Patrick Crumley
Patrick Crumley (1860 – 17 November 1922) was Irish Nationalist Member of Parliament for South Fermanagh, 1910-18.
Crumley was a cattle trader.[1] He was for many years vice-chairman of the Enniskillen Board of Guardians.[2] He was also a member of Enniskillen Urban Council and of Fermanagh County Council.[3] He was elected unopposed for South Fermanagh at the general election of December 1910, succeeding Jeremiah Jordan. In the Irish general election, 1918, an electoral pact brokered by Cardinal Logue allocated South Fermanagh to Sinn Féin. Crumley disregarded the pact and stood again, but scored a derisory 132 votes, Seán O'Μahony of Sinn Féin winning the seat with 6,673 votes to the Unionist’s 4,524. [4] [5]
Notes
- ^ Stenton & Lees (1978)
- ^ Irish Independent, 18 November 1922; Who Was Who 1916-1928
- ^ Anglo-Celt, 25 November 1922
- ^ Walker (1978)
- ^ Dublin Evening Telegraph, 4 December 1918. The seats allocated to the Irish Parliamentary Party were South Down, North East Tyrone, East Donegal and South Armagh. Those allocated to Sinn Féin were Derry City, East Down, North West Tyrone and South Fermanagh. Breakaway candidates broke the pact in all the seats except North West Tyrone, but only in East Down did they obtain a significant vote; here the seat went in consequence to the Unionist.
References
- Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees (1978). Who’s Who of British Members of Parliament, Vol.2 1886-1918. Sussex: Harvester Press.
- Brian M. Walker, ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy.
- Who Was Who 1916-1928. London: A. & C. Black.