Galway Borough (UK Parliament constituency)

Galway Borough
Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons
1801–1918

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.

Boundaries

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

Members of Parliament

Constituency created (1801)

Year	Member
1801	St. George Daly
1801	John Brabazon Ponsonby
1802	Denis Bowes Daly
1805	James Daly
1811	Frederick Ponsonby
1813	Valentine Blake
1820	Michael George Prendergast
1826	James O'Hara
1831	John James Bodkin

Representation increased to two seats (1832)

Year	First member	Second member
1832	Andrew Henry Lynch	Lachlan MacLachlan^[1]
1833	Andrew Henry Lynch	Martin Joseph Blake
1841	Sir Valentine Blake, Bt
1847	James Henry Monahan
1847	Anthony O'Flaherty
1857		Lord Dunkellin
1859	John Orrell Lever	Lord Dunkellin
1865	Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, Bt	Michael Morris
1867		George Morris
1868		William St Lawrence
1874	Frank Hugh O'Donnell	George Morris
1874	Michael Francis Ward	George Morris
1880	Thomas Power O'Connor	John Orrell Lever

Representation reduced to one seat (1885)

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Thomas Power O'Connor	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1886	William Henry O'Shea	Irish Nationalist
	1886	John Pinkerton	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1890¹	John Pinkerton	Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite)
	1900	Martin Morris	Conservative
	1901	Arthur Lynch^[2]	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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General Election 1885^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Parliamentary	Thomas Power O'Connor	1,335
		T. G. Hallett	164
Majority			1,171
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing

Galway Borough by-election, 1886^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Parliamentary	William Henry O'Shea	644
	Irish Parliamentary	Thomas Lynch	54
Majority			888
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing

General Election 1886^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Irish Parliamentary	John Pinkerton	unopposed

General Election 1892^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Parliamentary	John Pinkerton	644
	Irish Parliamentary	A. Lynch	593
Majority			51
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing

General Election 1895^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Parliamentary	John Pinkerton	595	42.6
	Irish Parliamentary	Edmund Leamy	405	29.0
	Conservative	Hon. Martin Morris	395	28.3
Majority
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing

General Election 1900^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	Hon. Martin Morris	882	53.5
	Irish Parliamentary	Edmund Leamy	765	46.5
Majority			117
	Conservative gain from Irish Parliamentary		Swing

Galway Borough by-election, 1901^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Parliamentary	Arthur Lynch	1,247	72.5
	Conservative	H Plunkett	473	27.5
Majority			774
	Irish Parliamentary gain from Conservative		Swing

Galway Borough by-election, 1906^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Irish Parliamentary	Stephen Gwynne	983
	Independent	Captain Shawe-Taylor	559
Majority			424
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing

Notes

↑ 1832:On petition, Lachlan MacLachlan was unseated and Martin Joseph Blake declared elected (Walker, page 52)
↑ The London Gazette: no. 27382. p. 8559. 3 December 1901.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Election intelligence". The Times (36555). London. 9 September 1901. p. 10.
1 2 "Galway Borough Election". Nottingham Evening Post. 5 November 1906. Retrieved 15 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).

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)
Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Galway and Borough/City

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

Athenry (1310–1800)
Galway Borough (1264–1800)
Galway County (1264–1800)
Tuam (1614–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918

Galway County (1801–85)
Galway Borough (1801–1918)
Galway Connemara (1885–1922)
East Galway (1885–1922)
North Galway (1885–1922)
South Galway (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Galway (1921–37) Galway North (1948–61) Galway North–East (1969–77) Galway South (1948–61) Clare–Galway South (1969–77)

Current	Galway East (1937–48, 1961–69, 1977–) Galway West (1937–) Roscommon–Galway (2016–)

European Parliament
1979–present

Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004)
North-West (2004–14)
Midlands–North-West (2014–)

Constituencies in Ireland by county

Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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