North Fermanagh
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| North Fermanagh | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | County Fermanagh |
| 1885–1922 | |
| Seats | 1 |
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| Replaced by | Fermanagh and Tyrone |
North Fermanagh was a parliament constituency in Ireland which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom on the electoral system of first past the post from 1885 to 1922.
Politics
The constituency was a marginal one compared to many other seats in what became Northern Ireland. The Unionist candidate won in 1918, but Sinn Féin only polled 532 fewer votes.
Boundaries
From 1801 to 1885, County Fermanagh returned two MPs to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom sitting at the Palace of Westminster, with separate representation for the parliamentary borough of Enniskillen. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the parliamentary county was divided into the divisions of North Fermanagh and South Fermanagh. Enniskillen ceased to exist as a parliamentary borough.[1]
North Fermanagh was defined as:[2]
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It was not affected by the Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918.[3] At the 1918 general election, Sinn Féin contested on an election manifesto with an abstentionist pledge that instead of taking its seats at Westminster, it would establish an assembly in Dublin. All MPs elected to Irish seats were invited to participate in the First Dáil convened in January 1919, but no members outside of Sinn Féin did so.[4]
The Government of Ireland Act 1920 established the Parliament of Northern Ireland, which came into operation in 1921. The representation of Northern Ireland at Westminster was reduced from 30 MPs to 13 MPs, taking effect at the 1922 United Kingdom general election. At Westminster, North Fermanagh, South Fermanagh, North-East Tyrone, North-West Tyrone and South Tyrone were combined to form the two-member county constituency of Fermanagh and Tyrone.[5] An eight-seat constituency of Fermanagh and Tyrone was created for the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, which formed the basis in republican theory for representation in the 2nd Dáil.[6][7]
Members of Parliament
| Election | MP | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | Willie Redmond[a] | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | |
| 1886 | |||
| 1892 | Richard Dane | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | |
| 1895 | |||
| 1898 b | Edward Archdale | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | |
| 1900 | |||
| 1903 b | Edward Mitchell | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | |
| 1906 | Godfrey Fetherstonhaugh | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | |
| Jan 1910 | |||
| Dec 1910 | |||
| 1916 b | Edward Archdale | Script error: No such module "Party name with color". | |
| 1918 | |||
| 1922 | constituency abolished | ||
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- ^ Redmond remained with the Parnellite Irish National League on the split of the Irish Parliamentary Party in 1891. He was elected for East Clare in 1892.
Elections
Elections in the 1880s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Willie Redmond | 3,255 | 53.6 | ||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | John Caldwell Bloomfield | 2,822 | 46.4 | ||
| Majority | 433 | 7.2 | |||
| Turnout | 6,077 | 90.9 | |||
| Registered electors | 6,687 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Willie Redmond | 3,128 | 52.2 | −1.4 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | William Humphrys Archdale | 2,862 | 47.8 | +1.4 | |
| Majority | 266 | 4.4 | −2.8 | ||
| Turnout | 5,990 | 89.6 | −1.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,687 | ||||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | −1.4 | |||
Elections in the 1890s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Richard Dane | 2,879 | 52.9 | +5.1 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Jeremiah Jordan | 2,562 | 47.1 | −5.1 | |
| Majority | 317 | 5.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 5,441 | 91.6 | +2.0 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,937 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Richard Dane | 2,782 | 53.6 | +0.7 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | George Reginald Leeper | 2,406 | 46.4 | New | |
| Majority | 376 | 7.2 | +1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 5,188 | 92.1 | +0.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,632 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Edward Archdale | 2,568 | 55.1 | +1.5 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Edward Charles Thompson | 2,091 | 44.9 | New | |
| Majority | 477 | 10.2 | +3.0 | ||
| Turnout | 4,659 | 81.2 | −10.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 5,735 | ||||
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Elections in the 1900s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Edward Mitchell | 2,407 | 51.6 | New | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | James Craig | 2,255 | 48.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 152 | 3.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 4,662 | 89.4 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 5,213 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Godfrey Fetherstonhaugh | 2,419 | 50.9 | N/A | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Edward Mitchell | 2,331 | 49.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 88 | 1.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 4,750 | 93.4 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 5,083 | ||||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". gain from Script error: No such module "Political party". | Swing | N/A | |||
Elections in the 1910s
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Godfrey Fetherstonhaugh | 2,474 | 53.8 | +2.9 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Samuel Peter Kerr | 2,124 | 46.2 | New | |
| Majority | 350 | 7.6 | +5.8 | ||
| Turnout | 4,598 | 93.9 | +0.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,895 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Godfrey Fetherstonhaugh | 2,402 | 53.9 | +0.1 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Arthur Percival Tod Collum | 2,055 | 46.1 | −0.1 | |
| Majority | 347 | 7.8 | +0.2 | ||
| Turnout | 4,457 | 91.1 | −2.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 4,895 | ||||
| Script error: No such module "Political party". hold | Swing | +0.1 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | Page Template:Tooltip/styles.css has no content.Template:Encodefirst | |
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| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Edward Archdale | 6,768 | 52.0 | −1.9 | |
| Script error: No such module "Political party". | Kevin O'Shiel | 6,236 | 47.9 | New | |
| Majority | 532 | 4.1 | −3.7 | ||
| Turnout | 13,004 | 89.7 | −1.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 14,496 | ||||
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Sources
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Debrett's Guide to the House of Commons and Judicial Bench. 1918. p. 220.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stenton, M.; Lees, S., eds. (1978). Who's Who of British members of parliament: Volume II 1886–1918. The Harvester Press.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "F"
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 23), s. 2 and First Schedule" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict. c. 23), s. 8 and Seventh Schedule, Part III" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5. c. 65)" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."3. An Rolla". Dáil Debates (in Irish). F (1). Houses of the Oireachtas. 21 January 1919. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Government of Ireland Act 1920: Fifth Schedule, Part II: Constituencies in Northern Ireland" (PDF). legislation.gov.uk. The National Archives.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."President's Statement. - Elections". Dáil Debates. F (21). Houses of the Oireachtas. 10 May 1921.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Appendix 19: Dáil Éireann: Extract from Minutes of Meeting on 16th August 1921: Copy of Roll". Dáil Debates. T (17). Houses of the Oireachtas.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 349, 390. ISBN 0901714127.
