Elections
| General Election 8 December 1885: Cavan West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Nationalist | Joseph Gillis Biggar | 6425 | 78.3 | ||
| Conservative | Samuel Saunderson | 1779 | 21.7 | ||
| Majority | 4646 | 56.6 | |||
| Turnout | 10109 | 81.2 | |||
| Irish Nationalist gain from new seat | Swing | ||||
| General Election 8 July 1886: Cavan West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Nationalist | Joseph Gillis Biggar | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 10109 | ||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
| By-election 26 March 1890: Cavan West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Nationalist | Edmond Francis Vesey Knox | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 11496 | ||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 14 July 1892: Cavan West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish National Federation | Edmond Francis Vesey Knox | 6458 | 76.8 | ||
| Irish Unionist | Major Nugent Talbot Everard | 1950 | 23.2 | ||
| Majority | 4508 | 53.6 | |||
| Turnout | 10856 | 77.5 | |||
| Irish National Federation gain from Irish Nationalist | Swing | ||||
| General Election 16 July 1895: Cavan West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish National Federation | Edmond Francis Vesey Knox | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 10439 | ||||
| Irish National Federation hold | Swing | ||||
| By-election 2 August 1895: Cavan West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish National Federation | James Patrick Farrell | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 10439 | ||||
| Irish National Federation hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 4 October 1900: Cavan West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Nationalist | Thomas McGovern | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 9944 | ||||
| Irish Nationalist gain from Irish National Federation | Swing | ||||
| By-election 11 June 1904: Cavan West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Nationalist | Vincent Paul Kennedy | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 9119 | ||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 16 January 1906: Cavan West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Nationalist | Vincent Paul Kennedy | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 8897 | ||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 18 January 1910: Cavan West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Nationalist | Vincent Paul Kennedy | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 8605 | ||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 5 December 1910: Cavan West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Nationalist | Vincent Paul Kennedy | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 8605 | ||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 14 December 1918: Cavan West | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Sinn Féin | Peter Paul Gilligan | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 22270 | ||||
| Sinn Féin gain from Irish Nationalist | Swing | ||||
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