Galway Connemara (UK Parliament constituency)

Connemara, a division of County Galway, was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament (MP) from 1885 to 1922.

Galway Connemara
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Seats	1
Created from	County Galway Galway Borough (from 1918)
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.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the north-western part of County Galway, roughly corresponding to the region of Connemara. In 1918, with the abolition of the Galway borough constituency, the constituency was redrawn to include the town of Galway and exclude an area which had been transferred to County Mayo under the 1898 Local Government Act.

1885–1918: The baronies of Ballynahinch, Moycullen, and Ross.

1918–1922: The rural districts of Clifden and Oughterard, the district electoral divisions of Barna, Furbogh, Kilcummin, Killannin, Moycullen, Selerna, Slievenaneena, Spiddle and Tullokyne in the rural district of Galway, and the urban district of Galway.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Patrick James Foley	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1895	William O'Malley	Irish National Federation
	1918	Pádraic Ó Máille	Sinn Féin
1921		Constituency merged into Galway (Dáil constituency)

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General election 27 November 1885: Galway Connemara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick James Foley	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,842
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

General election 6 July 1886: Galway Connemara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Patrick James Foley	Unopposed
Registered electors			5,842
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

General election 13 July 1892: Galway Connemara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Patrick James Foley	2,637	81.5	N/A
	Irish National League	John Henry Joyce	598	18.5	N/A
Majority			2,039	63.0	N/A
Turnout			4,676	47.5	N/A
Registered electors			6,815
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

General election 19 July 1895: Galway Connemara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	William O'Malley	Unopposed
Registered electors			7,155
	Irish National Federation hold

Elections in the 1900s

General election 3 October 1900: Galway Connemara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	William O'Malley	Unopposed
Registered electors			8,423
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General election 19 January 1906: Galway Connemara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	William O'Malley	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,438
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

General election 22 January 1910: Galway Connemara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	William O'Malley	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,248
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General election 8 December 1910: Galway Connemara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	William O'Malley	Unopposed
Registered electors			6,248
	Irish Parliamentary hold

General Election 14 December 1918: Galway Connemara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Pádraic Ó Máille	11,754	77.1	New
	Irish Parliamentary	William O'Malley	3,482	22.9	N/A
Majority			8,272	54.2	N/A
Turnout			15,236	61.1	N/A
Registered electors			24,956
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

Sources

Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.