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Galway Borough (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Galway Borough | |
|---|---|
| Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| County | County Galway |
| Borough | Galway |
| 1801–1918 | |
| Seats |
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| Created from | Galway Town (IHC) |
| Replaced by | Galway 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
This constituency was the parliamentary borough of Galway in County Galway.
Members of Parliament
| 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)
- 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
Elections in the 1830s
| 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 | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | John James Bodkin | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 2,052 | ||||
| Whig gain from Nonpartisan | |||||
| 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
| 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 | |||||