Galway Connemara (UK Parliament constituency)

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Galway Connemara County constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1922
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	One

Connemara, a division of Galway, was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885-1922.

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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 References

[edit] Boundaries

This constituency comprised the north-western part of County Galway. For details of the areas traditional boundaries see Connemara.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Patrick James Foley	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1895	William O'Malley (1853–September 1939)	Anti-Parnellite
	1918	Pádraic Ó Máille (23 February 1878–19 January 1946)	Sinn Féin
1921		Constituency merged into Galway (Dáil Éireann constituency)

[edit] Elections

'The elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system.

General Election 1918: Galway Connemara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Pádraic Ó Máille	11,754	77.15
	Irish Parliamentary	William O'Malley	3,482	22.85
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

[edit] References

• Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)

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