Galway Connemara (UK Parliament constituency)
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Galway Connemara | |
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Former County constituency for the House of Commons |
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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 | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | Patrick James Foley | unopposed | |||
Turnout | 5,842 | ||||
Irish Nationalist gain from new seat | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | Patrick James Foley | unopposed | |||
Turnout | 5,842 | ||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | William O’Malley | unopposed | |||
Turnout | 7,155 | ||||
Irish National Federation hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | William O’Malley | unopposed | |||
Turnout | 8,423 | ||||
Irish Nationalist gain from Irish National Federation | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | William O’Malley | unopposed | |||
Turnout | 6,438 | ||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | William O’Malley | unopposed | |||
Turnout | 6,248 | ||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Nationalist | William O’Malley | unopposed | |||
Turnout | 6,248 | ||||
Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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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