South Galway (UK Parliament constituency)

South Galway (UK Parliament constituency)
South Galway
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
1885 (1885)1922 (1922)
Number of members One
Created from County Galway

South Galway was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.

Prior to the 1885 general election the area was part of the Galway County constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

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Boundaries

This constituency comprised the southern part of County Galway.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1885 David Sheehy Irish Parliamentary Party
1890 Anti-Parnellite
1900 William John Duffy Irish Parliamentary Party
1918 Frank Fahy Sinn Féin
1921 Constituency merged into Galway (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Elections

'The elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system.

General Election 1918: Galway South
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Sinn Féin Frank Fahy 10,621 85.90
Irish Parliamentary William Duffy 1,744 14.10
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A

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