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UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1885–1922 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
South Galway was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.
South Galway | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
1885–1922 | |
Seats | 1 |
Created from | County Galway |
Replaced by | Galway |
Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the County Galway constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the Irish Free State, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.
This constituency comprised the southern part of County Galway. In 1918, the constituency was redrawn to include part of the dissolved Galway borough constituency and to exclude the district electoral divisions of Drumaan, Inishcaltra North and Mountshannon, transferred to County Clare under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, which were added to the East Clare constituency.
1885–1918: The baronies of Aran, Athenry, Dunkellin, Kiltartan, Leitrim and Loughrea.
1918–1922: The rural district of Gort, that part of the rural district of Galway not included in the Galway Connemara constituency and that part of the rural district of Loughrea not included in the East Galway constituency.
Election | Member | Party | |
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1885 | David Sheehy | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
1890 | Irish National Federation | ||
1900 | William Duffy | Irish Parliamentary Party | |
1918 | Frank Fahy | Sinn Féin | |
1921 | Constituency merged into Galway (Dáil constituency) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | David Sheehy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,220 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | David Sheehy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,220 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | David Sheehy | 2,623 | 65.0 | N/A | |
Irish National League | John P. McCarthy | 1,411 | 35.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 1,212 | 30.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,034 | 60.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,708 | ||||
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National Federation | David Sheehy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 7,265 | ||||
Irish National Federation hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | William Duffy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 8,148 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | William Duffy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,362 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | William Duffy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,292 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | William Duffy | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 6,292 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Sinn Féin | Frank Fahy | 10,621 | 85.9 | New | |
Irish Parliamentary | William Duffy | 1,744 | 14.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 8,877 | 71.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 12,365 | 66.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 18,507 | ||||
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
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