Dublin Mid was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1921 to 1923. The constituency elected 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
| Dublin Mid | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil constituency | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1921 |
| Abolished | 1923 |
| Seats | 4 |
| Local government area | Dublin City |
| Created from | |
| Replaced by | Dublin North |
History
editThe constituency was created in 1921 out of portions of the UK Parliament constituencies of Dublin College Green and Dublin Harbour. It was a four-seat constituency, under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, for the 1921 election to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland, whose members formed the 2nd Dáil. It was abolished under the Electoral Act 1923.
Boundaries
editThe constituency consisted of the College Green and the Dublin Harbour divisions of Dublin city.
TDs
edit| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Mid 1921–1923[1] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
| |||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | ||||
| 2nd | 1921[2] | Seán McGarry (SF) | Seán T. O'Kelly (SF) | Philip Shanahan (SF) | Kathleen Clarke (SF) | ||||
| 3rd | 1922[3] | Seán McGarry (PT-SF) | Seán T. O'Kelly (AT-SF) | Alfie Byrne (Ind) | Laurence O'Neill (Ind) | ||||
| 4th | 1923 | Constituency abolished. See Dublin North | |||||||
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
Elections
edit1922 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Laurence O'Neill | 32.5 | 9,465 | ||||||
| Independent | Alfie Byrne | 27.1 | 7,899 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Seán McGarry | 14.7 | 4,295 | 5,755 | 6,495 | ||||
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Seán T. O'Kelly | 6.7 | 1,941 | 2,490 | 2,680 | 2,902 | 4,251 | 6,896 | |
| Independent | Henry Barnardo | 6.2 | 1,800 | 2,772 | 3,551 | 3,834 | 3,883 | 4,053 | |
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Philip Shanahan | 7.5 | 2,172 | 2,639 | 2,866 | 2,965 | 3,393 | ||
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Kathleen Clarke | 5.3 | 1,557 | 1,748 | 1,885 | 1,921 | |||
| Electorate: 41,440 Valid: 29,129 Quota: 5,826 Turnout: 70.3% | |||||||||
1921 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | Kathleen Clarke | Unopposed | N/A | 1 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Seán McGarry | Unopposed | N/A | 2 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Seán T. O'Kelly | Unopposed | N/A | 3 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Philip Shanahan | Unopposed | N/A | 4 | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
- ^ a b "General election 1921: Dublin Mid". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
- ^ a b "General election 1922: Dublin Mid". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 7 September 2010.
- ^ Gallagher, Michael (1993). Irish Elections 1922-44: Results and Analysis. PSAI Press. ISBN 0951974815.