{Election box begin |

|title=1885 general election: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate = Henry Joseph Gill

|votes = 3,098

|percentage = 83.0

|change = +5.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Conservative Party

|candidate = James Spaight

|votes = 635

|percentage = 17.0

|change = −5.8

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,463

|percentage = 66.0

|change = +52.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 3,733

|percentage = 62.1

|change = −27.3 (est)

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 6,010

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

|swing = +5.8

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=1886 general election: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate = Henry Joseph Gill

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=By-election 1888: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate = Francis Arthur O'Keefe

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1890s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=1892 general election: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Irish National Federation

|candidate = Francis Arthur O'Keefe

|votes = 1,878

|percentage = 55.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Irish National League

|candidate = Pat O'Brien

|votes = 1,490

|percentage = 44.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 388

|percentage = 11.6

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 3,368

|percentage = 66.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 5,084

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Irish National Federation

|loser = Irish Parliamentary Party

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=1895 general election: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish National League

|candidate = John Daly

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|loser = Irish National Federation

|winner = Irish National League

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

Daly, who was serving a term of life imprisonment, was elected unopposed after the Official Nationalist candidate (O'Keefe) withdrew in his favour. As a convicted felon, Daly was not eligible to sit in the House of Commons, and the election was declared void.

{{Election box begin |

|title=By-election, 1895: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Irish National Federation

|candidate = Francis Arthur O'Keefe

|votes = 1,851

|percentage = 51.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Irish National League

|candidate = Joseph Nolan

|votes = 1,764

|percentage = 48.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 87

|percentage = 2.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 3,615

|percentage = 66.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 5,407

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Irish National Federation

|loser = Irish National League

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1900s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=1900 general election: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate = Michael Joyce

|votes = 2,521

|percentage = 84.2

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Unionist Alliance

|candidate = Francis Edgar Kearney

|votes = 474

|percentage = 15.8

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,047

|percentage = 68.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 2,995

|percentage = 68.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 5,297

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=1906 general election: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate = Michael Joyce

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

=Elections in the 1910s=

{{Election box begin |

|title=January 1910 general election: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate = Michael Joyce

|votes = 2,137

|percentage = 68.7

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = All-for-Ireland League

|candidate = John Rice

|votes = 973

|percentage = 31.3

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,164

|percentage = 37.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 3,110

|percentage = 66.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 4,686

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=December 1910 general election: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate = Michael Joyce

|votes = 2,452

|percentage = 78.2

|change = +9.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = All-for-Ireland League

|candidate = John Rice

|votes = 682

|percentage = 21.8

|change = −9.5

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 1,770

|percentage = 56.4

|change = +19.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 3,134

|percentage = 66.9

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 4,686

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

|swing = +9.5

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=1918 general election: Limerick City{{sfn|Walker|1978}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Michael Colivet

}}

{{Election box gain with party link no swing|

|winner = Sinn Féin

|loser = Irish Parliamentary Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Incomplete list|date=August 2008}}

See also

References

  • 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|pages=224–225, 291–293, 360}}
  • {{Rayment-hc|l|3|date=March 2012}}

{{County Limerick constituencies}}

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Category:Westminster constituencies in County Limerick (historic)

Category:Dáil constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)

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