June 1874 Galway Borough by-election

The 1874 Galway Borough by-election was held on 29 June 1874. The by-election was held due to the void election of the incumbent Home Rule MP, Frank Hugh O'Donnell, in the March by-election. It was won by the Home Rule candidate Michael Francis Ward. ^[1]

Galway Borough by-election, June 1874
Registered electors 1,444 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Home Rule	Michael Francis Ward	726	71.6	N/A
	Liberal	James Henry Monahan	288	28.4	N/A
Majority			438	43.2	+32.3
Turnout			1,014	70.2	+8.8
	Home Rule hold		Swing	N/A

References

1. "House of Commons". www.leighrayment.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2008. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
2. Walker, Brian Mercer (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 120.