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{{Short description|UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland, 1801–1918}}
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{{Infobox UK constituency
{{Infobox UK constituency
|name = Galway Borough
|name = Galway Borough
|type = Borough
|type = borough
|borough = [[Galway]]
|region = Ireland
|county = [[County Galway]]
|parliament = uk
|parliament = uk
|year = 1801
|year = 1801
|abolished = 1918
|abolished = 1918
|seats = {{ubl|1 (1801–1832)|2 (1832–1885)|1 (1885–1918)}}
|elects_howmany =
|previous = [[Galway Town (Parliament of Ireland constituency)|Galway Town]] (IHC)
|previous =
|next = [[Galway Connemara (UK Parliament constituency)|Galway Connemara]]
|next = [[Galway Connemara (UK Parliament constituency)|Galway Connemara]]
|}}
|}}


'''Galway Borough''' was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency, in Ireland. It returned one MP 1801–1832, two MPs 1832–1885 and one thereafter. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.
'''Galway Borough''' was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland. It returned one MP from 1801 to 1832, two MPs from 1832 to 1885 and one MP from 1885 to 1918. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.


==Boundaries==
==Boundaries==
This constituency was the [[Parliamentary borough]] of [[Galway]] in [[County Galway]].
This constituency was the [[parliamentary borough]] of [[Galway]] in [[County Galway]].


