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1903 Galway Borough by-election
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UK Parliamentary by-election
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The 1903 Galway Borough by-election was a parliamentary by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of Galway Borough on 9 March 1903. The election was caused by the resignation of the sitting member, Arthur Lynch of the Irish Parliamentary Party. Lynch was adjudged guilty of high treason.
Among possible candidates mentioned were the engineer Sir Thomas Salter Pyne and Henry Muphy, a local solicitor who had been election agent for Lynch.Election intelligence 23 February 1903 10 37011 Only one candidate was nominated, however, Charles Ramsay Devlin of the Irish Parliamentary Party, who was therefore elected unopposed.Parliamentary election results in Ireland 1801–1922 Brian M. Walker Royal Irish Academy Dublin 1978 0-901714-12-7 217–218, 281–283, 350–351
Result
1903 Galway Borough by-election
Irish Parliamentary Party
Charles Ramsay Devlin
2,347
Irish Parliamentary Party
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mr-arthur-lynch Arthur Lynch
mr-charles-devlin Charles Ramsay Devlin
Category:1903 elections in Ireland
Category:By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Galway constituencies
Category:Unopposed by-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Irish constituencies