North Galway was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one
Member of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...
from 1885 to 1922.
Prior to the
1885 United Kingdom general election
The 1885 United Kingdom general election was held from 24 November to 18 December 1885. This was the first general election after an Representation of the People Act 1884, extension of the franchise and Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, redistri ...
the area was part of the
Galway County constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the
Irish Free State
The Irish Free State ( ga, Saorstát Éireann, , ; 6 December 192229 December 1937) was a state established in December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921. The treaty ended the three-year Irish War of Independence between th ...
, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.
Boundaries
This constituency comprised the northern part of
County Galway
"Righteousness and Justice"
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. The boundaries were redefined in 1918 to take account of the transfer of the
district electoral division
An electoral division (ED, ) is a legally defined administrative area in the Republic of Ireland, generally comprising multiple townlands, and formerly a subdivision of urban and rural districts. Until 1996, EDs were known as district electora ...
of Rosmoylan from County Galway to
County Roscommon
"Steadfast Irish heart"
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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
Elections
''The elections in this constituency took place using the
first past the post
In a first-past-the-post electoral system (FPTP or FPP), formally called single-member plurality voting (SMP) when used in single-member districts or informally choose-one voting in contrast to ranked voting, or score voting, voters cast their ...
electoral system.''
Elections in the 1880s
Elections in the 1890s
Elections in the 1900s
Elections in the 1910s
References
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{{Galway constituencies
Westminster constituencies in County Galway (historic)
Dáil constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1922