1899 Fermanagh County Council election

The first election to Fermanagh County Council took place in April 1899 as part of that year's Irish local elections.

The election saw the council split evenly between Unionists and Nationalists.^[1] Concurrent district council elections saw Nationalists and Unionists both win 33 seats for Enniskillen Rural Council. Nationalists won a large majority on Enniskillen Board of Guardians, as 8 Cavan Divisions (which all returned Nationalists) were joined to the union. Nationalists won a majority on Lisnaskea Guardians and District Council, while Unionists won control of Irvinestown Council.^[1]

Aggregate results[]

Fermanagh County Council election, 1899^[2][1]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Irish Nationalist	10				50.00	56.35	3,922
	Irish Unionist	10				50.00	33.55	2,335
	Independent	0				0.00	10.10	703

Ward results[]

Belleek[]

Belleek^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John McHugh	196
	Irish Unionist	D. E. Johnston	121
Majority			75
Turnout

Crum[]

Crum^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Blake	268
	Irish Nationalist	Edward Brady	167
Majority			101
Turnout

Derrylea[]

Derrylea^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	James Tierney J.P.	356
	Irish Unionist	M. Graham	190
Majority			166
Turnout

Derrylester[]

Derrylester^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Owen McBarron	383
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Charles Doogan M.P.	181
Majority			202
Turnout

Enniskillen[]

Enniskillen^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Crumley J.P.	366
	Irish Unionist	Thomas Plunkett	358
Majority			8
Turnout

Florencecourt[]

Florencecourt^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	William Teele J.P.	302
	Irish Nationalist	Francis Maguire	238
Majority			64
Turnout

Garrison[]

Garrison^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	John Carroll	254
	Irish Nationalist	Dennis Gallagher	191
	Irish Unionist	John Nixon	50
Majority			63
Turnout

Inishmacsaint[]

Inishmacsaint^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Philip Timoney	222
	Irish Unionist	John Gordon	85
Majority			137
Turnout

Lack[]

Lack^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	R. Phillips	295
	Independent	George Evans	223
Majority			72
Turnout

Lisnaskea[]

Lisnaskea^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	George Arnold	264
		Thomas Plunkett (PHR)	218
Majority			137
Turnout

Magheravelly[]

Magheravelly^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Owens	336
	Irish Unionist	J. C. Crozier J.P.	183
Majority			153
Turnout

Monea[]

Monea^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	John Kerr	282
	Independent	William Ferguson	262
Majority			20
Turnout

Newtonbutler[]

Newtonbutler^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Jeremiah Jordan MP	337
	Irish Unionist	S. Clarke	205
Majority			132
Turnout

Rosslea[]

Rosslea^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Luke Cassidy	214
	Irish Nationalist	John McMahon	133
	Irish Nationalist	Edward Maddon	80
Majority			81
Turnout

Irvinestown[]

Irvinestown^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	Charles Cockburn D'Arcy Irvine	uncontested

Laragh[]

Laragh^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	C. Williamson	uncontested

Cross[]

Laragh^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	A. Savage	uncontested

Kesh[]

Kesh^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	E. M. Archdale MP	uncontested

Maguiresbridge[]

Maguiresbridge^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist		uncontested

Lisbellaw[]

Lisbellaw^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	William Hurst J.P.	uncontested

Enniskillen Urban Guardians[]

Enniskillen Urban Guardians^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	James Dundas Jnr.	360
	Irish Nationalist	Jeremiah Jordan MP	359
	Irish Unionist	Thomas Punkett MRIA	356
	Irish Unionist	William Teele J.P.	354
	Irish Nationalist	P. Crumley J.P.	353
	Irish Unionist	James Dundas Snr.	348
	Irish Unionist	John Graham	344
	Irish Unionist	Dr Kidd	344
	Irish Nationalist	James McGovern	341
	Irish Nationalist	Francis Little	340
	Irish Nationalist	James McElgum	340

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