South Galway (UK Parliament constituency)
South Galway | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1922 | |
Number of members | One |
Created from | County Galway |
South Galway was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.
Prior to the 1885 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 southern part of County Galway.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | David Sheehy | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
1890 | Anti-Parnellite | ||
1900 | William Duffy | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
1918 | Frank Fahy | Sinn Féin | |
1921 | Constituency merged into Galway (Dáil constituency) |
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | David Sheehy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,220 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | David Sheehy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,220 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish National Federation | David Sheehy | 2,623 | 65.0 | N/A | |
Irish National League | John P. McCarthy | 1,411 | 35.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,212 | 30.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,034 | 60.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,708 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish National Federation | David Sheehy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,265 | ||||
Irish National Federation hold |
Elections in the 1900s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | William Duffy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,148 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | William Duffy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,362 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1910s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | William Duffy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,292 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | William Duffy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,292 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sinn Féin | Frank Fahy | 10,621 | 85.9 | N/A | |
Irish Parliamentary | William Duffy | 1,744 | 14.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,877 | 71.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,365 | 66.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 18,507 | ||||
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)
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