Dublin St Patrick's (UK Parliament constituency)
Dublin St Patrick's | |
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Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Dublin St Patrick's constituency within Dublin, as it existed from 1885 to 1918. | |
![]() Dublin within Ireland. Map utilises the modern administrative boundaries. | |
1885–1922 | |
Number of members | 1 |
Replaced by | Dublin South |
Created from | Dublin |
Dublin St Patrick's, a division of Dublin, was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the United Kingdom House of Commons from 1885 until 1922. It had three wards: Merchant's Quay, Usher's Quay and Wood Quay.
Prior to the 1885 general election, the city was the undivided two-member Dublin City constituency. Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, Dublin was divided into four constituencies: St Patrick's, Dublin College Green, Dublin Harbour and Dublin St Stephen's Green.
Under the Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918, the city was allocated seven seats: in addition to the four existing constituencies, the new divisions were Dublin Clontarf, Dublin St James's and Dublin St Michan's.
From the dissolution of 1922, the area was no longer represented in the UK Parliament.
Boundaries[]
This constituency comprised the southwest part of the city of Dublin, and was named after St Patrick's Cathedral.
1885–1918: The Merchants' Quay, Usher's Quay and Wood Quay wards of the borough of Dublin.
1918–1922: The Merchants' Quay and Wood Quay wards of the County Borough of Dublin.
Politics[]
Dublin St Patrick's in 1918 gave Sinn Féin 63% of the vote. Constance Markievicz was the first woman to win a parliamentary election in Britain and Ireland, at the first election where women were allowed to be candidates.
In common with other Sinn Féin members, elected in 1918, the MP did not take her seat at Westminster but instead participated in the revolutionary Dáil Éireann.
Members of Parliament[]
From | To | Name | Party | |
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1885 | 1892 | William Martin Murphy | Nationalist (IPP)[a] | |
1892 | 1918 | William Field | Parnellite Nationalist (IPP) | |
1918 | 1922 | Constance Markievicz | Sinn Féin |
- ^ Anti-Parnellite Nationalist from December 1890.
Elections[]
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | William Martin Murphy | 5,330 | 82.1 | ||
Irish Conservative | Maurice Edward Dockrell | 1,162 | 17.9 | ||
Majority | 4,168 | 64.2 | |||
Turnout | 6,492 | 72.5 | |||
Registered electors | 8,952 | ||||
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | William Martin Murphy | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1890s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National League | William Field | 3,694 | 76.9 | N/A | |
Irish National Federation | William Martin Murphy | 1,110 | 23.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,584 | 53.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,804 | 66.2 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 7,261 | ||||
Irish National League gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish National League | William Field | Unopposed | |||
Irish National League hold |
Elections in the 1900s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | William Field | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Parliamentary | William Field | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Elections in the 1910s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | William Field | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Irish Parliamentary | William Field | Unopposed | |||
Irish Parliamentary hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Sinn Féin | Constance de Markievicz | 7,835 | 65.85 | New | |
Irish Parliamentary | William Field | 3,752 | 31.53 | N/A | |
Independent Nationalist | James Joseph Kelly | 312 | 2.62 | New | |
Majority | 4,083 | 34.32 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 11,899 | 63.34 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 18,785 | ||||
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary | Swing | N/A |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Walker.
- ^ "The Irish General Election of 1918". Ark.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- ^ General Election: 14 December 1918 – Dublin St Stephen's, ElectionsIreland.org
- Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
- Boundary Commission (Ireland) established in 1917 to redistribute seats in the House of Commons under the terms of the Representation of the People Bill, 1917 (1917). "Schedule 10 : Parliamentary borough of Dublin" (PDF). Report. CSO/RP/1917/29520/36. National Archives of Ireland.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
- Westminster constituencies in County Dublin (historic)
- Dáil constituencies in County Dublin (historic)
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885
- Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1922