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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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) | ||
Elections
| General Election 27 November 1885: Galway Connemara | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Nationalist | Patrick James Foley | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 5,842 | ||||
| Irish Nationalist gain from new seat | Swing | ||||
| General Election 6 July 1886: Galway Connemara | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Nationalist | Patrick James Foley | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 5,842 | ||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 13 July 1892: Galway Connemara | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish National Federation | Patrick James Foley | 2,637 | 81.5 | ||
| Parnellite Nationalist | John Henry Joyce | 598 | 18.5 | ||
| Majority | 2,039 | 63.0 | |||
| Turnout | 6,815 | 47.5 | |||
| Irish National Federation gain from Irish Nationalist | Swing | ||||
| General Election 19 July 1895: Galway Connemara | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish National Federation | William O’Malley | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 7,155 | ||||
| Irish National Federation hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 3 October 1900: Galway Connemara | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Nationalist | William O’Malley | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 8,423 | ||||
| Irish Nationalist gain from Irish National Federation | Swing | ||||
| General Election 19 January 1906: Galway Connemara | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Nationalist | William O’Malley | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 6,438 | ||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 22 January 1910: Galway Connemara | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Nationalist | William O’Malley | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 6,248 | ||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 8 December 1910: Galway Connemara | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Irish Nationalist | William O’Malley | unopposed | |||
| Turnout | 6,248 | ||||
| Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 14 December 1918: Galway Connemara | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Sinn Féin | Pádraic Ó Máille | 11,754 | 77.1 | ||
| Irish Nationalist | William O'Malley | 3,482 | 22.9 | ||
| Majority | 8.272 | 54.2 | |||
| Turnout | 24,956 | 61.1 | |||
| Sinn Féin gain from Irish Nationalist | Swing | ||||
References
Sources
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
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