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.
In 1936, Galway was a nine seat constituency comprising County Galway. The writ of election to fill the vacancy was agreed by the Dáil on 23 July 1936. The by-election was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Martin Neilan.
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.
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