South Galway (UK Parliament constituency)

South Galway
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
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.

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

General Election 27 November 1885: Galway South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	David Sheehy	unopposed
Turnout			7,220
	Irish Nationalist gain from new seat		Swing

General Election 6 July 1886: Galway South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	David Sheehy	unopposed
Turnout			7,220
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 13 July 1892: Galway South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	David Sheehy	2,623	65.0
	Parnellite Nationalist	John P. McCarthy	1,411	35.0
Majority			1,212	30.0
Turnout			6,708	60.1
	Irish National Federation gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

General Election 19 July 1895: Galway South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish National Federation	David Sheehy	unopposed
Turnout			7,265
	Irish National Federation hold		Swing

General Election 5 October 1900: Galway South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	William John Duffy	unopposed
Turnout			8,148
	Irish Nationalist gain from Irish National Federation		Swing

General Election 19 January 1906: Galway South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	William John Duffy	unopposed
Turnout			6,362
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 22 January 1910: Galway South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	William John Duffy	unopposed
Turnout			6,292
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 8 December 1910: Galway South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	William John Duffy	unopposed
Turnout			6,292
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

General Election 14 December 1918: Galway South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Frank Fahy	10,621	85.9
	Irish Nationalist	William John Duffy	1,744	14.1
Majority			8,877	71.8
Turnout			18,507	66.8
	Sinn Féin gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

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)