1926 Dublin County by-election

By-election to the 4th Dáil May 2026 May 2026 1926 Dublin County by-election Ireland by-election no 1924 Dublin County by-election 1924 b 18 February 1926 June 1927 Irish general election June 1927 33,050 (33.7%) First preferences Percentage Final count William Norton circa 1927 to 1932.png 100 100 120 0 5 William Norton Labour Party (Ireland) 11,797 35.7% 15,168 Healy Thomas Healy Cumann na nGaedheal 12,279 37.2% 14,303 Patrick Belton, 1933.jpg 100 100 120 0 5 Patrick Belton Independent politician (Ireland) 8,974 27.2% – 175px TD Darrell Figgis Independent politician (Ireland) TD after election William Norton Labour Party (Ireland) A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of Dublin County in the Irish Free State on Thursday, 18 February 1926, to fill a vacancy in the 4th Dáil. Dublin County was an 8-seat constituency comprising the administrative county of County Dublin.1923 12 Electoral Act 1923 17 April 1923 17 May 2022 ifs 8 Constituencies Darrell Figgis was a journalist and nationalist activist who had taken part in the 1914 Howth gun-running, was a judge in the Dáil Courts and was vice-chairman of the Committee that drafted the Constitution of the Irish Free State. He was elected as an independent TD for Dublin County at the 1922 general election and the 1923 general election. On 27 October 1925, he killed himself while staying in London.https://www.dib.ie/biography/figgis-darrell-a3078 Figgis, Darrell Dictionary of Irish Biography Murphy William October 2009 10.3318/dib.003078.v1 27 November 2024 15 May 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20241127105648/https://www.dib.ie/biography/figgis-darrell-a3078 live free On 27 January 1926, the Dáil directed the Clerk to issue the writ of election to fill the vacancy.https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1926-01-27/28/ Dail Vacancies—Dublin and Leix–Offaly Dáil Debates 14 2 27 January 1926 Houses of the Oireachtas Thomas Healy contested for Cumann na nGaedheal. William Norton, an officer in the Post Office Workers' Union, contested for the Labour Party.Norton, William Joseph Dictionary of Irish Biography White Lawrence William https://www.dib.ie/biography/norton-william-joseph-bill-a6239 October 2009 10.3318/dib.006239.v1 16 November 2021 15 May 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20211116174952/https://www.dib.ie/biography/norton-william-joseph-bill-a6239 live free Patrick Belton, who had taken part in the Easter Rising and had contested the 1923 general election in Leix–Offaly for the National Democratic Party, contested this by-election as an independent candidate.Belton, Patrick Dictionary of Irish Biography Dempsey Pauric J. https://www.dib.ie/biography/belton-patrick-a0572 October 2009 10.3318/dib.000572.v1 free It was held on the same day as the 1926 Leix–Offaly by-election. Result The by-election was held on 18 February 1926. The seat was won by William Norton.https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1926-02-23/21/ Teachtaí Nua (New Members) Dáil Debates 14 10 23 February 1926 Houses of the Oireachtas 21 January 2025 15 May 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20250121080917/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1926-02-23/21/ live It was first by-election in Ireland won by the Labour Party; it did not gain a seat again at a by-election until the 1976 Dublin South-West by-election. 1926 Dublin County by-electionParliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92 Walker Brian M. Royal Irish Academy Dublin 1992 0-901714-96-8 0332-0286Gallagher Michael Michael Gallagher (academic) 1993 Irish Elections 1922–44: Results and Analysis PSAI Press 0951974815By-election 1926: Dublin County http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1923B&cons=88&ref=20 ElectionsIreland.org 13 February 2009 5 November 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20251105154300/https://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?ref=20&election=1923B&cons=88 livehttps://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=126&electype=2&constitid=81 Dublin County: 1926 by-election Ireland Elections 15 May 2026 2 December 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241202172137/https://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=126&constitid=81&electype=2 live 2 Thomas Healy Cumann na nGaedheal 37.2 12,279 14,303 William Norton Labour Party (Ireland) 35.7 11,797 15,168 Patrick Belton Independent politician (Ireland) 27.2 8,974   2 98,187 33,050 16,526 33.7% Norton took his seat in Dáil Éireann on 26 March, after taking the Oath of Allegiance required under Article 17 of the Constitution of the Irish Free State. He later served as leader of the Labour Party (1932–1960) and Tánaiste (1948–1951, 1954–1957). The third-place candidate, Patrick Belton, was elected at the June 1927 general election for Fianna Fáil. He split with the party when he took his seat in the 5th Dáil on 26 July before a change in party policy.https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1927-07-26/14/ Deputy Takes His Seat Dáil Debates 20 13 26 July 1927 26 July 2022 Houses of the Oireachtas 24 November 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20211124185245/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1927-07-26/14/ live He later joined Cumann na nGaedheal, spending various periods as a member of that party (and its successor Fine Gael) and again as an independent. References Category:1926 elections in the Irish Free State Category:1926 in Irish politics Category:4th Dáil Dublin County 1926 Category:Elections in County Dublin Category:February 1926 in Europe