Galway Connemara (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

Election		Member ^[1]	Party
	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 Éireann constituency)

'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

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

Parliamentary constituencies in County Galway and Borough/City

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Athenry (1310–1800) · Galway Borough (1264–1800) · Galway County (1264–1800) · Tuam (1614–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Galway County (1801–1885) · Galway Borough (1801–1918) · Galway Connemara (1885–1922) · East Galway (1885–1922) · North Galway (1885–1922) · South Galway (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Galway (1921–1937) · Galway East (1937–1948, 1961–1969, 1977– ) · Galway North (1948–1961) · Galway North–East (1969–1977) · Galway South (1948–1961) · Clare–Galway South (1969–1977) · Galway West (1937– )

European Parliament 1979–present	Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004) · North-West (2004– )

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