==Members of Parliament==
==Members of Parliament==

*''Constituency created'' (1801)
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
!colspan="2" | Year!!Member!!Party
!colspan="2" | Year!!Member!!Party
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1801 || [[St. George Daly]]
| 1801 || [[St. George Daly]]
|
|
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1801 || [[John Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby|John Ponsonby]]
| 1801 || [[John Ponsonby, 1st Viscount Ponsonby|John Ponsonby]]
|
|
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1802 || [[Denis Bowes Daly]]
| 1802 || [[Denis Bowes Daly]]
|
|
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| 1805 || [[James Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal|James Daly]]
| 1805 || [[James Daly, 1st Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal|James Daly]]
|
|
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| 1811 || [[Frederick Ponsonby (1775-1849)|Frederick Ponsonby]]
| 1811 || [[Frederick Ponsonby (1775–1849)|Frederick Ponsonby]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith">{{cite book |last1=Stooks Smith |first1=Henry |title=The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830 |date=1842 |publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. |location=London |pages=228–229 |url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VQgHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA228 |via=[[Google Books]] |accessdate=15 May 2020}}</ref>
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith">{{cite book |last1=Stooks Smith |first1=Henry |title=The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830 |date=1842 |publisher=Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. |location=London |pages=228–229 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQgHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA228 }}</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| 1813 || [[Sir Valentine Blake, 12th Baronet|Valentine Blake]]
| 1813 || [[Sir Valentine Blake, 12th Baronet|Valentine Blake]]
| [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
| [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Tories (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Tories (British political party)}}" |
| 1820 || [[Michael Prendergast (MP)|Michael Prendergast]]
| 1820 || [[Michael Prendergast (MP)|Michael Prendergast]]
| [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
| [[Tories (British political party)|Tory]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Non Partisan/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Non Partisan}}" |
| 1826 || [[James O'Hara (Irish politician)|James O'Hara]]
| 1826 || [[James O'Hara (Irish politician)|James O'Hara]]
| [[Non Partisan]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Farrell |first1=Stephen |title=O'HARA, James (1796-1838), of West Lodge, co. Galway |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/ohara-james-1796-1838 |website=The History of Parliament |accessdate=15 May 2020}}</ref>
| [[Nonpartisan politician|Non Partisan]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Farrell |first1=Stephen |title=O'HARA, James (1796-1838), of West Lodge, co. Galway |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/ohara-james-1796-1838 |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=15 May 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| 1831 || [[John Bodkin (MP)|John Bodkin]]
| 1831 || [[John James Bodkin|John Bodkin]]
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
| [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="stookssmith"/>
|}
|}
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!colspan="3" | Year!!First member!!First party!!Second member!!Second party
!colspan="3" | Year!!First member!!First party!!Second member!!Second party
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Repeal Association/meta/color}}" rowspan="2" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Repeal Association}}" rowspan="2" |
|style="background-color: {{Repeal Association/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Repeal Association}}" |
| [[1832 United Kingdom general election|1832]] || rowspan="2" | [[Andrew Henry Lynch]] || rowspan="2" | [[Repeal Association]]<ref name="walker"/>
| [[1832 United Kingdom general election|1832]] || rowspan="2" | [[Andrew Henry Lynch]] || rowspan="2" | [[Repeal Association]]<ref name="walker"/>
| [[Lachlan MacLachlan]]<ref>1832:On petition, [[Lachlan MacLachlan]] was unseated and [[Martin Joseph Blake]] declared elected (Walker, page 52)</ref>
| [[Lachlan MacLachlan]]<ref>1832: On petition, [[Lachlan MacLachlan]] was unseated and [[Martin Joseph Blake]] declared elected (Walker, page 52)</ref>
| [[Repeal Association]]<ref name="walker"/>
| [[Repeal Association]]<ref name="walker"/>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Repeal Association/meta/color}}" rowspan="4" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Repeal Association}}" rowspan="4" |
| 1833 || rowspan="5" | [[Martin Joseph Blake]] || rowspan="4" | [[Repeal Association]]<ref name="walker"/>
| 1833 || rowspan="5" | [[Martin Joseph Blake]] || rowspan="4" | [[Repeal Association]]<ref name="walker"/>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Repeal Association/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Repeal Association}}" |
| [[1841 United Kingdom general election|1841]] || [[Sir Valentine Blake, 12th Baronet|Sir Valentine Blake, Bt]] || [[Repeal Association]]<ref name="walker"/>
| [[1841 United Kingdom general election|1841]] || [[Sir Valentine Blake, 12th Baronet|Sir Valentine Blake, Bt]] || [[Repeal Association]]<ref name="walker"/>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
| [[1847 Galway Borough by-election|Feb. 1847]] || [[James Henry Monahan]] || [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="walker"/><ref>{{cite news |title=The Galway Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000822/18470222/023/0003 |accessdate=30 September 2018 |work=Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet |date=22 February 1847 |page=3 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Galway Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000446/18470224/003/0002 |accessdate=30 September 2018 |work=Inverness Courier |date=24 February 1847 |page=2 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
| [[1847 Galway Borough by-election|Feb. 1847]] || [[James Henry Monahan]] || [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref name="walker"/><ref>{{cite news |title=The Galway Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000822/18470222/023/0003 |access-date=30 September 2018 |work=Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet |date=22 February 1847 |page=3 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Galway Election |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000446/18470224/003/0002 |access-date=30 September 2018 |work=Inverness Courier |date=24 February 1847 |page=2 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Repeal Association/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Repeal Association}}" |
| [[1847 United Kingdom general election|Aug. 1847]] || rowspan="3" | [[Anthony O'Flaherty]] || [[Repeal Association]]<ref name="walker"/>
| [[1847 United Kingdom general election|Aug. 1847]] || rowspan="3" | [[Anthony O'Flaherty]] || [[Repeal Association]]<ref name="walker"/>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Independent Irish Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent Irish Party}}" |
|style="background-color: {{Independent Irish Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent Irish Party}}" |
| [[1852 United Kingdom general election|1852]] || [[Independent Irish Party|Ind. Irish]]<ref name="walker"/> || [[Independent Irish Party|Ind. Irish]]<ref name="walker"/>
| [[1852 United Kingdom general election|1852]] || [[Independent Irish Party|Ind. Irish]]<ref name="walker"/> || [[Independent Irish Party|Ind. Irish]]<ref name="walker"/>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" |
|style="background-color: {{Whigs (British political party)/meta/color}}" rowspan="3"|
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Whigs (British political party)}}" rowspan="3"|
| [[1857 United Kingdom general election|Apr. 1857]] || [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ollivier|first1=John|title=Ollivier's parliamentary and political directory for the Session 1841, 1848, Volume 1|date=1841|page=27|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=9J2cuPxlkIMC&pg=PA27&lpg=PA27|accessdate=30 September 2018 |via = [[Google Books]]}}</ref> || rowspan="4" | [[Ulick de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin|Ulick de Burgh]] || rowspan="3" | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref>{{cite news |title=The New Parliament |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001424/18570418/059/0008 |accessdate=30 September 2018 |work=Dublin Weekly Nation |date=18 April 1857 |page=8 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
