Garff
{{Short description|Sheading of the Isle of Man}}
{{For|the American businessman and politician|Robert H. Garff}}
{{See also|Garf (disambiguation)}}
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Garff ({{Langx|gv|Garff}}) is one of the six sheadings of the Isle of Man.
It is located on the east of the island (part of the traditional South Side division) and consists of the two historic parishes of Lonan and Maughold. Before 1796 it also included the parish of Onchan.{{cite web |url=http://www.legislation.gov.im/cms/images/LEGISLATION/PRINCIPAL/1796/1796-0001/CommonLawCourtsAct1796_1.pdf |title=Common Law Courts Act 1796 (AN ACT for the better Regulation of the Court of Common Law.) |author= |date=1796 |website=Isle of Man Government On-line Legislation |publisher=Isle of Man Government |access-date=9 April 2019 |page=5 |quote="Island divided into Districts, etc"}}{{cite book |last=Broderick |first=George |date=2000 |title=Placenames of the Isle of Man |volume=Five. Sheading of Middle (Kirk Braddan, Kirk Marown, and Kirk Santan) |location=Tübingen |publisher=Niemeyer |page=xli |isbn=3484401338 |author-link=George Broderick }}
Administratively, since May 2016 the sheading of Garff has been covered by a single Garff local authority, a parish district, formed by merging the former village district of Laxey with the parish districts of Lonan and Maughold.{{cite web |url=https://www.garff.im/ |title=Garff Commissioners |author= |website=garff.im |access-date=9 April 2019 }}
The town of Ramsey, which is administered separately, covers areas of two historic parishes (Maughold, and Lezayre in the sheading of Ayre). It is treated as part of Garff for some purposes, e.g. the coroner.{{cite web |url=https://www.courts.im/court-information/coroners/ |title=Coroners |author= |website=Isle of Man Courts of Justice |access-date=9 April 2019 }}
Other settlements in the sheading include Baldrine and Ballabeg (both in the parish of Lonan), and Ballure in the parish of Maughold.
Etymology
The origin of the name is uncertain. Kneen (1925){{cite book |last=Kneen |first=J.J. |date=1925 |title=The place-names of the Isle of Man with their origin and history |url=http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/fulltext/pn1925/index.htm |location=Douglas |publisher=Yn Çheshaght Ghailckagh |author-link=John Kneen }} suggests that it derives from the Norse gröf (N.B. not grðf, which is a typo there), meaning a pit or ravine (cognate with "grave").
MHKs and elections
Garff is also a House of Keys constituency (excluding (most of) Onchan). It was originally a three-seat constituency, but this was reduced to two seats in 1893 and one seat in 1986. Until 2016 it was heavily under-represented by having only a single MHK. However in the 2016 general election it elected 2 MHKs (the new constituency also includes the (sparsely populated) parish of Onchan, i.e. excluding the village of Onchan).
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! Year !! Election !! Turnout !! Candidates |
| 1867
| General Election |colspan="2" rowspan="2"|No information available |
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| 1875
| General Election |
| 1881
| General Election |colspan="2" rowspan="4"|John Allen Mylrea elected, no other information available |
| 1886
| General Election |
| 1891
| General Election |
| 1896
| General Election |
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!1900 | By-Election |colspan="2"|Due to the resignation of J. A. Mylrea, no other information available |
| 1903
| General Election | |
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| colspan="4"|By-election called following the resignation of John Killip |
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!1908 | By-Election | |
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| colspan="4"|No information available on unsuccessful candidates from 1908-1985 |
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!1908 | General Election | |
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!1913 | General Election |colspan="2"|No information available |
| 1919
| General Election |colspan="2|No information available |
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!1934 | General Election | |
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!1971 | General Election | |
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!1976 | General Election | |
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!1981 | General Election | |
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| colspan="4"|By-election called following the elevation of Edgar Mann to the Legislative Council |
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!1985 | By-Election | |
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| colspan="4"|Garff loses the District of Onchan and becomes a single seat constituency |
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!1986 | General Election | 79% |
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| colspan="4"|By-election called following the election of Sir Charles Kerruish as President of Tynwald and thus his elevation to the Legislative Council |
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!1990 | By-Election | 59.6% |
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!1991 | General Election | 64% |
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| colspan="4"|By-election called following the re-elevation of Edgar Mann to the Legislative Council |
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!1995 | By Election | 61.7% |
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!1996 | General Election | 64.5% |
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!2001 | General Election | 63.7% |
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!2006 | General Election | |
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!2011 | General Election | |
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| colspan="4"|Garff becomes a two-seat constituency |
Election results since 2016
In 2014, Tynwald approved recommendations from the Boundary Review Commission which saw the reform of the Island's electoral boundaries.
{{Election box begin no change |title=General election 2021: Garff{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.im/media/1374587/garff-notice-of-result.pdf|format=PDF|title=Notice of Results for the General Election to the House of Keys 2021 (Garff)|website=Gov.im|accessdate=9 March 2024}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Independent politician
| candidate = Daphne Hilary Penelope Caine
| votes = 1122
| percentage = 23.4
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Independent politician
| candidate = Andrew Joseph Smith
| votes = 1112
| percentage = 23.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Manx Labour Party
| candidate = Gareth Young
| votes = 1021
| percentage = 21.3
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Independent politician
| candidate = Martyn Jones Perkins
| votes = 971
| percentage = 20.2
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Independent politician
| candidate = Jamie Smith
| votes = 576
| percentage = 12.0
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = {{#expr:1112+1122+576+971+1021}}
| percentage =
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{{Election box total ballots
| votes = {{val|fmt=commas|2718}}
| percentage =
}}
{{Election box rejected no change
| votes = {{val|fmt=commas|7}}
| percentage =
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{{Election box turnout no change with votes
| votes = {{val|fmt=commas|2725}}
| percentage = {{#expr:100*2725/5292 round 1}}
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change
| reg. electors = {{val|fmt=commas|5292}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
{{Election box begin no change |title=General election 2016: Garff{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.im/media/1353347/2016-general-election-results-and-turnout.pdf|format=PDF|title=Isle of Man Election Results 2016|website=Gov.im|accessdate=9 March 2024}}}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Independent politician
| candidate = Martyn John Perkins
| votes = {{val|fmt=commas|1767}}
| percentage = 36.4
}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link no change
| party = Independent politician
| candidate = Daphne Hilary Penelope Caine
| votes = {{val|fmt=commas|1270}}
| percentage = 26.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Independent politician
| candidate = Andrew Joseph Smith
| votes = {{val|fmt=commas|1247}}
| percentage = 25.7
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Independent politician
| candidate = Andrew Barton
| votes = {{val|fmt=commas|346}}
| percentage = 7.1
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link no change
| party = Independent politician
| candidate = Nigel Anthony Dobson
| votes = {{val|fmt=commas|231}}
| percentage = 4.8
}}
{{Election box total no change
| votes = {{val|fmt=commas|4861}}
| percentage =
}}
{{Election box total ballots
| votes = {{val|fmt=commas|2510}}
| percentage =
}}
{{Election box rejected no change
| votes = {{val|fmt=commas|13}}
| percentage =
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{{Election box turnout no change with votes
| votes = {{val|fmt=commas|2523}}
| percentage = {{#expr:100*2523/5069 round 1}}
}}
{{Election box registered electors no change
| reg. electors = {{val|fmt=commas|5069}}
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20091102151345/http://www.tynwald.org.im/keys/election.shtml Constituency maps and general election results]
{{Isle of Man}}
{{House of Keys constituencies}}