March 1874 Galway Borough by-election

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The Galway Borough by-election of March 1874 was held on 20 March 1874. The byelection was held due to the succession to a peerage of the incumbent Home Rule MP, William St Lawrence. It was won by the Home Rule candidate Frank Hugh O'Donnell.^[1]

March 1874 Galway Borough by-election (2 seats)
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Frank Hugh O'Donnell	579	61.8	*N/A*
	Liberal	Pierce Joyce	358	38.2	N/A
Majority			221	23.6	+12.6
Turnout			937	64.9	+3.5
Registered electors			1,444
	Home Rule hold		Swing	N/A

References[]

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

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1874	March: Chicester New Shoreham Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities Liverpool North Hampshire Oxford University Dublin University Huntingdon Mid Surrey North Lincolnshire Portsmouth Buckinghamshire East Gloucestershire Eye Monmouthshire North Northumberland Dublin County North Devonshire North Northamptonshire Invernesshire South Devonshire South West Lancashire East Suffolk Galway North Leicestershire North Staffordshire Falkirk Burghs North Lancashire April: County Louth Hackney Preston May: Wakefield Stroud Dudley Poole Mayo June: City of Durham Haverfordwest Oxford Galway July: Launceston Stroud Kidderminster September: Midhurst October: Cambridgeshire Northampton November: Wenlock Birkenhead December: St Ives
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1877	January: Sligo County Waterford County February: Dublin University Wilton Halifax March: Oldham Launceston April: Salford May: Montgomery Boroughs Tipperary June: Dungarvan Huntingdonshire August: Great Grimsby Westminster Clare North Northamptonshire
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