North Galway (UK Parliament constituency)

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

North Galway
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Number of members	One
Created from	County Galway

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

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

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the northern part of County Galway.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	John Philip Nolan	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1890	John Philip Nolan	Parnellite
	1895	Denis Kilbride	Anti-Parnellite
	1900	John Philip Nolan	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1906	Thomas Higgins
	1906	Richard Hazleton
	January 1910
	December 1910
	1914
	1918	Bryan Cusack	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 North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Bryan Cusack	8,896	68.99
	Irish Parliamentary	Thomas Sloyan	3,999	31.01
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing	N/A

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References

Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Galway and Borough/City

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Athenry (1310–1800) Galway Borough (1264–1800) Galway County (1264–1800) Tuam (1614–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Galway County (1801–85) Galway Borough (1801–1918) Galway Connemara (1885–1922) East Galway (1885–1922) North Galway (1885–1922) South Galway (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Galway (1921–37) Galway East (1937–48, 1961–69, 1977–) Galway North (1948–61) Galway North–East (1969–77) Galway South (1948–61) Clare–Galway South (1969–77) Galway West (1937–) Roscommon–Galway (2016–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004) North-West (2004–14) Midlands–North-West (2014–)

Irish counties: Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

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