Galway Connemara (UK Parliament constituency)
Galway Connemara | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1922 | |
Number of members | One |
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 United Kingdom general election, 1885 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. For details of the areas traditional boundaries see Connemara.
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 | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | N/A | |
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)
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