1920 Dublin Corporation election

Part of the 1920 Irish local elections April 2022 April 2022 1920 Dublin Corporation election United Kingdom IRL_Dublin_flag.svg parliamentary no yes 1914 Dublin Corporation election 1914 1925 Dublin Corporation election 1925 All 80 seats to Dublin Corporation 41 15 January 1920 Sinn Féin Thomas Kelly 42 Labour Party (Ireland) 14 Municipal Reform Party James Hubbard Clark 9 1920 Dublin Corporation election (most voted party by electoral area).svg 300px Map showing the largest party, and affiliation of councillors, by electoral area. Sinn Féin received a majority of the vote in wards 1, 3, 6, and 7, and a plurality in 2, 5, 9, and 10. Independent Nationalists received a majority of the vote in ward 8, and Official Nationalists won a plurality in ward 4. Whilst Sinn Féin was the single largest party in ward 2, Municipal Reform and Unionist candidates together won more votes. Lord Mayor of Dublin Laurence O'Neill Independent Nationalist Thomas Kelly (la de jure)Laurence O'Neill (la de facto) Sinn Féin An election to Dublin Corporation took place on Thursday, 15 January 1920 as part of the 1920 Irish local elections. Dublin was divided into ten borough electoral areas to elect 80 councillors for a five-year term of office on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). Sinn Féin won a slight majority in the council, with 42 seats. Whilst the Sinn Féin majority was small, they emerged from the election as by far the largest party on the Dublin Corporation council.http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=MG19200124.2.29# Irish Elections Mariposa Gazette 24 January 1920 Following the election Thomas Kelly, the Sinn Féin MP for Dublin St Stephen's Green, was unanimously elected by the council as the new Lord Mayor of Dublin. Kelly was elected despite being held at the time as a political prisoner in Wormwood Scrubs prison in England. Kelly was nominated for the position by the outgoing Lord Mayor Laurence O'Neill. Due to Kelly's imprisonment O'Neill continued as effective Lord Mayor. Boundaries These were the first elections under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919, which introduced a form of proportional representation. Under the old ward system, each of 20 wards had elected one alderman and three additional councillors. In 1919, the Local Government Board of Ireland created 10 borough electoral areas (BEAs), taking a greater account of population in the city, which took effect at these elections. Each BEA had between 6 and 10 members. Two councillors from each BEA were designated as aldermen.The Municipal Elections https://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/archive/1919/1231/Pg004.html#Ar00401 The Irish Times 31 December 1919 4 subscription + Revised boundariesBEASeatsWardsFormerrepresentationNo. 19Arran Quay4No. 28Clontarf East, Clontarf West, Drumcondra and Glasnevin16No. 39Fitzwilliam, Mansion House, Royal Exchange, South City16No. 410Inns Quay and Rotunda8No. 57Merchant's Quay4No. 67Mountjoy4No. 79New Kilmainham and Usher's Quay8No. 88North City and North Dock8No. 96Wood Quay4No. 107Trinity and South Dock8 Results by party Party Seats ± 1st pref First preference votes FPv% First preference votes percentage ±% Sinn Féin423828,06945.92 Labour Party (Ireland)1457,69312.58 Municipal Reform Party997,01111.47New Independent Nationalist79,60715.72 Nationalist Party (Ireland)4523,3025.40 Independent politician24,0876.69 Irish Unionist Alliance147021.49 Painters Society112650.43New Independent Republican (Ireland)02750.45 Independent Socialist01820.30 Independent Labour080.01Totals8061,131100.00 Results by borough electoral area * Incumbent councillor. No. 1 Electoral Area Arran Quay Ward. No. 1 Electoral Area: 9 seats17 January 1920 Sinn Fein leading in the municipal elections https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002093/19200117/008/0001?browse=true Dublin Evening Telegraph Dublin 1–6 June 2021 2 Sinn Féin Michael Staines 30.83 1,675   Labour Party (Ireland) Thomas P. O'Reilly (ITGWU) 13.62 740   Labour Party (Ireland) John Farren 10.84 519 589 Sinn Féin William Paul 6.87 373 741 Nationalist Party (Ireland) J. Keogh 5.71 310   Nationalist Party (Ireland) T. Rooney 5.14 279   Municipal Reform Party E. McGeogh 5.04 274   Sinn Féin Patrick McIntyre 4.90 266   Labour