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The 1871 County Galway by-election was held on 21 February 1871. The by-election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Liberal MP, Hubert de Burgh-Canning. It was won by the unopposed pro Home Rule candidate Mitchell Henry. The gain was retained in the 1874 general election.

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1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 1)

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