| [[1857 United Kingdom general election|Apr. 1857]] || [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Ollivier|first1=John|title=Ollivier's parliamentary and political directory for the Session 1841, 1848, Volume 1|date=1841|page=27|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9J2cuPxlkIMC&pg=PA27}}</ref> || rowspan="4" | [[Ulick de Burgh, Lord Dunkellin|Ulick de Burgh]] || rowspan="3" | [[Whigs (British political party)|Whig]]<ref>{{cite news |title=The New Parliament |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001424/18570418/059/0008 |access-date=30 September 2018 |work=Dublin Weekly Nation |date=18 April 1857 |page=8 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: white" |
| Jul. 1857 || colspan="2" | ''Vacant'' <ref name="walker"/>
| Jul. 1857 || colspan="2" | ''Vacant''<ref name="walker"/>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" rowspan="2" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" rowspan="2" |
| [[1859 United Kingdom general election|Feb. 1859]] || rowspan="2" | [[John Orrell Lever]] || rowspan="2" | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<ref name="walker"/>
| [[1859 United Kingdom general election|Feb. 1859]] || rowspan="2" | [[John Orrell Lever]] || rowspan="2" | [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<ref name="walker"/>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1859 United Kingdom general election|May. 1859]] ||[[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]<ref name="walker"/>
| [[1859 United Kingdom general election|May. 1859]] ||[[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]<ref name="walker"/>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color}}" rowspan="3" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" rowspan="4" |
| style="background-color: {{Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
| style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1865 United Kingdom general election|1865]] || rowspan="3" | [[Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Baronet|Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, Bt]] || rowspan="3" | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]<ref name="walker"/> || [[Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin|Michael Morris]] || [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]<ref name="walker"/>
| [[1865 United Kingdom general election|1865]] || rowspan="4" | [[Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, 4th Baronet|Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, Bt]] || rowspan="4" | [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]<ref name="walker"/> || rowspan="2" | [[Michael Morris, 1st Baron Killanin|Michael Morris]] || [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]<ref name="walker"/>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Conservative Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1867 Galway Borough by-election|1867]] || [[George Morris (MP)|George Morris]] || [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]<ref name="walker"/>
| [[1866 Galway Borough by-election|1866]] || [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]<ref name="walker"/>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Liberal Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[April 1867 Galway Borough by-election|1867]] || [[George Morris (MP)|George Morris]] || [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]<ref name="walker"/>
|-
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Liberal Party (UK)}}" |
| [[1868 United Kingdom general election|1868]] || rowspan="2" | [[William St Lawrence, 4th Earl of Howth|William St Lawrence]] || [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]<ref name="walker"/>
| [[1868 United Kingdom general election|1868]] || rowspan="2" | [[William St Lawrence, 4th Earl of Howth|William St Lawrence]] || [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]]<ref name="walker"/>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Home Rule League/meta/color}}" rowspan="3"|
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Home Rule League}}" rowspan="3"|
|style="background-color: {{Home Rule League/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Home Rule League}}" |
| [[1874 United Kingdom general election|Feb. 1874]] || rowspan="3" | [[George Morris (MP)|George Morris]] || rowspan="3" | [[Home Rule League]]<ref name="walker"/> || [[Home Rule League]]<ref name="walker"/>
| [[1874 United Kingdom general election|Feb. 1874]] || rowspan="3" | [[George Morris (MP)|George Morris]] || rowspan="3" | [[Home Rule League]]<ref name="walker"/> || [[Home Rule League]]<ref name="walker"/>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Home Rule League/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Home Rule League}}" |
| [[March 1874 Galway Borough by-election|Mar. 1874]]
| [[March 1874 Galway Borough by-election|Mar. 1874]]
| [[Frank Hugh O'Donnell]] || [[Home Rule League]]<ref name="walker"/>
| [[Frank Hugh O'Donnell]] || [[Home Rule League]]<ref name="walker"/>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Home Rule League/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Home Rule League}}" |
| [[June 1874 Galway Borough by-election|Jun. 1874]] || [[Michael Francis Ward]] || [[Home Rule League]]<ref name="walker"/>
| [[June 1874 Galway Borough by-election|Jun. 1874]] || [[Michael Francis Ward]] || [[Home Rule League]]<ref name="walker"/>
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Parnellite Home Rule League/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Home Rule League}}" |
|style="background-color: {{Home Rule League/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Home Rule League}}" |
| 1880 || [[T. P. O'Connor]] || [[{{Parnellite Home Rule League/meta/shortname}}]]<ref name="walker"/> || [[John Orrell Lever]] || [[Home Rule League]]<ref name="walker"/>
| 1880 || [[T. P. O'Connor]] || [[{{party shortname|Parnellite Home Rule League}}]]<ref name="walker"/> || [[John Orrell Lever]] || [[Home Rule League]]<ref name="walker"/>
|}
|}
*''Representation reduced to one seat'' (1885)
*''Representation reduced to one seat'' (1885)
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!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Parliamentary Party}}" |
| [[1885 United Kingdom general election|1885]]
| [[1885 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1885]]
| [[T. P. O'Connor]]
| [[T. P. O'Connor]]
| [[Irish Parliamentary Party]]
| [[Irish Parliamentary Party]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Independent (politician)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Independent Nationalist}}" |
| [[1886 Galway Borough by-election|1886]]
| [[1886 Galway Borough by-election|1886]]
| [[William O'Shea]]
| [[William O'Shea]]
| [[Irish Nationalist]]
| [[Independent Nationalist]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Parliamentary Party}}" |
| [[1886 United Kingdom general election|1886]]
| [[1886 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1886]]
|rowspan=2| [[John Pinkerton (politician)|John Pinkerton]]
|rowspan=2| [[John Pinkerton (politician)|John Pinkerton]]
| [[Irish Parliamentary Party]]
| [[Irish Parliamentary Party]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Irish National Federation/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish National Federation}}" |
| [[Parnell Split|1890]]<sup>1</sup>
| [[Parnell Split|1890]]<sup>1</sup>
| [[Irish National Federation]] (Anti-Parnellite)
| [[Irish National Federation]] (Anti-Parnellite)
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Unionist Party}}" |
| [[1900 United Kingdom general election|1900]]
| [[1900 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1900]]
| [[Martin Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin|Martin Morris]]
| [[Martin Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin|Martin Morris]]
| [[Irish Unionist Alliance|Irish Unionist Party]]
⚫
| [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservative]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Parliamentary Party}}" |
| [[1901 Galway Borough by-election|1901]]
| [[1901 Galway Borough by-election|1901]]
| [[Arthur Lynch (politician)|Arthur Lynch]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27382 |date=3 December 1901 |page=8559 }}</ref>
| [[Arthur Lynch (politician)|Arthur Lynch]]<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=27382 |date=3 December 1901 |page=8559 }}</ref>
| [[Irish Parliamentary Party]]
| [[Irish Parliamentary Party]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Parliamentary Party}}" |
| [[1903 Galway Borough by-election|1903]]
| [[1903 Galway Borough by-election|1903]]
| [[Charles Ramsay Devlin]]
| [[Charles Ramsay Devlin]]
| [[Irish Parliamentary Party]]
| [[Irish Parliamentary Party]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color: {{Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color}}" |
|style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color|Irish Parliamentary Party}}" |
| [[1906 Galway Borough by-election|1906]]
| [[1906 Galway Borough by-election|1906]]
| [[Stephen Gwynn]]
| [[Stephen Gwynn]]
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==Elections==
==Elections==
{{Expand list|date=August 2008}}

