Galway (Dáil constituency)
Dáil constituency (1921–1937)
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Galway was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1921 to 1937. The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
| Galway | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil constituency | |
Location of Galway within Ireland | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1921 |
| Abolished | 1937 |
| Seats |
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| Local government area | County Galway |
| Created from | |
| Replaced by | |
History
It was the largest constituency in Ireland, electing 7 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil in 1921 and 1922, and 9 from 1923 to 1937. The constituency was created in 1921 as a 7-seat constituency, under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, for the 1921 elections to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland. That House had only a brief existence, as only four members took their seats, the remainder forming the Second Dáil.
Under the Electoral Act 1923, it became a 9-seat constituency for the 1923 general election to the 4th Dáil. Its representation remained at 9 seats until its abolition at the 1937 general election, under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935.
Boundaries
Galway was created as 7-seat constituency under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 succeeding the constituencies of Galway Connemara, East Galway, North Galway and South Galway, which had elected MPs to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.[1]
It became a 9-seat constituency in 1923, defined as:[2]
It was abolished at the 1937 general election, replaced by the constituencies of Galway East (4 seats) and Galway West (4 seats).[3]
TDs
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
- Frank Fahy served as Ceann Comhairle from 9 March 1932.
Elections
^ *: Outgoing TD
1936 by-election
Following the death of Fine Gael TD Patrick Hogan, a by-election was held on 13 August 1936, and the seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Martin Neilan.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Neilan | 60.6 | 39,982 | ||
| Fine Gael | James Hogan | 35.3 | 23,264 | 25,073 | |
| Cumann Poblachta na hÉireann | George Noble Plunkett[a] | 4.1 | 2,696 | 5,711 | |
| Electorate: 97,736 Valid: 65,942 Quota: 32,972 Turnout: 67.5% | |||||
1935 by-election
Following the death of Fine Gael TD Martin McDonogh, a by-election was held on 19 June 1935.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Eamon Corbett | 60.8 | 37,415 | |
| Fine Gael | Thomas McDonogh | 39.2 | 24,088 | |
| Electorate: 97,650 Valid: 61,503 Quota: 30,752 Turnout: 63.0% | ||||
1933 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Frank Fahy[*][a] | Automatically Returned | N/A | ||||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Mark Killilea Snr | 12.2 | 8,872 | ||||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Beegan[*] | 9.6 | 7,010 | 7,220 | 7,659 | 7,674 | 7,686 | 7,686 | 7,696 | 7,701 | 7,788 | 10,119 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Gerald Bartley[*] | 8.7 | 6,358 | 6,380 | 6,656 | 6,662 | 6,690 | 6,691 | 6,892 | 6,932 | 11,318 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Séamus Keely | 8.5 | 6,197 | 6,232 | 6,414 | 6,448 | 6,468 | 6,468 | 6,472 | 6,482 | 6,679 | 7,126 | 8,448 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Stephen Jordan[*] | 7.9 | 5,770 | 5,922 | 6,489 | 6,535 | 6,612 | 6,619 | 6,634 | 6,649 | 6,823 | 6,977 | 7,539 | 7,850 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Powell[*] | 7.8 | 5,687 | 5,977 | 6,422 | 6,427 | 6,514 | 6,517 | 6,552 | 6,559 | 7,416 | 7,686 | 7,789 | 7,821 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Tubridy | 7.7 | 5,634 | 5,649 | 5,786 | 5,789 | 5,797 | 5,799 | 5,873 | 5,889 | |||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Patrick Hogan[*] | 6.8 | 4,940 | 4,945 | 5,176 | 8,051 | 8,444 | ||||||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Martin McDonogh | 5.9 | 4,328 | 4,329 | 4,555 | 4,635 | 5,409 | 5,511 | 9,321 | ||||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Joseph Mongan[*] | 5.8 | 4,198 | 4,201 | 4,224 | 4,236 | 4,382 | 4,417 | |||||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Seán Broderick[*] | 5.7 | 4,167 | 4,176 | 4,279 | 4,410 | 6,533 | 6,722 | 6,884 | 8,007 | 8,039 | 8,050 | 8,077 | 8,077 | |
