Sligo Borough

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Sligo Borough was a former parliamentary constituency in Ireland that elected members to the British House of Commons before the Act of Union and in the early 19th century.

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Sligo Borough canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf borough constituency
parliamentary constituency
abolishedBy Acts of Union 1800
surface form: Act of Union 1800
category Historic parliamentary constituencies in County Sligo
country Ireland
electoralSystem borough franchise
jurisdiction Kingdom of Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
locatedIn County Sligo
partOf Sligo
surface form: Sligo town
postUnionParliament Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
preUnionParliament Parliament of Ireland
representedArea Sligo
representedIn House of Commons of the United Kingdom
Irish House of Commons
Parliament of Ireland
Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
representedSettlement Sligo
sentMembersTo House of Commons of the United Kingdom
surface form: British House of Commons

Irish House of Commons
status former constituency
timePeriod before the Act of Union 1800
early 19th century
type borough parliamentary constituency

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George Canning memberOfParliamentFor Sligo Borough