North Galway (UK Parliament constituency)

For the 1948–1969 constituency, see Galway North (Dáil constituency).

North Galway was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1922.

North Galway
Former county constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Seats	1
Created from	County Galway
Replaced by	Galway

Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom 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 northern part of County Galway. The boundaries were redefined in 1918 to take account of the transfer of the district electoral division of Rosmoylan from County Galway to County Roscommon under the 1898 Local Government Act.

1885–1918: The baronies of Ballymoe, Clare and Dunmore.

1918–1922: The rural districts of Glennamaddy and Tuam.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	John Philip Nolan	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1890		Parnellite
	1895	Denis Kilbride	Irish National Federation
	1900	John Philip Nolan	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1906	Thomas Higgins
	1906 by-election	Richard Hazleton
	1918	Bryan Cusack	Sinn Féin
1921		Constituency merged into Galway (Dáil constituency)

Elections

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

Elections in the 1880s

1885 general election: North Galway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Philip Nolan	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)

1886 general election: North Galway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Philip Nolan	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

1892 general election: North Galway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National League	John Philip Nolan	2,040	55.3	N/A
	Irish National Federation	Charles Kearns Deane Tanner	1,651	44.7	N/A
Majority			389	10.6	N/A
Turnout			3,691	44.3	N/A
Registered electors			8,328
	Irish National League gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

1895 general election: North Galway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	Denis Kilbride	2,590	56.1	+11.4
	Irish National League	John Philip Nolan	2,025	43.9	−11.4
Majority			565	12.2	N/A
Turnout			4,615	46.0	+1.7
Registered electors			10,034
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish National League		Swing	+11.4

Elections in the 1900s

1900 general election: North Galway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Philip Nolan	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

1906 general election: North Galway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Thomas Higgins	2,585	70.8	N/A
	Ind. Nationalist	John Philip Nolan	1,064	29.2	N/A
Majority			1,521	41.6	N/A
Turnout			3,649	47.5	N/A
Registered electors			7,689
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing	N/A

By-election, 1906: North Galway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Richard Hazleton	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1910s

January 1910 general election: North Galway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Richard Hazleton	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

December 1910 general election: North Galway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Richard Hazleton	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

By-election 1914: North Galway

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Parliamentary	Richard Hazleton	Unopposed
	Irish Parliamentary hold

1918 general election: Galway North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Bryan Cusack	8,896	69.0	New
	Irish Parliamentary	Thomas Sloyan	3,999	31.0	N/A
Majority			4,897	38.0	N/A
Turnout			12,885	61.3	N/A
Registered electors			21,036
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

References

• Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)