Galway Connemara (UK Parliament constituency)
Galway Connemara | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1922 | |
Number of members | 1 |
Replaced by | Galway |
Created from | County Galway |
Connemara, a division of Galway, was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) from 1885 to 1922.
Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election the area was part of the Galway County constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.
Boundaries[]
This constituency comprised the north-western part of County Galway, roughly corresponding to the region of Connemara. In 1918, with the abolition of the Galway borough constituency, the constituency was redrawn to include the town of Galway and exclude an area which had been transferred to County Mayo under the 1898 Local Government Act.
1885–1918: The baronies of Ballynahinch, Moycullen, and Ross.
1918–1922: The rural districts of Clifden and Oughterard, the District Electoral Divisions of Barna, Furbogh, Kilcummin, Killannin, Moycullen, Selerna, Slievenaneena, Spiddle and Tullokyne in the rural district of Galway, and the urban district of Galway.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member [1] | Party | |
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1885 | Patrick James Foley | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
1895 | William O'Malley | Anti-Parnellite | |
1918 | Pádraic Ó Máille | Sinn Féin | |
1921 | Constituency merged into Galway (Dáil constituency) |
Elections[]
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Patrick James Foley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,842 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Patrick James Foley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,842 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1890s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Patrick James Foley | 2,637 | 81.5 | N/A | |
Irish National League | John Henry Joyce | 598 | 18.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,039 | 63.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,676 | 47.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,815 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | William O'Malley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,155 | ||||
Irish National Federation hold |
Elections in the 1900s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | William O'Malley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,423 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | William O'Malley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,438 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | William O'Malley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,248 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | William O'Malley | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,248 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Sinn Féin | Pádraic Ó Máille | 11,754 | 77.1 | New | |
Irish Parliamentary | William O'Malley | 3,482 | 22.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,272 | 54.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 15,236 | 61.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 24,956 | ||||
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
References[]
Sources[]
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
- Westminster constituencies in County Galway (historic)
- Dáil constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1922
- Historic Westminster constituency in Ireland stubs