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The 1872 Galway County by-election was held on 8 February 1872. The byelection was held due to the resignation of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, William Henry Gregory, as he became Governor of Ceylon. It was won by the Home Rule candidate John Philip Nolan but this was overturned on petition. Nolan beat his opponent, William Le Poer Trench, the third son of the Earl of Clancarty, winning by a large majority. Of the 4,686 available electors, who were chiefly Catholic, 2,823 voted for Nolan and 658 for Le Poer Trench.

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rdfs:label	1872 Galway County by-election (en)
rdfs:comment	The 1872 Galway County by-election was held on 8 February 1872. The byelection was held due to the resignation of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, William Henry Gregory, as he became Governor of Ceylon. It was won by the Home Rule candidate John Philip Nolan but this was overturned on petition. Nolan beat his opponent, William Le Poer Trench, the third son of the Earl of Clancarty, winning by a large majority. Of the 4,686 available electors, who were chiefly Catholic, 2,823 voted for Nolan and 658 for Le Poer Trench. (en)
dcterms:subject	1872 elections in Ireland 1872 elections in the United Kingdom By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Galway constituencies
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Archbishop of Tuam Patrick Duggan (bishop) Independent Irish Party Galway County (UK Parliament constituency) 1872 elections in Ireland 1872 elections in the United Kingdom By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Galway constituencies John McEvilly William Henry Gregory Governor of Ceylon John Philip Nolan John MacHale Bishop of Clonfert Bishop of Galway William Trench, 3rd Earl of Clancarty Catholic William Keogh Proselytism William Le Poer Trench Galway North (UK Parliament constituency)
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candidate	William Le Poer Trench
result	gain (en)
winner	John Philip Nolan
candidate2 party	Irish Conservative Party (en)
candidate2 percent	18.900000 (xsd:double)
candidate2 votes	658 (xsd:integer)
election note	Resignation of William Henry Gregory (en)
election title	Galway County by-election, 1872 (en)
loser party	Home Government Association (en)
majority percent	62.290000 (xsd:double)
majority votes	2165 (xsd:integer)
turnout percent	74.290000 (xsd:double)
turnout votes	3481 (xsd:integer)
winner party	Home Government Association (en)
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winner votes	2823 (xsd:integer)
has abstract	The 1872 Galway County by-election was held on 8 February 1872. The byelection was held due to the resignation of the incumbent MP of the Liberal Party, William Henry Gregory, as he became Governor of Ceylon. It was won by the Home Rule candidate John Philip Nolan but this was overturned on petition. Nolan beat his opponent, William Le Poer Trench, the third son of the Earl of Clancarty, winning by a large majority. Of the 4,686 available electors, who were chiefly Catholic, 2,823 voted for Nolan and 658 for Le Poer Trench. Le Poer Trench appealed the result, claiming on petition that there was widespread intimidation during the election campaign. The local Catholic bishops and clergy had strongly supported Nolan, chiefly because the Clancartys were active in proselytism. The trial of the Galway County election petition was held before Judge William Keogh, a Catholic and former MP for the pro Home-Rule Independent Irish Party. The trial started on 1 April and ended on 21 May 1872. Keogh found that Nolan had been elected by the undue influence and intimidation. In his report stated that he found 36 persons guilty of undue influence and intimidation, including the Archbishop John MacHale, the Archbishop of Tuam, the Bishop of Clonfert, Patrick Duggan, and the Bishop of Galway, John McEvilly, and twenty-nine named priests, the majority of Catholic parish priests in the constituency. They were held to have used all influence to overthrow all free will. A special case decided that notices put up by Le Poer Trench alerting voters to Nolan's previous involvement in treating were sufficient to inform voters that he was disqualified. The findings were that there was an undue election as there had been treating, undue influence and that the candidate was disqualified as he had previously been guilty of corrupt practices. As a result, Captain Nolan was unseated on 13 June, the seat going to Captain Le Poer Trench. The judgement caused an uproar; the judge was threatened with removal from the bench and his reputation never recovered. Nolan retook the seat at the 1874 election. He remained MP after the 1885 constituency reforms as MP for Galway North until 1895. (en)
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foaf:isPrimaryTopicOf	wikipedia-en:1872_Galway_County_by-election
is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	List of UK parliamentary election petitions List of United Kingdom by-elections (1868–1885) List of elections in 1872 Patrick Duggan (bishop) Galway County by-election, 1872 Galway County (UK Parliament constituency) John Philip Nolan County Galway by-election, 1872
is Wikipage redirect of	Galway County by-election, 1872 County Galway by-election, 1872
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