Galway Borough (UK Parliament constituency)

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Galway Borough Borough constituency
Created:	1801
Abolished:	1918
Type:	House of Commons

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.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Members of Parliament 3 Elections 4 References

[edit] Boundaries

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

[edit] 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 John 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
1833		Martin Joseph Blake
1841	Sir Valentine John Blake
1847	James Henry Monahan
1847	Anthony O'Flaherty
1857		Ulick Canning de Burgh
1859	John Orrell Lever
1865	Sir Rowland Blennerhassett	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
	18901		Anti-Parnellite
	1900	Martin Morris	Conservative
	1901	Arthur Alfred Lynch	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1902	Charles Ramsay Devlin	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1906	Stephen Lucius 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.

[edit] Elections

[edit] 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)
• Historical list of MPs

v • d • e 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 Galway County (????–1885) · Galway Borough (1801–1918) · Galway Connemara (1885–1922) · East Galway (1885–1922) · North Galway (1885–1922) · South Galway (1885–1922) Dáil Éireann 1918–present Galway (1921–1937) · Galway East (1918–1921, 1937–1948, 1961–1969, 1977—) · Galway North (1918–1921, 1948–1961) · Galway North East (1969–1977) · Galway South (1918–1921, 1948–1961) · Clare-Galway South (1969–1977) · Galway West (1937—)