Galway Borough (UK Parliament constituency)


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

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

Elections

Elections in the 1830s

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

Elections in the 1840s

Valentine Blake's death caused a by-election.

Elections in the 1850s

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.

Elections in the 1860s

Morris was appointed Solicitor-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.
Morris was appointed Attorney-General for Ireland, requiring a by-election.
Morris resigned after being appointed a judge of the Court of Common Pleas.

Elections in the 1870s

St Lawrence succeeded to the peerage, becoming Earl of Howth.
On petition, O'Donnell was unseated.

Elections in the 1880s

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

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Morris is elevated to the peerage as Lord Killanin, prompting a by-election.
Lynch is adjudged guilty of high treason, prompting a by-election.
Devlin resigns, causing a by-election.

Elections in the 1910s