Party (Ireland) D. Logue 4.66 253   Sinn Féin Annie Eliza Ashton 4.38 238   Sinn Féin Ml. McHugh 2.87 156   Sinn Féin Francis Nolan 2.37 129   Nationalist Party (Ireland) Thomas Kavanagh 2.12 115   10 9,741 5,433 145 544 5,578 No. 2 Electoral Area Clontarf East Ward, Clontarf West Ward, Drumcondra Ward and Glasnevin Ward The count was particularly long, with no candidates meeting the quota from counts 2 to 14. No. 2 Electoral Area: 8 seats 1 Sinn Féin Seán McGarry 16.64 1,058 Municipal Reform Party James Hubbard Clark 12.08 768 Irish Unionist Alliance W. McCarthy* 9.15 582 734 Municipal Reform Party James Moran* 7.04 448 752 Independent politician David A. Quaid* 6.97 443 596 Municipal Reform Party Michael Moran* 6.93 441 723 Sinn Féin Thomas Loughlin 6.07 386 711 Sinn Féin Robert Rooney 5.82 370 777 Independent politician J. P. MacAvin* 4.06 258 Municipal Reform Party John Foley* 3.93 250 Sinn Féin S. Macaoilte 3.35 213 667 Sinn Féin Gifford Wilson 2.70 172 Sinn Féin Mary J. McKean 2.28 145 Independent politician Michael Maher* 2.09 133 Irish Unionist Alliance W. P. Dinnage* 1.89 120 Sinn Féin Sean O'Shea 1.64 104 Independent politician James Brady 1.64 104 Independent politician Daniel Daly* 1.12 71 Independent politician C. Monks* 1.07 68 Independent politician Patrick Ring 1.04 66 Independent Labour J. ManningWhile still appearing on the ballot, Manning withdrew from the election campaign after nominations had closed. 0.13 8 1 9,680 6,360 86 717 6,446 No. 3 Electoral Area Fitzwilliam Ward, Mansion House Ward, Royal Exchange Ward and South City Ward. No. 3 Electoral Area: 9 seats 11 Sinn Féin Thomas Kelly* 41.70 3,438                     Municipal Reform Party Andrew Beattie* 12.83 1,058                     Municipal Reform Party Sir James Gallagher* 8.65 713 - 907                 Municipal Reform Party J. R. Stritch 7.95 655 - - - - - - - 846     Labour Party (Ireland) O. Hynes (Bricklayers' Union) 5.46 450 - - - - - - - - 892   Sinn Féin Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington 4.12 340 1,551                   Sinn Féin T. Adkins 3.64 300 - - - - - - - - - 830 Independent politician William Corrigan* 3.46 285                     Sinn Féin Joe Clarke 3.40 280 - - 876               Independent politician J. J. Higgins* 2.55 210                     Socialist Walter Carpenter 2.21 182                     Sinn Féin M. J. White 1.64 135                     Sinn Féin Robinsou Raul 1.15 95 - - - - - - - - - 713 Independent politician C. Perkins 0.93 77                     Independent politician P. J. Giles 0.32 26                     11 12,638 8,244 - ≈825 - No. 4 Electoral Area Inns Quay Ward and Rotunda Ward. No. 4 Electoral Area: 10 seats 13 Independent Nationalist Laurence O'Neill* 48.95 3,672                         Sinn Féin Seán T. O'Kelly* 17.48 1,311                         Sinn Féin J. Brennan 498 801                       Sinn Féin M. Flanagan 298 - - 683                   Nationalist Party (Ireland) William P. Delaney 280 - - - - - - - 821         Painters' Society Jos Farrell 265 - - - - - - - - - - 690   Labour Party (Ireland) John Lawlor 229 795                       Municipal Reform Party James Grierson 185                         Sinn Féin M. Dowling 143 - - - - - - - - - - - 620 Sinn Féin Seán O'Mahony 136 - - - - - - - - - - 737   Nationalist Party (Ireland) P. J. Duffy* 121 - - - - - - - - - - - 599 Sinn Féin Jennie Wyse Power 110 - - - - - - - - - - 761   Sinn Féin Kathleen O'Doherty* 106                         Nationalist Party (Ireland) M. J. O'Hara* 73                         Municipal Reform Party Anne Egan 43                         Sinn Féin Joseph C. Larkin 41                         13 12,856 7,501 185 682 7,686 No. 5 Electoral Area Merchant's Quay Ward. No. 5 Electoral Area: 7 seats 1 Sinn Féin Joseph MacDonagh 1,067 Labour Party (Ireland) J. Bohan (ITGWU) 616 Nationalist Party (Ireland) William O'Connor* 596 Sinn Féin J. P. Mooney 552 Sinn Féin Patrick Gordon 375 Municipal Reform Party R. H. White 374 Labour Party (Ireland) T.D. Herbert 307 Independent Republican (Ireland) Arnold Lowe 275 Independent politician H. C. Neill Watson 275 Independent politician Sarah Harrison 223 Independent politician J. Vaughan* 194 Sinn Féin Mrs. McGarry 190 Sinn Féin Patrick Walsh 178 Nationalist Party (Ireland) E. Brooks 55 Independent