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

• Constituency created (1801)

• Representation increased to two seats (1832)

• Representation reduced to one seat (1885)

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

Elections

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)
• 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)