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Fred McDonogh[*] | 4.9 | 3,574 | 3,585 | 3,813 | 3,838 | |||||||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Patrick Cawley | 4.3 | 3,129 | 3,130 | 3,267 | ||||||||||
| Labour | Robert Malachy Burke | 4.2 | 3,080 | 3,093 | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 94,591 Valid: 72,944 Quota: 8,105 Turnout: 77.1% | |||||||||||||||
1932 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Frank Fahy[*][a] | 9.3 | 6,132 | 6,187 | 6,245 | 6,525 | 6,728 | |||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Powell[*] | 9.2 | 6,068 | 6,162 | 6,174 | 6,685 | ||||||||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Patrick Hogan[*] | 8.4 | 5,551 | 5,617 | 5,681 | 5,839 | 8,489 | |||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Mark Killilea Snr[*] | 8.2 | 5,454 | 5,458 | 5,475 | 5,545 | 5,550 | 5,555 | 5,560 | 5,571 | 5,729 | 5,816 | 5,924 | 5,955 | 5,962 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Beegan | 7.9 | 5,230 | 5,236 | 5,331 | 5,583 | 5,598 | 5,600 | 5,614 | 5,620 | 5,697 | 6,871 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Stephen Jordan[*] | 7.8 | 5,142 | 5,153 | 5,174 | 5,348 | 5,369 | 5,382 | 5,400 | 5,443 | 5,661 | 5,771 | 5,981 | 6,207 | 6,215 | |
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Fred McDonogh | 7.4 | 4,926 | 4,955 | 4,974 | 5,077 | 5,208 | 5,209 | 5,372 | 5,376 | 5,385 | 5,388 | 6,037 | 6,037 | 6,352 | |
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Joseph Mongan[*] | 7.0 | 4,658 | 4,692 | 4,715 | 4,746 | 4,781 | 4,781 | 4,837 | 4,840 | 4,972 | 4,987 | 6,944 | |||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Seán Broderick[*] | 6.6 | 4,397 | 4,410 | 4,420 | 4,467 | 4,558 | 4,558 | 6,052 | 6,073 | 6,082 | 6,088 | 6,763 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Gerald Bartley | 6.6 | 4,357 | 4,456 | 4,486 | 4,574 | 4,584 | 4,591 | 4,600 | 4,610 | 8,019 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Tubridy[*] | 6.1 | 4,020 | 4,107 | 4,110 | 4,169 | 4,173 | 4,210 | 4,212 | 4,219 | ||||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Martin McDonogh[*] | 5.1 | 3,384 | 3,642 | 3,674 | 4,050 | 4,121 | 4,127 | 4,241 | 4,250 | 4,312 | 4,322 | ||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Patrick Lambert | 4.9 | 3,261 | 3,269 | 3,277 | 3,303 | ||||||||||
| Labour | Frank Kelly | 2.3 | 1,533 | 1,705 | 2,348 | |||||||||||
| Labour | Edward Meehan | 1.6 | 1,036 | 1,047 | ||||||||||||
| Independent | Martin Cooke | 1.5 | 987 | |||||||||||||
| Electorate: 91,746 Valid: 66,136 Quota: 6,614 Turnout: 72.1% | ||||||||||||||||
September 1927 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Patrick Hogan[*] | 10.2 | 6,059 | ||||||||||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Seán Broderick[*] | 8.8 | 5,236 | 5,295 | 5,480 | 7,180 | |||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Tubridy[*] | 8.6 | 5,126 | 5,473 | 5,482 | 5,499 | 5,499 | 5,501 | 5,520 | 5,520 | 5,594 | 5,637 | 5,891 | 6,255 | |
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Martin McDonogh[*] | 8.4 | 5,007 | 5,239 | 5,448 | 5,768 | 5,808 | 6,078 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Frank Fahy[*] | 8.0 | 4,780 | 4,919 | 5,659 | 5,731 | 5,737 | 5,757 | 8,027 | ||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Mark Killilea Snr[*] | 7.8 | 4,675 | 4,730 | 4,808 | 4,888 | 4,889 | 4,899 | 5,300 | 5,301 | 6,610 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Powell[*] | 7.6 | 4,551 | 4,744 | 4,756 | 4,792 | 4,792 | 4,792 | 4,818 | 4,818 | 4,919 | 5,387 | 6,579 | ||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Joseph Mongan | 7.1 | 4,208 | 4,415 | 4,438 | 4,597 | 4,626 | 5,376 | 5,390 | 5,453 | 5,461 | 5,462 | 5,865 | 5,892 | |
