1923 Dublin South by-election

By-election to the 4th Dáil May 2026 May 2026 1923 Dublin South by-election Ireland by-election no 1923 Irish general election 1923 25 October 1923 March 1924 Dublin South by-election Mar. 1924 b 35,178 (45.1%) First preferences Percentage Hugh Kennedy.jpg Hugh Kennedy Cumann na nGaedheal 23,676 67.3% O'Mullane Michael O'Mullane Republican (Ireland, 1923) 11,502 32.7% 175px TD Michael Hayes Cumann na nGaedheal TD after election Hugh Kennedy Cumann na nGaedheal A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of Dublin South in the Irish Free State on Thursday, 25 October 1923, to fill a vacancy in the 4th Dáil. It followed the resignation of Michael Hayes of Cumann na nGaedheal, after being elected for another constituency. At the 1923 general election, Hayes was elected as a Teachta Dála (TD) for both Dublin South and the National University of Ireland (NUI). He chose to sit for the NUI, vacating his Dublin South seat when the 4th Dáil met on 19 September 1923.https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1923-09-19/4/ Fógra ó Theachta Dáil Debates 5 1 19 September 1923 20 July 2022 Houses of the Oireachtas 10 October 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20191010174834/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1923-09-19/4/ 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 Dublin South was a 7-seat constituency which included the borough electoral areas of Dublin 3, 5, 7, 9, and 10, being the wards of Fitzwilliam, Mansion House, Royal Exchange, South City, Merchant's Quay, New Kilmainham, Usher's Quay, Wood Quay, South Dock and Trinity.1923 12 Electoral Act 1923 17 April 1923 17 May 2022 ifs 8 Constituencies1926 Census: Table 6: Population, etc., of each County Electoral Area, each Borough Electoral Area and of each Rural District of County Dublin https://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/census1926results/volume1/C_1926_V1_T6.pdf Central Statistics Office 13 17 May 2022 29 June 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210629141708/https://www.cso.ie/en/media/csoie/census/census1926results/volume1/C_1926_V1_T6.pdf live A government motion to issue the writ of election to fill the vacancy was agreed on 3 October 1923.https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1923-10-03/19/ New Writ for Dublin City, South Dáil Debates 5 4 3 October 1923 The by-election was held on 25 October 1923, and was won by Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Hugh Kennedy.https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1923-10-31/20/ Return to Writ Dáil Debates 5 8 31 October 1923 Kennedy had been serving as Attorney General since 31 January 1922, having been appointed first by the Provisional Government of Ireland, and then on 7 December 1922 by the Executive Council of the Irish Free State. This was the first by-election held under the Electoral Act 1923, and the first election to any parliament since the 1918 general election in the area which became the Irish Free State. Result 1923 Dublin South by-electionDublin South: 1923 by-election Irish Elections: Results, Counts, Stats and Analysis https://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=64&electype=2&constitid=21 22 April 2026 2 December 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241202170944/https://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=64&constitid=21&electype=2 liveBy-election 1923: Dublin South http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1923B&cons=102&ref=1 ElectionsIreland.org 27 September 2010 30 November 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20101130163350/http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1923B&cons=102&ref=1 liveGallagher Michael Michael Gallagher (academic) 1993 Irish Elections 1922–44: Results and Analysis PSAI Press 0951974815https://irelandelection.com/election.php?elecid=64&constitid=48&electype=2 Dublin South: 1923 by-election Ireland Election 22 April 2026 1 Hugh Kennedy Cumann na nGaedheal 67.3 23,676 Michael O'Mullane Republican (Ireland, 1923) 32.7 11,502 1 78,017 35,178 17,590 45.1% Aftermath Kennedy himself resigned as a TD on 5 June 1924 to take office as the first Chief Justice of Ireland.https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1924-06-05/13/ Resignation of Attorney-General Dáil Debates 7 20 5 June 1924 22 July 2022 22 April 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20220722075939/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1924-06-05/13/ live The November 1924 Dublin South by-election was held to fill the vacancy. References Category:1923 in Irish politics Category:1923 elections in the Irish Free State Category:4th Dáil Dublin South 1923 Category:Elections in Dublin (city) Category:October 1923 in Europe