===Elections in the 1830s===
===Elections in the 1830s===
{{Election box begin |
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1830 United Kingdom general election|General election 1830]]: Galway Borough<ref name="walker"/><ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="hop1820-1832">{{cite web |last1=Farrell |first1=Stephen |title=Galway |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/galway |website=The History of Parliament |accessdate=15 May 2020}}</ref>}}
|title=[[1830 United Kingdom general election|General election 1830]]: Galway Borough<ref name="walker"/><ref name="stookssmith"/><ref name="hop1820-1832">{{cite web |last1=Farrell |first1=Stephen |title=Galway |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/constituencies/galway |website=The History of Parliament |access-date=15 May 2020}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Non Partisan
|party = Nonpartisan politician
|candidate = James O'Hara (Irish politician)|James O'Hara
|candidate = James O'Hara (Irish politician)|James O'Hara
|votes = 381
|votes = 381
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{{Election box majority|
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 76
|votes = 76
|percentage = 11.1
|percentage = 11.0
|change =
|change =
}}
}}
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}}
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Non Partisan
|winner = Nonpartisan politician
|swing =
|swing =
}}
}}
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{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
{{Election box gain with party link no swing|
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|winner = Whigs (British political party)
|loser = Non Partisan
|loser = Nonpartisan politician
|swing =
|swing =
}}
}}
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|votes = 286
|votes = 286
|percentage = 47.4
|percentage = 47.4
|change = +34.9
|change = +35.0
}}
}}
{{Election box turnout|
{{Election box turnout|
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===Elections in the 1840s===
===Elections in the 1840s===
{{Election box begin |
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1841 United Kingdom general election|General election 1841]] :Galway Borough (2 seats) <ref name="walker"/>}}
|title=[[1841 United Kingdom general election|General election 1841]]: Galway Borough (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Repeal Association
|party = Repeal Association
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{{Election box begin |
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1847 United Kingdom general election|General election 1847]] :Galway Borough (2 seats) <ref name="walker"/>}}
|title=[[1847 United Kingdom general election|General election 1847]]: Galway Borough (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/>}}
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
{{Election box winning candidate unopposed with party link|
|party = Repeal Association
|party = Repeal Association
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===Elections in the 1850s===
===Elections in the 1850s===
{{Election box begin |
{{Election box begin |
|title=[[1852 United Kingdom general election|General election 1852]] :Galway Borough (2 seats) <ref name="walker"/>}}
|title=[[1852 United Kingdom general election|General election 1852]]: Galway Borough (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/>}}
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|votes = 272
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|percentage = 20.7
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|change = ''New''
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|party = Whigs (British political party)
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In July 1857, on petition, O'Flaherty was unseated—as he was guilty, by his agents, of bribery—and a new writ was then issued in February 1859.<ref>{{cite news |title=Imperial Parliament |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000071/18570718/022/0004 |accessdate=30 September 2018 |work=The Ipswich Journal |date=18 July 1857 |page=4 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
In July 1857, on petition, O'Flaherty was unseated—as he was guilty, by his agents, of bribery—and a new writ was then issued in February 1859.<ref>{{cite news |title=Imperial Parliament |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000071/18570718/022/0004 |access-date=30 September 2018 |work=The Ipswich Journal |date=18 July 1857 |page=4 |via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref>


