1906 Galway Borough by-election
The Galway Borough by-election of 1906 was held on 3 November 1906. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Irish Parliamentary MP, Charles Ramsay Devlin, in order to return to Canada. It was won by the Irish Parliamentary candidate Stephen Gwynn.[1]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | Stephen Gwynn | 983 | 63.7 | N/A | |
Independent Nationalist | John Shawe-Taylor | 559 | 36.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 424 | 27.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,542 | 70.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 2,202 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary hold | Swing | N/A |
References[]
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
- ^ "Galway Borough Election". Nottingham Evening Post. 5 November 1906. Retrieved 15 October 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
Categories:
- Politics of Galway (city)
- 1906 elections in the United Kingdom
- By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Galway constituencies
- 1906 elections in Ireland
- By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Irish constituency stubs