Galway Borough (UK Parliament constituency)
Galway Borough | |
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Former borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
1801–1918 | |
Replaced by | 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.
Boundaries
This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of Galway in County Galway.
Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1801)
Year | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1801 | St. George Daly | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1801 | John Ponsonby | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1802 | Denis Bowes Daly | |
style="background-color: Template:/meta/color" | | 1805 | James Daly | |
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | | 1811 | Frederick Ponsonby | Whig[1] |
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | | 1813 | Valentine Blake | Tory[1] |
style="background-color: Template:Tories (British political party)/meta/color" | | 1820 | Michael Prendergast | Tory[1] |
style="background-color: Template:Non Partisan/meta/color" | | 1826 | James O'Hara | Non Partisan[2] |
style="background-color: Template:Whigs (British political party)/meta/color" | | 1831 | John Bodkin | Whig[1] |
- Representation increased to two seats (1832)
- Representation reduced to one seat (1885)
Election | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" | | 1885 | T. P. O'Connor | Irish Parliamentary Party |
style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | | 1886 | William O'Shea | Irish Nationalist |
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" | | 1886 | John Pinkerton | Irish Parliamentary Party |
style="background-color: Template:Irish National Federation/meta/color" | | 18901 | Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite) | |
style="background-color: Template:Conservative Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1900 | Martin Morris | Conservative |
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" | | 1901 | Arthur Lynch[9] | Irish Parliamentary Party |
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" | | 1903 | Charles Ramsay Devlin | Irish Parliamentary Party |
style="background-color: Template:Irish Parliamentary Party/meta/color" | | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Nonpartisan | James O'Hara (Irish politician) | 381 | 55.5 | ||
Irish Repeal | Valentine Blake | 305 | 44.5 | ||
Majority | 76 | 11.1 | |||
Turnout | 686 | c. 33.4 | |||
Registered electors | c. 2,052 | ||||
Nonpartisan hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Whig | John James Bodkin | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,052 | ||||
Whig gain from Nonpartisan |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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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 | % | ||
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Irish Repeal (Whig) | Andrew Henry Lynch | Unopposed | |||
Irish Repeal (Whig) | Martin Joseph Blake | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,062 | ||||
Irish Repeal hold | |||||
Irish Repeal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Repeal (Whig) | Andrew Henry Lynch | 445 | 73.7 | +31.2 | |
Irish Repeal | Valentine Blake | 159 | 26.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 286 | 47.4 | +34.9 | ||
Turnout | 604 | c. 22.1 | c. −6.1 | ||
Registered electors | c. 2,739 | ||||
Irish Repeal hold | Swing | +31.2 |
Elections in the 1840s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | N/A | |
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 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | John Orrell Lever | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,300 | ||||
Conservative gain from Whig |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 140 | 7.4 | 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | 20.4 | 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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Michael Morris | 756 | 81.5 | −1.8 | |
Independent Liberal | Nicholas Stubber | 172 | 18.5 | +17.3 | |
Majority | 584 | 62.9 | +42.5 | ||
Turnout | 928 | 78.6 | −12.8 | ||
Registered electors | 1,180 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −9.6 |
Morris was appointed Attorney-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | Michael Morris | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Morris resigned after being appointed a judge of the Court of Common Pleas.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Liberal | George Morris | Unopposed | |||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | −3.9 | ||
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | −10.6 | ||
Turnout | 988 (est) | 78.4 (est) | +17.0 | ||
Registered electors | 1,261 | ||||
Home Rule hold | Swing | N/A | |||
Home Rule hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | William O'Shea | 942 | 94.6 | N/A | |
Irish Parliamentary | Michael Aloysius Lynch | 54 | 5.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 888 | 89.2 | +11.0 | ||
Turnout | 996 | 66.2 | 0.0 | ||
Registered electors | 2,265 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | John Pinkerton | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,265 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1890s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 |
- ^ Calculated from the combined INF and INL votes in 1895
Morris is elevated to the peerage as Lord Killanin, prompting a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Charles Ramsay Devlin | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,347 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Charles Ramsay Devlin | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,202 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Devlin resigns, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Stephen Gwynn | 983 | 63.7 | N/A | |
Independent 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
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Stephen Gwynn | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 2,306 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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
- ^ 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. Retrieved 15 May 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^ Farrell, Stephen. "O'HARA, James (1796-1838), of West Lodge, co. Galway". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ 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 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- ^ 1832:On petition, Lachlan MacLachlan was unseated and Martin Joseph Blake declared elected (Walker, page 52)
- ^ "The Galway Election". Enniskillen Chronicle and Erne Packet. 22 February 1847. p. 3. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Galway Election". Inverness Courier. 24 February 1847. p. 2. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ Ollivier, John (1841). Ollivier's parliamentary and political directory for the Session 1841, 1848, Volume 1. p. 27. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via Google Books.
- ^ "The New Parliament". Dublin Weekly Nation. 18 April 1857. p. 8. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "No. 27382". The London Gazette. 3 December 1901. p. 8559.
- ^ a b Farrell, Stephen. "Galway". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ "Imperial Parliament". The Ipswich Journal. 18 July 1857. p. 4. Retrieved 30 September 2018 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b c d e f "Election intelligence". The Times. No. 36555. London. 9 September 1901. p. 10. template uses deprecated parameter(s) (help)
- ^ a b "Galway Borough Election". Nottingham Evening Post. 5 November 1906. Retrieved 15 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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)