| Cumann na nGaedheal | James Nestor | 6.6 | 3,944 | 4,021 | 4,077 | 4,265 | 4,272 | 4,396 | 4,415 | 4,460 | 4,470 | 4,472 | 4,818 | 4,835 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Stephen Jordan | 5.8 | 3,448 | 3,516 | 3,592 | 3,614 | 3,617 | 3,623 | 3,765 | 3,766 | 4,169 | 4,263 | 5,005 | 5,210 | |
| Labour | Gilbert Lynch[*] | 4.9 | 2,912 | 3,065 | 3,443 | 3,642 | 3,647 | 3,677 | 3,857 | 3,859 | 4,015 | 4,051 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Séamus Keely | 4.9 | 2,898 | 2,906 | 3,174 | 3,209 | 3,211 | 3,213 | |||||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Andrew Staunton | 4.5 | 2,680 | 2,703 | 2,972 | ||||||||||
| Independent | James Cosgrave | 4.0 | 2,399 | 2,499 | |||||||||||
| Independent | Pádraic Ó Máille | 2.9 | 1,732 | ||||||||||||
| Electorate: 101,256 Valid: 59,655 Quota: 5,966 Turnout: 58.9% | |||||||||||||||
June 1927 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | ||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Patrick Hogan[*] | 9.6 | 5,564 | 5,636 | 5,773 | 6,550 | |||||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Mark Killilea Snr | 7.5 | 4,349 | 4,363 | 4,419 | 4,420 | 4,448 | 4,555 | 4,629 | 5,671 | 6,071 | ||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Tubridy | 7.4 | 4,287 | 4,328 | 4,347 | 4,351 | 4,351 | 4,359 | 4,620 | 4,633 | 4,656 | 4,666 | 4,690 | 4,722 | 4,731 | 4,750 | 4,756 | 5,441 | |
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Seán Broderick[*] | 6.8 | 3,906 | 4,009 | 4,139 | 4,209 | 4,643 | 4,786 | 4,880 | 4,969 | 4,985 | 4,989 | 5,267 | 6,241 | |||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Joseph Mongan | 5.6 | 3,245 | 3,295 | 3,305 | 3,330 | 3,350 | 3,380 | 3,664 | 3,679 | 3,682 | 3,682 | 3,708 | 3,886 | 3,965 | 4,046 | 4,135 | 4,193 | |
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Martin McDonogh | 5.6 | 3,244 | 3,556 | 3,694 | 3,747 | 3,813 | 4,158 | 4,510 | 4,547 | 4,566 | 4,570 | 4,894 | 5,391 | 5,669 | 5,983 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Frank Fahy[*] | 5.5 | 3,150 | 3,200 | 3,234 | 3,263 | 3,269 | 3,327 | 3,487 | 4,012 | 5,595 | 5,798 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Powell | 5.4 | 3,136 | 3,316 | 3,418 | 3,422 | 3,422 | 3,445 | 3,560 | 3,589 | 3,629 | 3,646 | 3,704 | 3,783 | 3,797 | 3,856 | 3,860 | 5,366 | |
| Labour | Gilbert Lynch | 4.6 | 2,654 | 2,763 | 2,797 | 2,960 | 2,982 | 3,080 | 3,200 | 3,250 | 3,312 | 3,329 | 3,481 | 3,700 | 3,732 | 4,120 | 4,139 | 4,380 | |
| Sinn Féin | Barney Mellows[*] | 4.4 | 2,546 | 2,636 | 2,669 | 2,701 | 2,702 | 2,732 | 2,819 | 3,043 | 3,097 | 3,123 | 3,447 | 3,497 | 3,504 | 3,695 | 3,706 | ||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | James Nestor | 4.2 | 2,433 | 2,459 | 2,554 | 2,568 | 2,595 | 2,927 | 3,014 | 3,026 | 3,033 | 3,034 | 3,102 | ||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Stephen Jordan | 3.9 | 2,241 | 2,262 | 2,287 | 2,295 | 2,296 | 2,349 | 2,370 | ||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Bryan Cusack | 3.8 | 2,212 | 2,267 | 2,274 | 2,336 | 2,357 | 2,370 | 2,399 | 2,509 | |||||||||
| Farmers' Party | Patrick Lambert | 3.5 | 2,031 | 2,061 | 2,516 | 2,546 | 2,554 | 2,634 | 2,693 | 2,764 | 2,777 | 2,777 | |||||||
| National League | William Duffy | 3.5 | 2,003 | 2,083 | 2,158 | 2,216 | 2,240 | 2,543 | 2,673 | 2,744 | 2,854 | 2,858 | 3,681 | 3,778 | 3,790 | 5,333 | 5,377 | 5,656 | |
| National League | James Cosgrave[*] | 3.4 | 1,991 | 2,043 | 2,069 | 2,449 | 2,552 | 2,706 | 2,773 | 2,800 | 2,910 | 2,920 | 3,136 | 3,234 | 3,269 | ||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | John McKeague | 3.2 | 1,832 | 1,840 | 1,849 | ||||||||||||||
| Clann Éireann | Pádraic Ó Máille[*] | 3.1 | 1,809 | 1,936 | 2,035 | 2,064 | 2,071 | 2,157 | |||||||||||
| National League | James McDonald | 3.1 | 1,795 | 1,850 | 2,050 | 2,061 | 2,068 | ||||||||||||
| Farmers' Party | John Ronaldson | 2.8 | 1,637 | 1,781 | |||||||||||||||
| Independent | Seamus O'Mulloy | 2.1 | 1,216 | ||||||||||||||||
| National League | James Reddington | 0.8 | 464 | ||||||||||||||||
| Electorate: 101,256 Valid: 57,745 Quota: 5,775 Turnout: 57.0% | |||||||||||||||||||
