North Fermanagh (UK Parliament constituency)

This county constituency comprised the northern part of County Fermanagh. The seat was defined under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 as comprising the baronies of Lurg, Magheraboy, and Tirkenny. The seat was unchanged under the Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918.

Prior to the 1885 United Kingdom general election the area was part of the Fermanagh constituency. After the dissolution of Parliament in 1922 the constituency was incorporated in the new seat of Fermanagh and Tyrone

The constituency was a marginal one compared to many other seats in Northern Ireland. The Unionist candidate won in 1918, but Sinn Féin only polled 532 fewer votes.

Sinn Féin contested the general election of 1918 on the platform that instead of taking up any seats they won in the United Kingdom Parliament, they would establish a revolutionary assembly in Dublin. In republican theory every MP elected in Ireland was a potential Deputy to this assembly. In practice only the Sinn Féin members accepted the offer.

The revolutionary First Dáil assembled on 21 January 1919 and last met on 10 May 1921. The First Dáil, according to a resolution passed on 10 May 1921, was formally dissolved on the assembling of the Second Dáil. This took place on 16 August 1921.

In 1921 Sinn Féin decided to use the UK authorised elections for the Northern Ireland House of Commons and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland as a poll for the Irish Republic's Second Dáil. This area, in republican theory, was incorporated in an eight-member Dáil constituency of Fermanagh and Tyrone.

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|title=1885 general election: North Fermanagh{{cite book|editor1-last=Walker|editor1-first=B.M.|title=Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922|date=1978|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|location=Dublin|isbn=0901714127|pages=349, 390}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate = Willie Redmond

|votes = 3,255

|percentage = 53.6

|change =

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{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Conservative Party

|candidate = John Caldwell Bloomfield

|votes = 2,822

|percentage = 46.4

|change =

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 433

|percentage = 7.2

|change =

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 6,077

|percentage = 90.9

|change =

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 6,687

}}

{{Election box new seat win|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=1886 general election: North Fermanagh}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate = Willie Redmond

|votes = 3,128

|percentage = 52.2

|change = −1.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Conservative Party

|candidate = William Humphrys Archdale

|votes = 2,862

|percentage = 47.8

|change = +1.4

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 266

|percentage = 4.4

|change = −2.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 5,990

|percentage = 89.6

|change = −1.3

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 6,687

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

|swing = −1.4

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=1892 general election: North Fermanagh}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Unionist Alliance

|candidate = Richard Dane

|votes = 2,879

|percentage = 52.9

|change = +5.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Irish National Federation

|candidate = Jeremiah Jordan

|votes = 2,562

|percentage = 47.1

|change = −5.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 317

|percentage = 5.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 5,441

|percentage = 91.6

|change = +2.0

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 5,937

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Irish Unionist Alliance

|loser = Irish Parliamentary Party

|swing = +5.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=1895 general election: North Fermanagh}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Unionist Alliance

|candidate = Richard Dane

|votes = 2,782

|percentage = 53.6

|change = +0.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Liberal

|candidate = George Reginald Leeper

|votes = 2,406

|percentage = 46.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 376

|percentage = 7.2

|change = +1.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 5,188

|percentage = 92.1

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 5,632

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Irish Unionist Alliance

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=By-election, 1898: North Fermanagh}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Unionist Alliance

|candidate = Edward Archdale

|votes = 2,568

|percentage = 55.1

|change = +1.5

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent Unionist

|candidate = Edward Charles Thompson

|votes = 2,091

|percentage = 44.9

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 477

|percentage = 10.2

|change = +3.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 4,659

|percentage = 81.2

|change = −10.9

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 5,735

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Irish Unionist Alliance

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=1900 general election: North Fermanagh}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Unionist Alliance

|candidate = Edward Archdale

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish Unionist Alliance

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title= By-election, 1903: North Fermanagh}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Russellite Unionist

|candidate = Edward Mitchell

|votes = 2,407

|percentage = 51.6

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Irish Unionist Alliance|candidate=James Craig|votes=2,255|percentage=48.4|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority||votes=152|percentage=3.2|change=N/A}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=4,662|percentage=89.4|change=N/A}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 5,213

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Russellite Unionist

|loser = Irish Unionist Alliance

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title= 1906 general election: North Fermanagh}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Unionist Alliance

|candidate = Godfrey Fetherstonhaugh

|votes = 2,419

|percentage = 50.9

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Russellite Unionist

|candidate = Edward Mitchell

|votes = 2,331

|percentage = 49.1

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 88

|percentage = 1.8

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 4,750

|percentage = 93.4

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 5,083

}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Irish Unionist Alliance

|loser = Russellite Unionist

|swing = N/A

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title= January 1910 general election: North Fermanagh}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Unionist Alliance

|candidate = Godfrey Fetherstonhaugh

|votes = 2,474

|percentage = 53.8

|change = +2.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Samuel Peter Kerr

|votes = 2,124

|percentage = 46.2

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 350

|percentage = 7.6

|change = +5.8

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 4,598

|percentage = 93.9

|change = +0.5

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 4,895

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Irish Unionist Alliance

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title= December 1910 general election: North Fermanagh}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Unionist Alliance

|candidate = Godfrey Fetherstonhaugh

|votes = 2,402

|percentage = 53.9

|change = +0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Liberal Party (UK)

|candidate = Arthur Percival Tod Collum

|votes = 2,055

|percentage = 46.1

|change = −0.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 347

|percentage = 7.8

|change = +0.2

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 4,457

|percentage = 91.1

|change = −2.8

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 4,895

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Irish Unionist Alliance

|swing = +0.1

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title= By-election, 1916: North Fermanagh}}

{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|

|party = Irish Unionist Alliance

|candidate = Edward Archdale

}}

{{Election box hold with party link no swing|

|winner = Irish Unionist Alliance

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General Election 14 December 1918: North Fermanagh}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Unionist Party

|candidate = Edward Archdale

|votes = 6,768

|percentage = 52.0

|change = −1.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Kevin O'Shiel

|votes = 6,236

|percentage = 47.9

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 532

|percentage = 4.1

|change = −3.7

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 13,004

|percentage = 89.7

|change = −1.4

}}

{{Election box registered electors|

|reg. electors = 14,496

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Irish Unionist Party

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

{{Reflist}}

• {{cite book|title=Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922|editor-first=Brian M.|editor-last=Walker|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|year=1978|location=Dublin|isbn=0901714127}}
• [https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1918londuoft#page/220/mode/2up Debrett's Guide to the House of Commons and Judicial Bench, 1918]
• {{cite book|title=Who's Who of British members of parliament: Volume II 1886–1918|editor-first1=M.|editor-last1=Stenton|editor-first2=S.|editor-last2=Lees|publisher=The Harvester Press|year=1978}}
• {{cite book|title='Who's Who of British members of parliament: Volume III 1919–1945|editor-first1=M.|editor-last1=Stenton|editor-first2=S.|editor-last2=Lees|publisher=The Harvester Press|year=1979}}
• {{Rayment-hc|f|date=March 2012}}

• https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/members/

• List of UK Parliament Constituencies in Ireland and Northern Ireland
• Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918
• List of MPs elected in the 1918 United Kingdom general election
• List of Dáil Éireann constituencies in Ireland (historic)
• Members of the 1st Dáil

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North Fermanagh

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