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		Martin Joseph Blake
1841	Sir Valentine Blake, Bt
1847	James Henry Monahan
1847	Anthony O'Flaherty
1857		Lord Dunkellin
1859	John Orrell Lever
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
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
	1890^1		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
	Irish Parliamentary	Edmund Leamy	405
	Conservative	Hon. Martin Morris	395
Majority
	Irish Parliamentary hold		Swing

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

Notes

1. 1832:On petition, Lachlan MacLachlan was unseated and Martin Joseph Blake declared elected (Walker, page 52)
2. The London Gazette: no. 27382. p. 8559. 3 December 1901.
3. "Election intelligence" The Times (London). Monday, 9 September 1901. (36555), p. 10.

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)