1899 Fermanagh County Council election

The first election to Fermanagh County Council took place in April 1899 as part of that year's Irish local elections.

The election saw the council split evenly between Unionists and Nationalists.^[1] Concurrent district council elections saw Nationalists and Unionists both win 33 seats for Enniskillen Rural Council. Nationalists won a large majority on Enniskillen Board of Guardians, as 8 Cavan Divisions (which all returned Nationalists) were joined to the union. Nationalists won a majority on Lisnaskea Guardians and District Council, while Unionists won control of Irvinestown Council.^[1]

Aggregate results

Fermanagh County Council election, 1899^[2]^[1]
	Seats	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
Irish Nationalist	10	50.00	56.35	3,922
Irish Unionist	10	50.00	33.55	2,335
Independent	0	0.00	10.10	703

Ward results

Belleek

Belleek^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	John McHugh	196
	Irish Unionist	D. E. Johnston	121
Majority			75
Turnout

Crum

Crum^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Blake	268
	Irish Nationalist	Edward Brady	167
Majority			101
Turnout

Derrylea

Derrylea^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	James Tierney J.P.	356
	Irish Unionist	M. Graham	190
Majority			166
Turnout

Derrylester

Derrylester^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Owen McBarron	383
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Charles Doogan M.P.	181
Majority			202
Turnout

Enniskillen

Enniskillen^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Crumley J.P.	366
	Irish Unionist	Thomas Plunkett	358
Majority			8
Turnout

Florencecourt

Florencecourt^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Unionist	William Teele J.P.	302
	Irish Nationalist	Francis Maguire	238
Majority			64
Turnout

Garrison

Garrison^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	John Carroll	254
	Irish Nationalist	Dennis Gallagher	191
	Irish Unionist	John Nixon	50
Majority			63
Turnout

Inishmacsaint

Inishmacsaint^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Philip Timoney	222
	Irish Unionist	John Gordon	85
Majority			137
Turnout

Lack

Lack^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Unionist	R. Phillips	295
	Independent	George Evans	223
Majority			72
Turnout

Lisnaskea

Lisnaskea^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Unionist	George Arnold	264
		Thomas Plunkett (PHR)	218
Majority			146
Turnout

Magheravelly

Magheravelly^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Owens	336
	Irish Unionist	J. C. Crozier J.P.	183
Majority			153
Turnout

Monea

Monea^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Unionist	John Kerr	282
	Independent	William Ferguson	262
Majority			20
Turnout

Newtonbutler

Newtonbutler^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Jeremiah Jordan MP	337
	Irish Unionist	S. Clarke	205
Majority			132
Turnout

Rosslea

Rosslea^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	Luke Cassidy	214
	Irish Nationalist	John McMahon	133
	Irish Nationalist	Edward Maddon	80
Majority			81
Turnout

Irvinestown

Irvinestown^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	Charles Cockburn D'Arcy Irvine	uncontested

Laragh

Laragh^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	C. Williamson	uncontested

Cross

Cross^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	A. Savage	uncontested

Kesh

Kesh^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	E. M. Archdale MP	uncontested

Maguiresbridge

Maguiresbridge^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	Sir A. D. Brooke	uncontested

Lisbellaw

Lisbellaw^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	William Hurst J.P.	uncontested

Enniskillen Urban Guardians

Enniskillen Urban Guardians^[1]
	Candidate	Votes
Irish Unionist	James Dundas Jnr.	360
Irish Nationalist	Jeremiah Jordan MP	359
Irish Unionist	Thomas Punkett MRIA	356
Irish Unionist	William Teele J.P.	354
Irish Nationalist	P. Crumley J.P.	353
Irish Unionist	James Dundas Snr.	348
Irish Unionist	John Graham	344
Irish Unionist	Dr Kidd	344
Irish Nationalist	James McGovern	341
Irish Nationalist	Francis Little	340
Irish Nationalist	James McElgum	340

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x Irish Independent - Monday 10 April 1899
^ Dublin Daily Express - Monday 10 April 1899 - Aggregate results

[Ward_results-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x Irish Independent - Monday 10 April 1899

[2] Dublin Daily Express - Monday 10 April 1899 - Aggregate results

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