Galway Borough was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland. It returned one MP from 1801 to 1832, two MPs from 1832 to 1885 and one MP from 1885 to 1918. 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 YearMemberParty 1801 St. George Daly 1801 John Ponsonby 1802 Denis Bowes Daly 1805 James Daly 1811 Frederick Ponsonby Whig 1813 Valentine Blake Tory 1820 Michael Prendergast Tory 1826 James O'Hara Non Partisan 1831 John Bodkin Whig Representation increased to two seats (1832) YearFirst memberFirst partySecond memberSecond party 1832 Andrew Henry Lynch Repeal Association Lachlan MacLachlan1832: On petition, Lachlan MacLachlan was unseated and Martin Joseph Blake declared elected (Walker, page 52) Repeal Association 1833 Martin Joseph Blake Repeal Association 1841 Sir Valentine Blake, Bt Repeal Association Feb. 1847 James Henry Monahan Whig Aug. 1847 Anthony O'Flaherty Repeal Association 1852 Ind. Irish Ind. Irish Apr. 1857 Whig Ulick de Burgh Whig Jul. 1857 Vacant Feb. 1859 John Orrell Lever Conservative May. 1859 Liberal 1865 Sir Rowland Blennerhassett, Bt Liberal Michael Morris Liberal 1866 Conservative 1867 George Morris Liberal 1868 William St Lawrence Liberal Feb. 1874 George Morris Home Rule League Home Rule League Mar. 1874 Frank Hugh O'Donnell Home Rule League Jun. 1874 Michael Francis Ward Home Rule League 1880 T. P. O'Connor John Orrell Lever Home Rule League Representation reduced to one seat (1885)
ElectionMemberParty 1885 T. P. O'Connor Irish Parliamentary Party 1886 William O'Shea Independent Nationalist 1886 John Pinkerton Irish Parliamentary Party 18901 Irish National Federation (Anti-Parnellite) 1900 Martin Morris Irish Unionist Party 1901 Arthur Lynch Irish Parliamentary Party 1903 Charles Ramsay Devlin Irish Parliamentary Party 1906 Stephen Gwynn Irish Parliamentary Party1918 Constituency abolished
1There was no election but the IPP split into two factions, and Pinkerton joined the faction opposing Parnell.
Elections Elections in the 1830s
On petition, MacLachlan was unseated in favour of Blake
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
Notes
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)