politician J. Reed 30 1 8,032 5,307 94 664 5,401 (67.24%) No. 6 Electoral Area Mountjoy Ward. No. 6 Electoral Area: 7 seats 19 January 1920 How the people voted: Sinn Fein dominates the Dublin, Cork and Limerick city councils https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0002093/19200119/001/0001 Dublin Evening Telegraph 1 of 6June 2021 9 Independent Nationalist L. G. Sherlock 1,507                 Sinn Féin Kathleen Clarke 937                 Sinn Féin P. Mahon* 568 751               Sinn Féin James Malinn 486 - 769             Independent Nationalist J. M. C. Briscoe* 290 799               Sinn Féin John Byrne 222 - - - - - - - 493 Independent Nationalist William Chase* 173 - - - - - - - 591 Sinn Féin Joseph Toomey 143                 Sinn Féin Ml. Slater 116 - - - - - - - 456 Municipal Reform Party Miss Weldrick 93 - - - - - - -   Sinn Féin Mrs O'Shea Leamy 78                 9 8,784 4,613 113 577 4,726 No. 7 Electoral Area New Kilmainham Ward and Usher's Quay Ward. No. 7 Electoral Area: 9 seats 13 Sinn Féin W. T. Cosgrave* 2,033                         Municipal Reform Party B.F. Shields 679                         Sinn Féin P. S. Doyle* 625 765                       Labour Party (Ireland) D. Magee 578 - - - - - - 814           Sinn Féin James McGrath 531 1,059                       Labour Party (Ireland) J. O'Connor (ITGWU) 409 - - - - - - - - - - - 686 Nationalist Party (Ireland) P. Medlar 314 - - - - - - - - - - - 624 Nationalist Party (Ireland) J. S. Kelly 284                         Labour Party (Ireland) L. Keegan 249                         Sinn Féin A. Fitzpatrick 231 - - - - - - - - - 759     Nationalist Party (Ireland) J. Groome 221                         Sinn Féin John Doran 163 - - - - - - 666           Nationalist Party (Ireland) C. Donaghy 117                         Sinn Féin Michael Lynch 111                         Labour Party (Ireland) Mary C. Kelly 14                         13 9,985 6,428 131 650 6,559 (%) No. 8 Electoral Area North City Ward and North Dock Ward. No. 8 Electoral Area: 8 seats 2 Independent Nationalist Alfie Byrne 3,180   Sinn Féin Francis Cahill 826   Labour Party (Ireland) P. T. Daly* 499 1,344 Independent Nationalist James Gately* 438 879 Sinn Féin Patrick McDonnell 413 704 Sinn Féin James V. Lawless 393 780 Sinn Féin Joseph M. Stanley 299   Labour Party (Ireland) Michael Brohoon (ITGWU) 231 606 Municipal Reform Party Dr. MacWalter* 192 1,078 Municipal Reform Party T.D. Lambert 146   Sinn Féin James Mallon 126   Sinn Féin Mary Walker 122   Sinn Féin Thomas Leahy 96   Nationalist Party (Ireland) J. O'Doherty 45   Labour Party (Ireland) R. Graham 34   Sinn Féin Thomas O'Reilly 27   Nationalist Party (Ireland) J. J. Fox 18   Nationalist Party (Ireland) James Higgins 7   Labour Party (Ireland) Michael Mullen 7   Independent politician T. Healy 1   2 11,488 6,898 196 789 7,094 (%) No. 9 Electoral Area Wood Quay Ward. No. 9 Electoral Area: 6 seats 10 Sinn Féin Kathleen Clarke 1,374                   Labour Party (Ireland) Thomas Lawlor 1,187                   Labour Party (Ireland) Thomas Kennedy (ITGWU) 422 468 582 - - 614         Independent Nationalist T. Byrne* 347 - 409 - - - - - - 501 Nationalist Party (Ireland) William McCabe* 321                   Sinn Féin John J. Murphy 256 - - - - - - - 636   Sinn Féin John Grace 150 635                 Sinn Féin Patrick McGuirk 105                   Labour Party (Ireland) M. C. Scully 51 - 315               Labour Party (Ireland) M. Keavey 15                   Nationalist Party (Ireland) M. J. Creagh 12                   10 6,959 4,250 106 606 4,356 (%) No. 10 Electoral Area Trinity Ward and South Dock Ward. No. 10 Electoral Area: 7 seats 1 Sinn Féin Cathal Ó Murchadha 1,173 Labour Party (Ireland) William O'Brien (ITGWU) 883 Sinn Féin Thomas Cassidy 665 Independent politician L. O'Toole* 639 Independent politician Myles Keogh* 634 Sinn Féin G. A. Lyons 433 Independent politician T. M. O'Beirne 350 Municipal Reform Party W. J. Maxwell-Lemon 317 Municipal Reform Party Sir John Irwin 274 Sinn Féin John Farrell 259 Sinn Féin Patrick Power 169 Nationalist Party (Ireland) Jeremiah Looney 134 Municipal Reform Party Frederick T. Rainford 101 Sinn Féin William Murray 61 1 9,075 6,097 146 763 6,243 (68.79%) Notes References Dublin Corporation election Category:Dublin City Council elections