South Galway (UK Parliament constituency)

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

South 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 southern part of County Galway.

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	David Sheehy (1844–17 December 1932)	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1890		Anti-Parnellite
	1900	William John Duffy	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1918	Frank Fahy	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 South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Frank Fahy	10,621	85.90
	Irish Parliamentary	William Duffy	1,744	14.10
	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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