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|title=[[1859 Galway Borough by-election|By-election, 11 February 1859]]: Galway Borough<ref name="walker"/>}}
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|votes = 140
|votes = 195
|percentage = 7.4
|percentage = 10.3
|change = ''N/A''
|change = ''N/A''
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|votes = 381
|votes = 381
|percentage = 20.4
|percentage = 20.3
|change = ''N/A''
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|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|party = Conservative Party (UK)
|candidate = [[Michael Morris, Baron Morris|Michael Morris]]
|candidate = [[Michael Morris, Baron Morris|Michael Morris]]
|votes = 756
|votes = 756
|percentage = 81.5
|percentage = 81.5
|change = &minus;1.8
|change = +65.9
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|votes = 584
|votes = 584
|percentage = 62.9
|percentage = 63.0
|change = +42.5
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|reg. electors = 1,180
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|winner = Conservative Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
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|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = [[George Morris (MP)|George Morris]]
|candidate = [[George Morris (MP)|George Morris]]
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|winner = Liberal Party (UK)
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|votes = 372
|percentage = 16.3
|percentage = 16.3
|change = &minus;3.9
|change = -4.0
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|title=[[1874 United Kingdom general election|General election 1874]]: Galway Borough (2 seats)<ref name="walker"/>}}
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|votes = 6
|percentage = 0.5
|percentage = 0.5
|change = &minus;10.6
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|title=[[1885 United Kingdom general election|General election 1885]] :Galway Borough<ref name=TT09091901>{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Election intelligence|day_of_week=Monday |date=9 September 1901|page_number=10 |issue=36555| }}</ref><ref name="walker">{{cite book|editor1-last=Walker|editor1-first=B.M.|title=Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922|date=1978|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|location=Dublin|isbn=0901714127}}</ref>}}
|title=[[1885 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1885 general election]]: Galway Borough<ref name=TT09091901>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=Election intelligence|date=9 September 1901|page=10 |issue=36555}}</ref><ref name="walker">{{cite book|editor1-last=Walker|editor1-first=B.M.|title=Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922|date=1978|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|location=Dublin|isbn=0901714127|pages=217–218, 281–283, 350–351}}</ref>}}
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|party = Irish Parliamentary Party
|party = Independent Nationalist
|candidate = [[William O'Shea]]
|candidate = [[William O'Shea]]
|votes = 942
|votes = 942
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|party =Irish Parliamentary Party
|party =Independent Nationalist
|candidate = Michael Aloysius Lynch
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|votes = 54
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|title=[[1886 United Kingdom general election|General election 1886]] :Galway Borough<ref name=TT09091901/><ref name="walker"/>}}
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|title=[[1892 United Kingdom general election in Ireland|1892 general election]]: Galway Borough<ref name=TT09091901/>}}
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|votes = 131
|percentage = 9.0
|percentage = 9.0
|change = +4.9
|change = +4.8
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===Elections in the 1900s===
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|party = Irish Unionist Alliance
|party = Irish Unionist Alliance
|candidate = [[Martin Morris, 2nd Baron Killanin|Martin Morris]]
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|votes = 119
|votes = 119
|percentage = 7.0
|percentage = 7.2
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|title=[[1901 Galway Borough by-election]]<ref name="Galway Borough Election">{{cite news |title=Galway Borough Election|work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=5 November 1906 |accessdate= 15 October 2016 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/19061105/070/0007| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="walker"/>}}
|title=[[1901 Galway Borough by-election]]<ref name="Galway Borough Election">{{cite news |title=Galway Borough Election|work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=5 November 1906 |access-date= 15 October 2016 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/19061105/070/0007| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="walker"/>}}
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|party = Irish Parliamentary Party
|party = Irish Parliamentary Party
|candidate = [[Arthur Lynch (politician)|Arthur Lynch]]
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|votes = 775
|votes = 775
|percentage = 45.1
|percentage = 45.0
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|change = ''N/A''
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|party = Irish Parliamentary Party
|party = Irish Parliamentary Party
|candidate = [[Charles Ramsay Devlin]]
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|title=[[1906 Galway Borough by-election]]<ref name="Galway Borough Election">{{cite news |title=Galway Borough Election|work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=5 November 1906 |accessdate= 15 October 2016 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/19061105/070/0007| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="walker"/>}}
|title=[[1906 Galway Borough by-election]]<ref name="Galway Borough Election">{{cite news |title=Galway Borough Election|work=Nottingham Evening Post |date=5 November 1906 |access-date= 15 October 2016 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000321/19061105/070/0007| via = [[British Newspaper Archive]]|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref name="walker"/>}}
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|party = Irish Parliamentary Party
|party = Irish Parliamentary Party
|candidate = [[Stephen Gwynn]]
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|votes = 559
|votes = 559
|percentage = 36.3
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|change = ''N/A''
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|votes = 424
|votes = 424
|percentage = 27.5
|percentage = 27.4
|change = ''N/A''
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===Elections in the 1910s===
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|title=[[January 1910 United Kingdom general election|General election January 1910]] :Galway Borough<ref name="walker"/>}}
|title=[[January 1910 United Kingdom general election|January 1910 general election]]: Galway Borough<ref name="walker"/>}}
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|title=[[December 1910 United Kingdom general election|General election December 1910]] :Galway Borough<ref name="walker"/>}}
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|party = Irish Parliamentary Party
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|votes = 203
|percentage = 16.0
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==References==
==References==
*''The Parliaments of England'' by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
*''The Parliaments of England'' by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
*''Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922'', edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
*{{cite book|title=Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922|editor-first=Brian M.|editor-last=Walker|publisher=Royal Irish Academy|year=1978|location=Dublin|isbn=0901714127}}
*{{Rayment-hc|g|1|date=March 2012}}
*{{Rayment-hc|g|1|date=March 2012}}


