Kildare–Wicklow (Dáil constituency)

Kildare–Wicklow
Kildare–Wicklow
Former Dáil Constituency
	Location of Kildare–Wicklow within Ireland
Former constituency
Created	1921
Abolished	1923
Seats	5
County/City council	County Kildare; County Wicklow
Created from	North Kildare, South Kildare, East Wicklow and West Wicklow
Replaced by	Kildare and Wicklow

Kildare–Wicklow was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1921 to 1923. The constituency elected 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

History and boundaries[]

The constituency was created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 to elect members to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland and first used at the 1921 general election to return the members of the 2nd Dáil. It covered all of County Kildare and County Wicklow.

Kildare–Wicklow was used again for the 1922 general election to the Third Dáil. Under the Electoral Act 1923, it was replaced by the two new single county constituencies of Kildare and Wicklow.

TDs[]

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Kildare–Wicklow 1921–1923^[1]
Key to parties FP = Farmers' Party Lab = Labour SF = Sinn Féin SF = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) SF = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
2nd	1921^[2]		Erskine Childers (SF)		Domhnall Ua Buachalla (SF)		Robert Barton (SF)		Christopher Byrne (SF)		Art O'Connor (SF)
3rd	1922^[3]		Hugh Colohan (Lab)		James Everett (Lab)		Robert Barton (SF)		Christopher Byrne (SF)		Richard Wilson (FP)
4th	1923	Constituency abolished. See Kildare and Wicklow

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[]

1922 general election[]

1922 general election: Kildare–Wicklow^[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	Christopher Byrne	9,170	26.6	1	1
	Labour	Hugh Colohan	6,522	18.9	2	1
	Labour	James Everett	5,993	17.4	3	1
	Farmers' Party	Richard Wilson	3,035	8.8	4	8
	Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)	Robert Barton	2,842	8.2	5	9
	Independent	John Bergin	2,013	5.8
	Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)	Art O'Connor	1,776	5.2
	Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	1,438	4.2
	Independent	Patrick Phelan	1,213	3.5
	Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)	Erskine Childers	512	1.5
Electorate: 58,584 Valid: 34,514 Quota: 5,753 Turnout: 58.9%

1921 general election[]

1921 general election: Kildare–Wicklow^[2]
	Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat
Sinn Féin	Robert Barton	Unopposed	N/A	1
Sinn Féin	Domhnall Ua Buachalla	Unopposed	N/A	2
Sinn Féin	Christopher Byrne	Unopposed	N/A	3
Sinn Féin	Erskine Childers	Unopposed	N/A	4
Sinn Féin	Art O'Connor	Unopposed	N/A	5

References[]

^ 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: Kildare–Wicklow". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
^ ^a ^b "General election 1922: Kildare–Wicklow". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 21 September 2010.

External links[]

Oireachtas Members Database

[walker-1] Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.

[ei-kildwick-1921-2] "General election 1921: Kildare–Wicklow". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 21 September 2010.

[ei-kildwick-1922-3] "General election 1922: Kildare–Wicklow". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 21 September 2010.

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