1923 National University of Ireland by-election

By-election to the 4th Dáil April 2026 April 2026 1923 National University of Ireland by-election Ireland by-election no 1923 Irish general election 1923 3 November 1923 June 1927 Irish general election June 1927 1,119 (70.8%) First preferences Percentage Patrick McGilligan 1925 (cropped).jpg 110 100 120 0 5 Patrick McGilligan Cumann na nGaedheal 849 76.5% William Stockley 1929 (cropped).jpg 110 100 120 0 5 William Stockley Republican (Ireland, 1923) 261 23.5% 175px TD Eoin MacNeill Cumann na nGaedheal TD after election Patrick McGilligan Cumann na nGaedheal A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of National University of Ireland in the Irish Free State on Saturday, 25 October 1923, to fill a vacancy in the 4th Dáil due to Eoin MacNeill of Cumann na nGaedheal being elected for another constituency. At the 1923 general election, Eoin MacNeill was elected as a TD for both Clare and for the National University of Ireland (NUI). He chose to sit for Clare, vacating his seat for the NUI on 3 October 1923.https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1923-10-03/18/ Resignation Dáil Debates 5 4 3 October 1923 20 July 2022 Houses of the Oireachtas 8 November 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20201108025645/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1923-10-03/18/ live This was in accordance with section 55 of the Electoral Act 1923.Electoral Act 1923 1923 12 55 Persons returned for two or more constituencies ifs NUI was a 3-seat constituency to which those who had received a degree other than an honorary degree from the National University of Ireland were eligible to vote if they were not registered to vote in another constituency.1923 act 12 Electoral Act 1923 17 April 1923 31 May 2021 ifs 1 Dáil franchise A government motion to issue the writ of election to fill the vacancy was agreed on 11 October 1923.https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1923-10-11/9/ National University Representation Dáil Debates 5 6 3 October 1923 The Cumann na nGaedheal candidate, Patrick McGilligan, had contested North Derry at the 1918 general election and the 1919 North Derry by-election for Sinn Féin; on both occasions, he was defeated by the Ulster Unionist Party candidate. The Republican candidate, William Stockley, was a former TD who had been elected for NUI at the uncontested 1921 election and the contested 1922 general election. He was defeated at the 1923 general election. Result The by-election was held on 3 November and was won by Patrick McGilligan.https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1923-11-21/26/ Return of Writ Dáil Debates 5 14 21 November 1923 The Irish Times reported that "little or no public interest was manifested in the proceedings".National University Election A Four to One Majority https://epaper.irishtimes.com/titles/irishtimes/5088/publications/27055/pages/6 The Irish Times 5 November 1923 subscription 1923 National University of Ireland by-electionBy-election 1923: National University of Ireland http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1923B&cons=189&ref=2 ElectionsIreland.org 16 September 2010 30 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101130165615/http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1923B&cons=189&ref=2 liveGallagher Michael Michael Gallagher (academic) 1993 Irish Elections 1922–44: Results and Analysis PSAI Press 0951974815 1 Patrick McGilligan Cumann na nGaedheal 76.5 849 William Stockley Republican (Ireland, 1923) 23.5 261 1 1,567 1,110 9 556 70.8% Later career McGilligan represented NUI until its abolition as a Dáil constituency at the 1937 general election. At that election, he was elected for Dublin North-West, which he represented until 1948. At the 1948 general election, he was elected for Dublin North-Central, which he represented until his defeat at the 1965 general election.http://electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?ID=1470 Patrick J. McGilligan ElectionsIreland.org 12 February 2012 29 January 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120129170945/http://www.electionsireland.org/candidate.cfm?id=1470 live He would serve as Minister for Industry and Commerce, Minister for External Affairs, Minister for Finance, and as Attorney General. References Category:1923 in Irish politics Category:1923 elections in the Irish Free State Category:4th Dáil National University of Ireland 1923 Category:November 1923 in Europe