The 1874

Galway Borough Galway Borough was a United Kingdom Parliament constituency in Ireland. It returned one MP from 1801 to 1832, two MPs from 1832 to 1885 and one MP from 1885 to 1918. It was an original constituency represented in Parliament when the Union of Gr ...

by-election was held on 29 June 1874. The byelection was held due to the void Election of the incumbent

Home Rule Home rule is government of a colony, dependent country, or region by its own citizens. It is thus the power of a part (administrative division) of a state or an external dependent country to exercise such of the state's powers of governance wit ...

MP,

Frank Hugh O'Donnell Frank Hugh O'Donnell (also Frank Hugh O'Cahan O'Donnell), born Francis Hugh MacDonald (9 October 1846 – 2 November 1916) was an Irish writer, journalist and nationalist politician. Early life O'Donnell was born in an army barracks in Devon, E ...

, in the March By-election. It was won by the

candidate

Michael Francis Ward Michael Francis Ward (1845-17 June 1881) was an Irish doctor, surgeon, politician and nationalist MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and as member of the Home Rule League represented Galway Borough fro ...

References

Politics of Galway (city) 1874 elections in the United Kingdom By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Galway constituencies 1874 elections in Ireland {{Ireland-UK-Parl-by-election-stub