Galway Connemara (UK Parliament constituency)

Galway Connemara
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

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)

Sources

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