South 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 southern part of County Louth including the towns of Drogheda and Ardee. The seat was defined under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 as comprising the baronies of Drogheda and Ferrard, that part of the barony of Ardee not contained within the constituency of North Louth, and the county of the town of Drogheda.
Members of Parliament
YearsMemberParty 1885–1890 T. P. Gill Irish Parliamentary Party 1891–1892 Irish National Federation 1892–1895 Daniel Ambrose Irish National Federation 1896–1900 Richard McGhee Irish National Federation 1900–1901 Joseph Nolan Independent Nationalist 1901–1918 Irish Parliamentary Party1918 constituency abolished: see County Louth
Elections The elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system.
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Ambrose's death causes a by-election.
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
References
Debrett's Guide to the House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1918