1897 Belfast Corporation election

Local election in Belfast April 2022 An election to Belfast Corporation took place on Thursday 25 November 1897 as part of that year's local elections. This was the first election for Belfast Corporation since 1887. Since that election the Belfast Corporation Act 1896 had increased the borough from 6,800 to 16,500 acres, and the electorate from 39,603 to 47,294.Budge Ian O'Leary Cornelius Belfast: Approach to Crisis, A Study of Belfast Politics 1613–1970 103 The need to delineate new ward boundaries meant that elections could not be completed in 1896, resulting in them being delayed until 1897.Budge Ian O'Leary Cornelius Belfast: Approach to Crisis, A Study of Belfast Politics 1613–1970 104 Results by party Belfast Corporation election, 1897Budge Ian O'Leary Cornelius Belfast: Approach to Crisis, A Study of Belfast Politics 1613–1970 105 Belfast Conservative Association 33 Catholic Association 8 Independent (politician) 8 Belfast Labour Representation Committee 6 Liberal Unionist 5 Joint Committee of the INL & INF 0 Ward results Court Court WardElectorate: 2,882 Belfast Labour Representation Committee Alex Taylor 1,028 Tougher 977 Young* 666 Dr Stewart 644 1,986 68.91 Belfast Labour Representation Committee Duncairn Duncairn Ward - 3 seatsp.124p.126Belfast News-Letter - Friday 26 November 1897 p.5-6Electorate: 3,527 Belfast Labour Representation Committee Alexander Bowman 1249 Irish Conservative Party Dr Timothy White 1196 Independent (politician) Robert Wilson (incumbent) 1010 Irish Conservative Party John Thompson 839 Irish Conservative Party James McCammond 767 Belfast Labour Representation Committee Falls Alderman Falls Ward (1)Belfast News-Letter - Saturday 27 November 1897 p.5 McCormick 1,280 60.15 James McCann 848 39.85 2,128 Councillors Falls Ward (3)Derry Journal - Monday 29 November 1897 p.7 Catholic Association McDonnell 1300 Catholic Association P. J. McGee 1272 Catholic Association Cook 1236 INL & INF Fegan 764 INL & INF Rooney 744 INL & INF Connolly 702 Pottinger Pottinger Ward Belfast Labour Representation Committee Murray Davis Belfast Labour Representation Committee Shankhill Shankill Ward (3 councillors) Belfast Labour Representation Committee Robert Gageby 1836 Johnston 1326 Workman 1281 Gault 760 Bell 583 Belfast Labour Representation Committee Smithfield Smithfield Ward (3)Derry Journal - Monday 29 November 1897 p.7 Catholic Association O'Connell 1184 Catholic Association McEntee 1158 Catholic Association McLorinan 1080 INL & INF Aicken 823 INL & INF McGuigan 795 INL & INF Riordan 731 St. George's & Dock St. George's and Dock Ward Belfast Labour Representation Committee William Liddell Belfast Labour Representation Committee Victoria Victoria WardElectorate: 2,714 Belfast Labour Representation Committee Edward McInness 781 Irish Conservative Party John McCormick* 735 Irish Conservative Party Millar 723 Irish Conservative Party Dr Cathcart 671 William Hill 316 Dunwoody 66 1,933 Belfast Labour Representation Committee References 1887 Belfast Corporation election Belfast Corporation elections 1899 Belfast Corporation election Category:1897 Irish local elections 1897 Category:1897 elections in Ireland