1906 Galway Borough by-election
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The 1906 Galway Borough by-election 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 | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | Stephen Gwynn | 983 | 63.7 | N/A | |
Independent Nationalist | John Shawe-Taylor | 559 | 36.3 | New | |
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.
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