1895 West Cavan by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election August 2019 August 2019 The 1895 West Cavan by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of West Cavan on 22 August 1895.The Times, 23 August 1895 The sitting member, Edmund Vesey Knox of the Irish National Federation, who had sat for the constituency since a by-election in 1890, had been re-elected in the general election of 1895. However, having been elected also for the constituency of Londonderry City, he chose to sit for that constituency instead.The Times, 16 August 1895 The West Cavan seat thus became vacant, and in the ensuing by-election, another Irish National Federation candidate, J. P. Farrell, was elected unopposed.The Times, 23 August 1895The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 187 (211 in web page) By-election 2 August 1895: Cavan West Irish National Federation J. P. Farrell Unopposed N/A N/A Irish National Federation N/A References Category:1895 elections in the United Kingdom Category:August 1895 in the United Kingdom Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Cavan constituencies Category:Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Irish constituencies Category:1895 elections in Ireland