North Galway was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 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. The first general election after an Representation of the People Act 1884, extension of the franchise and Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, redistribution of ...

the area was part of the

County Galway County Galway ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Northern and Western Region, taking up the south of the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht. The county population was 276,451 at the 20 ...

constituency. From 1922, on the establishment of the

Irish Free State The Irish Free State (6 December 192229 December 1937), also known by its Irish-language, Irish name ( , ), was a State (polity), state established in December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921. The treaty ended the three-ye ...

, it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the northern part of

. 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 County Roscommon () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is part of the province of Connacht and the Northern and Western Region. It is the List of Irish counties by area, 11th largest Irish county by area and Li ...

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 First-past-the-post (FPTP)—also called choose-one, first-preference plurality (FPP), or simply plurality—is a single-winner voting rule. Voters mark one candidate as their favorite, or First-preference votes, first-preference, and the cand ...

electoral system.''

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s

References

* * {{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