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[[Category:United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1801]]
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Galway Borough
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
CountyCounty Galway
BoroughGalway
1801–1918
Seats
  • 1 (1801–1832)
  • 2 (1832–1885)
  • 1 (1885–1918)
Created fromGalway Town (IHC)
Replaced byGalway Connemara

Galway Borough was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland. It returned one MP from 1801 to 1832, two MPs from 1832 to 1885 and one MP from 1885 to 1918. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Great Britain and Ireland took effect on 1 January 1801.

Boundaries

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This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Galway in County Galway.

Members of Parliament

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Year Member Party
1801 St. George Daly
1801 John Ponsonby
1802 Denis Bowes Daly
1805 James Daly
1811 Frederick Ponsonby Whig[1]
1813 Valentine Blake Tory[1]
1820 Michael Prendergast Tory[1]
1826 James O'Hara Non Partisan[2]
1831 John Bodkin Whig[1]
  • Representation increased to two seats (1832)
Year First member First party Second member Second party
1832 Andrew Henry Lynch Repeal Association[3] Lachlan MacLachlan[4] Repeal Association[3]
1833 Martin Joseph Blake Repeal Association[3]
1841 Sir Valentine Blake, Bt Repeal Association[3]
Feb. 1847 James Henry Monahan Whig[3][5][6]
Aug. 1847 Anthony O'Flaherty Repeal Association[3]
1852 Ind. Irish[3] Ind. Irish[3]
Apr. 1857 Whig[7] Ulick de Burgh Whig[8]
Jul. 1857 Vacant[3]
Feb. 1859 John Orrell Lever Conservative[3]
May. 1859 Liberal[3]
1865 Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, Bt Liberal[3] Michael Morris Liberal[3]
1866 Conservative[3]
1867 George Morris Liberal[3]
1868 William St Lawrence Liberal[3]
Feb. 1874 George Morris Home Rule League[3] Home Rule League[3]
Mar. 1874 Frank Hugh O'Donnell Home Rule League[3]
Jun. 1874 Michael Francis Ward Home Rule League[3]
1880 T. P. O'Connor Parnellite Home Rule League[3] John Orrell Lever Home Rule League[3]
  • Representation reduced to one seat (1885)
Election Member Party
1885 T. P. O'Connor Irish Parliamentary Party
1886 William O'Shea Independent Nationalist
1886 John Pinkerton Irish Parliamentary Party
18901 Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite)
1900 Martin Morris Irish Unionist Party
1901 Arthur Lynch[9] Irish Parliamentary Party
1903 Charles Ramsay Devlin Irish Parliamentary Party
1906 Stephen Gwynn Irish Parliamentary Party
1918 Constituency abolished

1There was no election but the IPP split into two factions, and Pinkerton joined the faction opposing Parnell.

Elections

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Elections in the 1830s

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General election 1830: Galway Borough[3][1][10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan James O'Hara (Irish politician) 381 55.5
Irish Repeal Valentine Blake 305 44.5
Majority 76 11.0
Turnout 686 c. 33.4
Registered electors c. 2,052
Nonpartisan hold Swing
General election 1831: Galway Borough[3][1][10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Whig John James Bodkin Unopposed
Registered electors 2,052
Whig gain from Nonpartisan
General election 1832: Galway Borough (2 seats)[3][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Irish Repeal Andrew Henry Lynch 1,265 41.8
Irish Repeal Lachlan MacLachlan 951 31.5
Irish Repeal Martin Joseph Blake 807 26.7
Majority 144 4.8
Turnout 1,795 87.1
Registered electors 2,062
Irish Repeal gain from Whig
Irish Repeal win (new seat)
  • On petition, MacLachlan was unseated in favour of Blake
General election 1835: Galway Borough (2 seats)[3][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Irish Repeal (Whig) Andrew Henry Lynch Unopposed
Irish Repeal (Whig) Martin Joseph Blake Unopposed
Registered electors 2,062
Irish Repeal hold
Irish Repeal hold
General election 1837: Galway Borough (2 seats)[3][1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Irish Repeal (Whig) Andrew Henry Lynch 565 42.5
Irish Repeal (Whig) Martin Joseph Blake 462 34.7
Conservative Denis Daly 296 22.3
Conservative Robert Burke 7 0.5
Majority 166 12.4
Turnout 772 28.2
Registered electors 2,739
Irish Repeal hold
Irish Repeal hold

Lynch was appointed as a Master in Chancery, requiring a by-election.

By-election, 12 February 1838: Galway Borough[3][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal (Whig) Andrew Henry Lynch 445 73.7 +31.2
Irish Repeal Valentine Blake 159 26.3 N/A
Majority 286 47.4 +35.0
Turnout 604 c. 22.1 c. −6.1
Registered electors c. 2,739
Irish Repeal hold Swing +31.2

Elections in the 1840s

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General election 1841: Galway Borough (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal Valentine Blake Unopposed
Irish Repeal Martin Joseph Blake Unopposed
Registered electors 1,600
Irish Repeal hold
Irish Repeal hold

Valentine Blake's death caused a by-election.

