North Fermanagh (UK Parliament constituency)

North Fermanagh
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
18851922
Number of members One
Replaced by Enniskillen and Fermanagh and Tyrone
Created from Fermanagh

North Fermanagh was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland which returned one Member of Parliament from 1885 to 1922, using the first past the post electoral system.

Boundaries and Boundary Changes

This county constituency comprised the northern part of County Fermanagh. The seat was defined under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 as comprising the baronies of Lurg, Magheraboy, and Tirkenny. The seat was unchanged under the Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918.

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Fermanagh constituency. After the dissolution of Parliament in 1922 the constituency was incorporated in the new seat of Fermanagh and Tyrone

Politics

The constituency was a marginal one compared to many other seats in Northern Ireland. The Unionist candidate won in 1918, but Sinn Féin only polled 532 less votes.

The First Dáil

Sinn Féin contested the general election of 1918 on the platform that instead of taking up any seats they won in the United Kingdom Parliament, they would establish a revolutionary assembly in Dublin. In republican theory every MP elected in Ireland was a potential Deputy to this assembly. In practice only the Sinn Féin members accepted the offer.

The revolutionary First Dáil assembled on 21 January 1919 and last met on 10 May 1921. The First Dáil, according to a resolution passed on 10 May 1921, was formally dissolved on the assembling of the Second Dáil. This took place on 16 August 1921.

In 1921 Sinn Féin decided to use the UK authorised elections for the Northern Ireland House of Commons and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland as a poll for the Irish Republic's Second Dáil. This area, in republican theory, was incorporated in an eight-member Dáil constituency of Fermanagh and Tyrone.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 William Hoey Kearney Redmond Nationalist
1892 Richard Martin Dane Irish Unionist
1898(b) Edward Archdale Irish Unionist
1903(b) Edward Mitchell Russellite Unionist
1906 Godfrey Fetherstonhaugh Irish Unionist
1916(b) Edward Archdale Irish Unionist
1921 Ulster Unionist
1922 constituency abolished

Elections

General Election 14 December 1918: North Fermanagh
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Unionist Edward Archdale 6,768 52.0 N/A
Sinn Féin Kevin Roantree O'Shiel 6,236 47.9 N/A
Majority 532 4.1 N/A
Turnout 13,004 89.7 N/A
Irish Unionist hold Swing N/A
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