1936 Galway by-election
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13 August 1936
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| Turnout | 65,942 (67.5%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of Galway in the Irish Free State on Thursday, 13 August 1936, to fill a vacancy in the 8th Dáil. It followed the death of Fine Gael TD Patrick Hogan on 14 July 1936.[1]
In 1936, Galway was a nine seat constituency comprising County Galway.[2] The writ of election to fill the vacancy was agreed by the Dáil on 23 July 1936.[3] The by-election was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Martin Neilan.[4]
The surplus votes of the elected candidate Martin Neilan, were distributed after being declared elected. This was because there was a possibility another candidate could have reached the threshold of a third of a quota which would have meant their election deposit was returned to them.
Neilan did not contest the 1937 general election and retired from politics. This was the second by-election in Galway during the 8th Dáil.
Result
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
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| 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% | |||||
Notes
- 1 2 George Noble Plunkett stood as a joint Cumann Poblachta na hÉireann/Sinn Féin candidate.
References
- ↑ "Death of Deputy P. Hogan, Galway". Dáil Debates. 63 (11). Houses of the Oireachtas. 15 July 1936. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
- ↑ Electoral Act 1923, 8th Sch.: Constituencies (No. 12 of 1923, 8th Sch.). Enacted on 17 April 1923. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 18 May 2026.
- ↑ "Issue of Writ". Dáil Debates. 63 (14). Houses of the Oireachtas. 23 July 1936. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
- ↑ "New Deputies Take their Seats". Dáil Debates. 64 (1). Houses of the Oireachtas. 4 November 1936. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
- ↑ "By-election 1936: Galway". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 5 November 2025. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- ↑ Gallagher, Michael (1993). Irish Elections 1922-44: Results and Analysis. PSAI Press. ISBN 0951974815.
- ↑ "Galway: 1936 by-election". Ireland Election. Retrieved 18 May 2026.