Fermanagh Area C
Fermanagh Area C was one of the five district electoral areas in Fermanagh, Northern Ireland which existed from 1973 to 1985. The district elected four members to Fermanagh District Council, and formed part of the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituencies for the Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Parliament.
It was created for the 1973 local elections, and contained the wards of Belcoo and Belmore, Derrygonnelly, Florencecourt and Kinawley and Garrison. It was abolished for the 1985 local elections and replaced with the Erne West DEA.
Councillors
Election | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | Councillor (Party) | ||||
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1981 | Wilson Elliott (UUP) | Gerry Gallagher (SDLP) | Patrick McCaffrey (IIP)/ (Unity) | Patrick Flanagan (Independent Nationalist) | ||||
1977 | ||||||||
1973 | Richard Thornton (UUP) | Francis Stewart (Unity) |
1981 Election
1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Unity, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1981: 1 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x IIP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977-1981 Change: Unity joins IIP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Irish Independence | Patrick McCaffrey* | 19.90% | 1,178 | 1,196 | ||
UUP | Wilson Elliott* | 15.90% | 941 | 1,215 | ||
Ind. Nationalist | Patrick Flanagan* | 14.32% | 848 | 901 | 1,252 | |
SDLP | Gerry Gallagher* | 13.11% | 776 | 907 | 1,150 | |
UUP | Herbert Corrigan | 11.71% | 693 | 861 | 890 | |
Irish Independence | Annie Cavanagh | 13.78% | 816 | 818 | ||
DUP | George Gott | 7.91% | 468 | |||
SDLP | Patrick McGovern | 3.38% | 200 | |||
Electorate: 6,653 Valid: 5,920 (88.98%) Spoilt: 174 Quota: 1,185 Turnout: 6,094 (91.60%) |
1977 Election
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Unity, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1977: 1 x UUP, 1 x Unity, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Independent Nationalist
1973-1977 Change: SDLP gain from UUP
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
UUP | Wilson Elliott* | 12.70% | 763 | 763 | 763 | 764 | 1,203 | |||
Unity | Patrick McCaffrey | 17.54% | 1,054 | 1,071 | 1,089 | 1,131 | 1,132 | 1,625 | ||
SDLP | Gerry Gallagher | 11.87% | 713 | 837 | 912 | 991 | 994 | 1,076 | 1,202 | |
Ind. Nationalist | Patrick Flanagan* | 12.48% | 750 | 818 | 852 | 953 | 968 | 1,027 | 1,142 | |
UUUP | Cyril Brownlee | 14.56% | 875 | 875 | 876 | 877 | 953 | 955 | 957 | |
Unity | Cornelius Leonard | 6.01% | 361 | 368 | 530 | 691 | 693 | |||
UUP | Richard Thornton* | 9.32% | 560 | 561 | 561 | 572 | ||||
Independent | James Mellor | 6.66% | 400 | 410 | 415 | |||||
Unity | Patrick Keown | 4.96% | 298 | 300 | ||||||
SDLP | Patrick McGovern | 3.89% | 234 | |||||||
Electorate: 6,756 Valid: 6,008 (88.93%) Spoilt: 154 Quota: 1,202 Turnout: 6,162 (91.21%) |
Area C
1973: 2 x UUP, 1 x Unity, 1 x Independent Nationalist
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
UUP | Wilson Elliott | 26.20% | 1,581 | ||||||
Ind. Nationalist | Patrick Flanagan | 15.54% | 938 | 939.38 | 939.38 | 1,297.38 | |||
Unity | Francis Stewart | 13.19% | 796 | 796.69 | 802.15 | 848.38 | 917.88 | 1,201.86 | |
UUP | Richard Thornton | 7.46% | 450 | 732.9 | 962.74 | 962.97 | 962.97 | 1,050.56 | |
Unity | Patrick McCaffrey | 13.70% | 827 | 827.92 | 828.92 | 840.92 | 851.17 | 1,037.84 | |
Alliance | Brian Finn | 10.97% | 662 | 673.96 | 690.87 | 781.1 | 789.85 | ||
Unity | Patrick O'Flanagan | 8.47% | 511 | 511.69 | 512.69 | ||||
DUP | Kenneth Scott | 4.47% | 270 | 330.72 | |||||
Electorate: 6,855 Valid: 6,035 (88.04%) Spoilt: 84 Quota: 1,208 Turnout: 6,119 (89.26%) |