North Galway (UK Parliament constituency)
North Galway | |
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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 |
North Galway was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 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 northern part of County Galway. The boundaries were redefined in 1918 to take account of the transfer of the District Electoral Division of Rosmoylan from County Galway to County Roscommon under the 1898 Local Government Act.
1885–1918: The baronies of Ballymoe, Clare and Dunmore.
1918–1922: The rural districts of Glennamaddy and Tuam.
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | John Philip Nolan | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
1890 | Parnellite | ||
1895 | Denis Kilbride | Anti-Parnellite | |
1900 | John Philip Nolan | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
1906 | Thomas Higgins | ||
1906 | Richard Hazleton | ||
January 1910 | |||
December 1910 | |||
1918 | Bryan Cusack | Sinn Féin | |
1921 | Constituency merged into Galway (Dáil constituency) |
Elections[]
The elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system.
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | John Philip Nolan | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | John Philip Nolan | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1890s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National League | John Philip Nolan | 2,040 | 55.3 | N/A | |
Irish National Federation | Charles Kearns Deane Tanner | 1,651 | 44.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 389 | 10.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,691 | 44.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,328 | ||||
Irish National League gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | Denis Kilbride | 2,590 | 56.1 | +11.4 | |
Irish National League | John Philip Nolan | 2,025 | 43.9 | −11.4 | |
Majority | 565 | 12.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,615 | 46.0 | +1.7 | ||
Registered electors | 10,034 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish National League | Swing | +11.4 |
Elections in the 1900s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | John Philip Nolan | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Thomas Higgins | 2,585 | 70.8 | N/A | |
Independent Nationalist | John Philip Nolan | 1,064 | 29.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,521 | 41.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 3,649 | 47.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,689 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Richard Hazleton | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Richard Hazleton | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Richard Hazleton | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Richard Hazleton | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Sinn Féin | Bryan Cusack | 8,896 | 69.0 | New | |
Irish Parliamentary | Thomas Sloyan | 3,999 | 31.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 4,897 | 38.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,885 | 61.3 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 21,036 | ||||
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
References[]
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)
Categories:
- 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