1900 North Sligo by-election

UK Parliamentary by-election January 2024 January 2024 The 1900 North Sligo by-election was a Parliamentary by-election held on 7 March 1900.Craig F.W.S. 1987 Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987 Chichester Parliamentary Research Services 293 The constituency returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. The seat had become vacant following the resignation of the incumbent Irish Parliamentary Party MP, Bernard Collery who had been elected for the Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite). 26 January 1900 Election News https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3467246/3467250/72/ Evening Express 4 13 January 2024 Collery vacated his Parliamentary seat by being appointed Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds on 27 January 1900.27159 30 January 1900 606 Collery had been Member of Parliament for the constituency since the 1891 by-election. Candidates The Executive of the United Irish League met on Wednesday 14 February to select a candidate and unanimously selected John O'Dowd. 15 February 1900 Election News https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3744995/3745001/121/ South Wales Daily News 6 13 January 2024Bull Philip May 1988 The United Irish League and the Reunion of the Irish Parliamentary Party, 1898-1900 https://www.jstor.org/stable/30008504 Irish Historical Studies 26 101 51–78 10.1017/S0021121400009445 30008504 159834691 13 January 2024 subscription O'Dowd was a shop-keeper and farmer from Bunnanadden.https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligo/news/there-are-no-war-winners/39456479.html There are no war winners Farry Michael 22 August 2020 Irish Independent 13 January 2024 He was also chairman of Sligo County Council. 8 March 1900 Election News https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3745157/3745163/128/ South Wales Daily News 6 13 January 2024 The name of Henry Brennan, the vice-chairman of the County Council, was also submitted, but Brennan withdrew his candidature for the sake of unity. 19 April 1900 Irish News https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/periodicals/new-zealand-tablet/1900/04/19/9 New Zealand Tablet Dunedin 9 13 January 2024 15 February 1900 Election News https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4340397/4340403/98/ Western Mail 6 13 January 2024 Result The writ for the by-election was issued on Friday 23 February, New Writ https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1900/feb/23/new-writ House of Commons 23 February 1900 79 914 and was received in Sligo on Monday 26 February. 27 February 1900 Election News https://newspapers.library.wales/view/4340486/4340492/79/ Western Mail 6 13 January 2024 The date for nominations was set for Wednesday 7 March and polling day for Tuesday 13 March. 27 February 1900 Election News https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3745085/3745090/112/ South Wales Daily News 5 13 January 2024 As only one candidate was nominated, there was no poll. 1900 North Sligo by-electionWalker Brian Mercer Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922 Dublin 1978 Royal Irish Academy 158 0-901714-12-7 1919 The Constitutional Year Book for 1919 https://archive.org/details/constitutional1919londuoft/ London National Unionist Association 334 1908 The Liberal Year Book for 1908 https://archive.org/details/liberalyearbook01unkngoog/ London The Liberal Publication Department 336–337 Irish Parliamentary Party John O'Dowd 8,629 Irish Parliamentary Party References Category:1900 elections in the United Kingdom Category:1900 elections in Ireland Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Sligo constituencies Category:Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom Category:March 1900 in the United Kingdom