1923 general election
Full figures for the fifth through to the eighteenth counts are unavailable.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | ||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Patrick Hogan[*] | 15.6 | 7,563 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Republican | Barney Mellows | 14.7 | 7,131 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Pádraic Ó Máille[*] | 13.6 | 6,570 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Republican | Frank Fahy[*] | 11.7 | 5,670 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Republican | Colm Ó Gaora | 4.2 | 2,011 | 2,019 | 2,575 | 2,606 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3,340 | |
| Independent | James Cosgrave | 4.0 | 1,922 | 2,082 | 2,113 | 2,131 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 3,495 | |
| Labour | Thomas J. O'Connell[*] | 3.8 | 1,862 | 2,019 | 2,088 | 2,209 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4,039 | |
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Seán Broderick | 3.8 | 1,847 | 2,077 | 2,081 | 2,148 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4,648 | |
| Cumann na nGaedheal | George Nicolls[*] | 3.6 | 1,732 | 2,688 | 2,725 | 3,487 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4,920 | |||||
| Farmers' Party | Patrick Conroy | 3.2 | 1,529 | 1,554 | 1,567 | 1,735 | ||||||||||||||||
| Farmers' Party | Martin Egan | 3.1 | 1,497 | 1,709 | 1,732 | 1,749 | ||||||||||||||||
| Republican | Louis O'Dea | 2.9 | 1,413 | 1,436 | 2,861 | 2,911 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 4,338 | |
| Town Tenants' Association | Thomas Sloyan | 2.6 | 1,246 | 1,320 | 1,333 | 1,373 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | William Dolly | 2.6 | 1,237 | 1,345 | 1,349 | 1,388 | ||||||||||||||||
| Labour | John McNally | 2.1 | 1,028 | 1,154 | 1,182 | 1,201 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | John Quinn | 1.7 | 837 | 958 | 960 | 1,050 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Michael Tierney | 1.4 | 667 | 867 | 870 | 943 | ||||||||||||||||
| Unpurchased Tenants' Association | James Hoban | 1.3 | 622 | 651 | 659 | 679 | ||||||||||||||||
| Farmers' Party | Martin Finnerty | 1.3 | 615 | 711 | 729 | 738 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Patrick Curley | 0.8 | 379 | 457 | 462 | 476 | ||||||||||||||||
| Farmers' Party | James Haverty | 0.7 | 343 | 371 | 390 | 397 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Thomas Dillon | 0.6 | 293 | 349 | 352 | 516 | ||||||||||||||||
| Farmers' Party | Michael O'Brien | 0.4 | 204 | 229 | 244 | 259 | ||||||||||||||||
| Independent | Anthony Fallon | 0.3 | 157 | 170 | 187 | 195 | ||||||||||||||||
| Electorate: 106,378 Valid: 48,375 Quota: 4,838 Turnout: 45.5% | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1922 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Patrick Hogan[*] | 18.7 | 6,832 | |||||||
| Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Pádraic Ó Máille[*] | 17.7 | 6,445 | |||||||
| Labour | Thomas J. O'Connell | 13.2 | 4,821 | |||||||
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Bryan Cusack | 12.1 | 4,425 | 4,510 | 4,725 | |||||
| Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Joseph Whelehan[*] | 11.9 | 4,361 | 4,667 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Liam Mellows[*] | 10.8 | 3,937 | 4,076 | 4,347 | 4,423 | 4,454 | 4,521 | 4,540 | |
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Frank Fahy[*] | 9.4 | 3,418 | 3,821 | 4,018 | 4,200 | 4,273 | 4,436 | 4,579 | |
| Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | George Nicolls[*] | 6.2 | 2,258 | 3,594 | 4,793 | |||||
| Electorate: 81,455 Valid: 36,497 Quota: 4,563 Turnout: 44.8% | ||||||||||
1921 general election
| 1921 general election: Galway[5] (uncontested) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Sinn Féin | Bryan Cusack[*] | |
| Sinn Féin | Frank Fahy[*] | |
| Sinn Féin | Patrick Hogan | |
| Sinn Féin | Liam Mellows[*] | |
| Sinn Féin | George Nicolls | |
| Sinn Féin | Pádraic Ó Máille[*] | |
| Sinn Féin | Joseph Whelehan | |