1920 Down County Council election

April 2022 The 1920 Down County Council election was held on Tuesday 25 May 1920. Results by electoral division Downpatrick Downpatrick - 4 seats Ulster Elections - Down County Council https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000038/19200528/124/0007 Belfast News-Letter 28 May 1920 7 of 12June 2021Counted Wednesday 26 May 1920 Ulster Unionist Party Robert Brown Sinn Féin Henry McGrath Ulster Unionist Party Col. Sharman Crawford Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) James O'Flinn Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) George Walker - Dromore Dromore - 5 seats Local Government Elections 1920 - County Council of Down (Dromore Unionist party poster - lists unionist candidates) https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001631/19200521/028/0002 Belfast Telegraph 21 May 1920 2 of 6 Unionist candidates for Dromore]June 2021 Down Council Elections - Meeting in Dromore https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000038/19200521/191/0010 Belfast News-Letter 21 May 1920 10 of 12June 2021Counted Thursday 27 May 1920 Ulster Unionist Party James Blane Ulster Unionist Party Sir R. M. Liddell Ulster Unionist Party Norman Dickson Ferguson Ulster Unionist Party Ogilvie Blair Graham Labour Party (Ireland) R. Getgood Sinn Féin J.T. McKee Ulster Unionist Party George Wallace Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) J. L. Savage - Newtownards Newtownards - 6 seatsa 29 May 1920 Elections in Ulster: Further list of results - The Down County Council https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000038/19200529/137/0006 Belfast News-Letter 6 of 10June 2021 5 June 1920 County Council Election: Newtownards Area (contains first count figures) https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002546/19200605/029/0002# North Down Herald and County Down Independent 2 of 4June 2021Counted Friday 28 May 1920 Ulster Unionist Party John Miller Andrews D.L. 2,819 24.50 Ulster Unionist Party Alex Dicksonb 1,419 12.33 Ulster Unionist Party J. M. Thompson 1,237 10.75 Ulster Unionist Party Maj. R. E. McLean 1,090 9.47 Ulster Unionist Party Maj. Gen. W. F. Montgomery D.L. 1,062 9.23 Ulster Unionist Party J. Hill Dickson 1,016 8.83 Labour Party (Ireland) A. Adams 1,010 8.78 E. J. McCall 933 8.11 W. Gowan 372 3.23 W. R. Morrow 315 2.74 J. V. Gosney 154 1.34 J. Stewart 80 0.70 23,000 11,507 1,644 Newry Newry - 5 seatsa 31 May 1920 Local Government Elections: Down County Council https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000038/19200531/140/0006 Belfast News-Letter 6 of 8June 2021Counted Saturday 29 May 1920 Ulster Unionist Party Thomas Carson Sinn Féin John Quinn Ulster Unionist Party Robert Kerr Sinn Féin John Rooney Sinn Féin Daniel Higgins Nationalist Party (Northern Ireland) Patrick O'Neill Sinn Féin Martin G. Shanahan - Less than 5% Notes 1.a Newtownards electoral area results were declared Friday 28 May 1920. Only J.M. Andrews was elected on the first count. 2.b A member of the Dickson family had held the seat on the county council since its formation in 1899. References Down County Council election 1920