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Rushen
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- For other uses of the name "Rushen", see Rushen (disambiguation).
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Rushen (Manx: Rosien) is a parish, a sheading and a House of Keys constituency in the Isle of Man and has, according to the 2001 census, 1504 residents.
It is fishing and agricultural district at the southern most point of the island. The parish is one of three in the sheading of Rushen. The other two are Arbory and Malew. The villages of Port Erin and Port St Mary are also in the sheading.
The constituency of Rushen, which covers the whole sheading without the parish of Malew, elects three MHKs.
| Year | Election | Turnout | Candidates | Elected | Notes |
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| 1897 |
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| 1903 |
General Election |
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| 1908 |
General Election |
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| 1913 |
General Election |
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| 1919 |
General Election |
? |
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| 1919 |
By Election |
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Called following the election of Joseph Qualtrough to the LegCo by the Keys |
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| 1924 |
General Election |
? |
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| 1928 |
By Election |
? |
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| 1929 |
General Election |
? |
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| 1931 |
By Election |
? |
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| 1934 |
General Election |
? |
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| 1936 |
By Election |
? |
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| 1962 |
General Election |
? |
? |
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| 1975 |
By Election |
? |
? |
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| 1976 |
By Election |
? |
? |
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| 1976 |
General Election |
? |
? |
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| 1981 |
General Election |
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? |
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| 1982 |
By Election |
? |
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Called following the election to the LegCo of Edmund Lowey. | |
| 1986 |
General Election |
72.7% |
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| 1991 |
General Election |
72.3% |
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| 1996 |
General Election |
65.4% |
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| 1997 |
By Election |
? |
? |
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| 2000 |
By Election |
? |
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Called following the election of |
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| 2001 |
General Election |
? |
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| 2003 |
By Election |
? |
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Called following the elevation |
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| 2006 |
General Election |
64.73% |
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- Manxnotebook - Rushen with full description of the parish
- Isle of Man Building Control Districts showing parish boundaries
- Great.Outdoors.com/ManxGlens Glenology - Manx Glens An ongoing study of Manx glens, their locations and meanings.
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Douglas (capital) |
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| Towns |
Castletown | Douglas | Peel | Ramsey |
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| Sheadings | |
| Parishes |
Andreas | Arbory | Ballaugh | Braddan | Bride | German | Jurby | Lezayre | Lonan | Malew | Marown | Maughold | Michael | Onchan | Patrick | Rushen | Santon |