East Galway (UK Parliament constituency)

For the 1937–1948, 1961–1969, and 1977–present constituency, see Galway East (Dáil Éireann constituency).

East Galway
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
1885–1922
Number of members	One
Created from	County Galway

East Galway was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland, returning one Member of Parliament 1885–1922.

Prior to the United Kingdom general election, 1885 the area was part of the Galway County constituency. From 1922 it was not represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

This constituency comprised the eastern part of County Galway.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1885	Matthew Harris	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1890 by-election	John Roche	Irish Parliamentary Party
	18901		Anti-Parnellite
	1914 by-election	James Cosgrave	Irish Parliamentary Party
	1918	Liam Mellows	Sinn Féin
	1921	constituency merged into Galway (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Elections

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References

• 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)