South Galway (UK Parliament constituency)

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

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

'The elections in this constituency took place using the first past the post electoral system.

General Election 1918: Galway South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Sinn Féin	Frank Fahy	10,621	85.90
	Irish Parliamentary	William Duffy	1,744	14.10
	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)