North Galway (UK Parliament constituency)

North Galway County constituency
Created:	1885
Abolished:	1922
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	One

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.

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This constituency comprised the northern part of County Galway.

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	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1906	Richard Hazleton	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1918	Bryan Cusack	Sinn Féin
1921		Constituency merged into Galway (Dáil Éireann constituency)

'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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Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)

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

Westminster 1801–1922	Galway County (????–1885) · 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 (1921–1937) · Galway East (1918–1921, 1937–1948, 1961–1969, 1977—) · Galway North (1918–1921, 1948–1961) · Galway North East (1969–1977) · Galway South (1918–1921, 1948–1961) · Clare-Galway South (1969–1977) · Galway West (1937—)