Enniskillen (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)

Enniskillen
Former County Constituency for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Enniskillen shown within Northern Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1929
Abolished	1972
Election method	First past the post

Enniskillen was a constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.

Boundaries

Enniskillen was a county constituency comprising the northern part of County Fermanagh. It was created in 1929, when the House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 introduced first-past-the-post elections throughout Northern Ireland. The constituency survived unchanged, returning one member of Parliament until the Parliament of Northern Ireland was temporarily suspended in 1972, and then formally abolished in 1973.^[1]

Enniskillen had a unionist majority, but a substantial nationalist minority. The seat was consistently won by the Ulster Unionist Party candidate,^[1] and it was only contested on four occasions: in 1938 by an Independent Unionist Association candidate, in 1949 by a Nationalist candidate, in 1965 by an Liberal candidate and in 1969 by both the People's Democracy and an independent Unionist candidate.^[2]

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General Election 9 February 1938: Enniskillen^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Erne Ferguson	5,679	55.9	N/A
	Ind. Unionist Association	W. Clarke	4,485	44.1	N/A
Majority			1,194	11.8	N/A
Turnout				86.4	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

At the Northern Ireland general election, 1945, Erne Ferguson was elected unopposed.^[2]

General Election 10 February 1949: Enniskillen^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Erne Ferguson	5,706	54.7	N/A
	Nationalist	W. Blake	4,729	45.3	N/A
Majority			977	9.4	N/A
Turnout				85.7	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

At the Enniskillen by-election, 1949 and the Northern Ireland general election, 1953, Thomas Charles Nelson was elected unopposed.^[2]

At the Enniskillen by-election, 1954 and the 1958 and 1962 general elections, Harry West was elected unopposed.^[2]

General Election 25 November 1965: Enniskillen^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Harry West	5,982	66.3	N/A
	Liberal	Albert McElroy	3,042	33.7	N/A
Majority			2,940	32.6	N/A
Turnout				74.9	N/A
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

General Election 24 February 1969: Enniskillen^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	UUP	Harry West	4,891	48.5	-17.8
	People's Democracy	M. Bowes-Egan	2,784	27.6	N/A
	Independent Unionist	D. T. Archdale	2,418	23.9	N/A
Majority			2,107	20.9	–11.7
Turnout				86.3	+11.4
	UUP hold		Swing	N/A

Parliament of Northern Ireland constituencies

1921–1929	1929–1973

Antrim	Antrim Borough Bannside Carrick Larkfield (from 1969) Larne Mid Antrim Newtownabbey (from 1969) North Antrim South Antrim

Armagh	Central Armagh Mid Armagh North Armagh South Armagh

Belfast East	Belfast Bloomfield Belfast Dock Belfast Pottinger Belfast Victoria

Belfast North	Belfast Clifton Belfast Duncairn Belfast Oldpark Belfast Shankill

Belfast South	Belfast Ballynafeigh Belfast Cromac Belfast Willowfield Belfast Windsor

Belfast West	Belfast Central Belfast Falls Belfast St Anne's Belfast Woodvale

Down	Ards Bangor (from 1969) East Down Iveagh Lagan Valley (from 1969) Mid Down Mourne North Down South Down West Down

Fermanagh and Tyrone	East Tyrone Enniskillen Lisnaskea Mid Tyrone North Tyrone South Fermanagh South Tyrone West Tyrone

Londonderry	City of Londonderry Foyle Mid Londonderry North Londonderry South Londonderry

Queen's University	Queen's University (to 1969)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Fermanagh

Westminster 1801–present

Historic	Enniskillen (1801–85) Fermanagh (1801–85) North Fermanagh (1885–1922) South Fermanagh (1885–1922) Fermanagh & Tyrone (1922–50)

Current	Fermanagh & South Tyrone (1950—)

Dáil Éireann
Revolutionary era 1919–22

Northern Ireland Assemblies

Assembly 1973–74 Constitutional Convention 1975–76 Assembly 1982–86	Fermanagh & South Tyrone

Northern Ireland Forum 1996–98 Assembly (1998–present)	Fermanagh & South Tyrone

Constituencies in Ireland by county

Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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