1933 Dublin University by-election

By-election to the 8th Dáil May 2026 May 2026 1933 Dublin University by-election Ireland by-election no 1933 Irish general election 1933 13 October 1933 1937 Irish general election 1937 First preferences Rowlette Robert Rowlette Independent politician (Ireland) Unopposed 175px TD Sir James Craig Independent politician (Ireland) TD after election Robert Rowlette Independent politician (Ireland) A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of Dublin University in the Irish Free State on Friday, 13 October 1933, to fill a vacancy in the 8th Dáil. It followed the death of independent TD Sir James Craig on 12 July 1933.Death of Deputy Sir James Craig https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1933-07-13/2/ 13 Jul 1933 Dáil Debates 48 18 Houses of the Oireachtas 18 May 2026Dempsey Pauric J. Craig, Sir James 002143.v1 In 1933, Dublin University was a three-seat university constituency to which those who had received a degree other than an honorary degree from the University of Dublin or who were scholars of Trinity College Dublin, and were eligible to vote if they were not registered to vote in another constituency.1923 act 12 Electoral Act 1923 17 April 1923 31 May 2021 ifs 1 Dáil franchise The writ of election to fill the vacancy was agreed by the Dáil on 4 October 1933.Issue of Writ https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1933-10-04/17/ 4 October 1933 Dáil Debates 49 17 Houses of the Oireachtas 18 May 2026 18 November 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20251118012453/https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1933-10-04/17/ live The by-election was uncontested and the independent candidate Robert Rowlette was elected.New Deputy Takes His Seat https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1933-11-15/16/ 15 November 1933 Dáil Debates 50 1 Houses of the Oireachtas 18 May 2026 It remains the only by-election in Ireland since 1923 that was not contested. Like Craig, Rowlette was from a medical background.Long Patrick Rowlette, Robert James 007825.v1 Rowlette was the first TD to sit in the Dáil after the removal of the Oath of Allegiance on 3 May 1933. This was the last Dáil election for a university constituency. The Dáil constituencies of Dublin University and the National University of Ireland were abolished at the 1937 general election.1936 22 Electoral (University Constituencies) Act 1936 ifs 29 June 1936 18 May 2026 16 January 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140116211724/http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1936/en/act/pub/0022/print.html live Article 18.4 of the Constitution of Ireland adopted in 1937, provided that both constituencies would have three seats in the new Seanad Éireann. Rowlette was elected to the Dublin University Seanad constituency in 1938, and served until 1944. Result 1933 Dublin University by-electionGeneral election 1933: Dublin University http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1933B&cons=111&ref=31 ElectionsIreland.org 24 May 2011 16 June 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20110616060540/http://electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1933B&cons=111&ref=31 liveGallagher Michael Michael Gallagher (academic) 1993 Irish Elections 1922-44: Results and Analysis PSAI Press 0951974815 Robert Rowlette Independent politician (Ireland) 3,260 References Category:1933 in Irish politics Category:1933 elections in the Irish Free State Category:8th Dáil Dublin University 1933 Category:October 1933 in Europe 1933 Dublin