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.

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

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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)

Parliamentary constituencies in County Galway and Borough/City

Galway County (1801–85)
Galway Borough (1801–1918)
Galway Connemara (1885–1922)
East Galway (1885–1922)
North Galway (1885–1922)
South Galway (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Galway (1921–37) Galway North (1948–61) Galway North–East (1969–77) Galway South (1948–61) Clare–Galway South (1969–77)

Current	Galway East (1937–48, 1961–69, 1977–) Galway West (1937–) Roscommon–Galway (2016–)

Constituencies in Ireland by county

Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

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