By-election, 17 February 1847: Galway Borough[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig James Henry Monahan 510 50.2 New
Irish Repeal Anthony O'Flaherty 506 49.8 N/A
Majority 4 0.4 N/A
Turnout 1,016 74.2 N/A
Registered electors 1,369
Whig gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A
General election 1847: Galway Borough (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Repeal Anthony O'Flaherty Unopposed
Irish Repeal Martin Joseph Blake Unopposed
Registered electors 1,369
Irish Repeal hold
Irish Repeal hold

Elections in the 1850s

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General election 1852: Galway Borough (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Irish Anthony O'Flaherty 632 48.1 N/A
Independent Irish Martin Joseph Blake 411 31.3 N/A
Whig Ulick de Burgh 272 20.7 New
Majority 139 10.6 N/A
Turnout 658 (est) 63.4 (est) N/A
Registered electors 1,038
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A
Independent Irish gain from Irish Repeal Swing N/A
General election 1857: Galway Borough (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Whig Ulick de Burgh 646 40.7 +20.0
Whig Anthony O'Flaherty 508 32.0 −16.1
Independent Irish Theodore Patrick French 433 27.3 −4.0
Majority 75 4.7 N/A
Turnout 794 (est) 67.2 (est) +3.8
Registered electors 1,115
Whig gain from Independent Irish Swing +11.0
Whig gain from Independent Irish Swing −3.0

In July 1857, on petition, O'Flaherty was unseated—as he was guilty, by his agents, of bribery—and a new writ was then issued in February 1859.[11]

By-election, 11 February 1859: Galway Borough[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Orrell Lever Unopposed
Registered electors 1,300
Conservative gain from Whig
General election 1859: Galway Borough (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative John Orrell Lever 743 39.2 N/A
Liberal Ulick de Burgh 603 31.8 −8.9
Liberal Theodore Patrick French 548 28.9 +1.6
Majority 195 10.3 N/A
Turnout 947 (est) 72.8 (est) +5.6
Registered electors 1,300
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing N/A
Liberal hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1860s

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General election 1865: Galway Borough (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Michael Morris 883 47.3 +15.5
Liberal Rowland Blennerhassett 672 36.0 +7.1
Conservative John Orrell Lever 291 15.6 −23.6
Independent Liberal Nicholas Stubber 22 1.2 New
Majority 381 20.3 N/A
Turnout 1,080 (est) 91.4 (est) +18.6
Registered electors 1,182
Liberal hold Swing +13.7
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +9.5

Morris was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

1866 Galway Borough by-election (1 seat)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Morris 756 81.5 +65.9
Independent Liberal Nicholas Stubber 172 18.5 +17.3
Majority 584 63.0 N/A
Turnout 928 78.6 −12.8
Registered electors 1,180
Conservative gain from Liberal Swing −9.6

Morris was appointed Attorney-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.

February 1867 Galway Borough by-election (1 seat)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Michael Morris Unopposed
Conservative hold

Morris resigned after being appointed a judge of the Court of Common Pleas.

April 1867 Galway Borough by-election (1 seat)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal George Morris Unopposed
Liberal gain from Conservative
General election 1868: Galway Borough (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William St Lawrence 826 36.3 −11.0
Liberal Rowland Blennerhassett 804 35.3 −0.7
Liberal Martin Francis O'Flaherty 432 19.0 N/A
Conservative James O'Hare 213 9.4 −6.2
Majority 372 16.3 −4.0
Turnout 1,244 (est) 90.1 (est) −1.3
Registered electors 1,381
Liberal hold Swing −4.0
Liberal hold Swing +1.2

Elections in the 1870s

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General election 1874: Galway Borough (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule George Morris 761 42.9 New
Home Rule William St Lawrence 604 34.0 −2.3
Home Rule Frank Hugh O'Donnell 409 23.1 New
Majority 195 10.9 N/A
Turnout 887 (est) 61.4 (est) −28.7
Registered electors 1,444
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A
Home Rule gain from Liberal Swing N/A

St Lawrence succeeded to the peerage, becoming Earl of Howth.

March 1874 Galway Borough by-election (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule Frank Hugh O'Donnell 579 61.8 N/A
Liberal Pierce Joyce 358 38.2 New
Majority 221 23.6 +12.7
Turnout 937 64.9 +3.5
Registered electors 1,444
Home Rule hold Swing N/A

On petition, O'Donnell was unseated.

