Galway Borough (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Galway Borough Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1801 |
| Abolished: | 1918 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
Galway Borough was a former 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.
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[edit] Boundaries
This constituency was the Parliamentary borough of Galway in County Galway.
[edit] Members of Parliament
- Constituency created (1801)
| Year | Member |
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| 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 Blennerhasset | 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)
- Constituency abolished (1918)
1There was no election but the IPP split into two factions, and Pinkerton joined the faction opposing Parnell.
[edit] Elections
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[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
