Galway Borough (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Galway Borough
Type = Borough
Year = 1801
Abolition = 1918

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)

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

Elections

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)
* [http://www.angeltowns.com/town/peerage/gcommons1.htm Historical list of MPs]