June 1874 Galway Borough by-election (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule Michael Francis Ward 726 71.6 N/A
Liberal James Henry Monahan 288 28.4 N/A
Majority 438 43.2 +32.3
Turnout 1,014 70.2 +8.8
Registered electors 1,444
Home Rule hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1880s

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General election 1880: Galway Borough (2 seats)[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Home Rule John Orrell Lever 501 34.1 N/A
Parnellite Home Rule League T. P. O'Connor 487 33.2 N/A
Home Rule Hugh Tarpey 481 32.7 N/A
Majority 6 0.5 −10.4
Turnout 988 (est) 78.4 (est) +17.0
Registered electors 1,261
Home Rule hold Swing N/A
Home Rule hold Swing N/A
1885 general election: Galway Borough[12][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary T. P. O'Connor 1,335 89.1 N/A
Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union Thomas George Palmer Hallett 164 10.9 New
Majority 1,171 78.2 N/A
Turnout 1,499 66.2 −12.2 (est)
Registered electors 2,265
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing N/A

O'Connor is also elected for Liverpool Scotland and opts to sit there, prompting a by-election.

1886 Galway Borough by-election[12][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Ind. Nationalist William O'Shea 942 94.6 N/A
Ind. Nationalist Michael Aloysius Lynch 54 5.4 N/A
Majority 888 89.2 +11.0
Turnout 996 66.2 0.0
Registered electors 2,265
Ind. Nationalist gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A
1886 general election: Galway Borough[12][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary John Pinkerton Unopposed
Registered electors 2,265
Irish Parliamentary gain from Ind. Nationalist

Elections in the 1890s

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1892 general election: Galway Borough[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation John Pinkerton 644 52.1 N/A
Irish National League Arthur Lynch 593 47.9 N/A
Majority 51 4.2 N/A
Turnout 1,237 64.8 N/A
Registered electors 1,909
Irish National Federation gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A
1895 general election: Galway Borough[12][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish National Federation John Pinkerton 596 40.9 −11.2
Irish National League Edmund Leamy 465 31.9 −16.0
Irish Unionist Martin Morris 395 27.1 New
Majority 131 9.0 +4.8
Turnout 1,456 82.8 +18.0
Registered electors 1,759
Irish National Federation hold Swing +2.4

Elections in the 1900s

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1900 general election: Galway Borough[12][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Unionist Martin Morris 882 53.6 +26.5
Irish Parliamentary Edmund Leamy 763 46.4 −26.4'"`UNIQ−−ref−00000082−QINU`"'
Majority 119 7.2 N/A
Turnout 1,645 74.5 −8.3
Registered electors 2,209
Irish Unionist gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing +26.5
  1. ^ Calculated from the combined INF and INL votes in 1895

Morris is elevated to the peerage as Lord Killanin, prompting a by-election.

1901 Galway Borough by-election[13][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Arthur Lynch 1,247 72.5 +26.1
Irish Unionist Horace Plunkett 472 27.5 −26.1
Majority 775 45.0 N/A
Turnout 1,719 79.4 +4.9
Registered electors 2,166
Irish Parliamentary gain from Irish Unionist Swing +26.1

Lynch is adjudged guilty of high treason, prompting a by-election.

1903 Galway Borough by-election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Charles Ramsay Devlin Unopposed
Registered electors 2,347
Irish Parliamentary hold
1906 general election: Galway Borough[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Charles Ramsay Devlin Unopposed
Registered electors 2,202
Irish Parliamentary hold

Devlin resigns, causing a by-election.

1906 Galway Borough by-election[13][3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Stephen Gwynn 983 63.7 N/A
Ind. Nationalist John Shawe-Taylor 559 36.3 New
Majority 424 27.4 N/A
Turnout 1,542 70.0 N/A
Registered electors 2,202
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

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January 1910 general election: Galway Borough[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Stephen Gwynn Unopposed
Registered electors 2,306
Irish Parliamentary hold
December 1910 general election: Galway Borough[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Irish Parliamentary Stephen Gwynn 1,062 84.0 N/A
Ind. Unionist James Leslie Wanklyn 203 16.0 New
Majority 859 68.0 N/A
Turnout 1,265 54.9 N/A
Registered electors 2,306
Irish Parliamentary hold

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Stooks Smith, Henry (1842). The Register of Parliamentary Contested Elections: Containing the Uncontested Elections Since 1830. London: Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. pp. 228–229.
  2. ^ Farrell, Stephen. "O'HARA, James (1796-1838), of West Lodge, co. Galway". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. pp. 217–218, 281–283, 350–351. ISBN 0901714127.
  4. ^ 1832: On petition, Lachlan MacLachlan was unseated and Martin Joseph Blake declared elected (Walker, page 52)
  5. ^ "The Galway Election". Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet. 22 February 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "The Galway Election". Inverness Courier. 24 February 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ Ollivier, John (1841). Ollivier's parliamentary and political directory for the Session 1841, 1848, Volume 1. p. 27.
  8. ^ "The New Parliament". Dublin Weekly Nation. 18 April 1857. p. 8. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "No. 27382". The London Gazette. 3 December 1901. p. 8559.
  10. ^ a b Farrell, Stephen. "Galway". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Imperial Parliament". The Ipswich Journal. 18 July 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ^ a b c d e f "Election intelligence". The Times. No. 36555. London. 9 September 1901. p. 10.
  13. ^ a b "Galway Borough Election". Nottingham Evening Post. 5 November 1906. Retrieved 15 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.

References

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