An election to Belfast Corporation took place in 1914 as part of that year's Irish local elections. This would be the last election before the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919, which would replace the traditional FPTP based ward system with an STV system based on proportional representation. The election saw Unionists continuing their dominance of the council, winning a massive majority of the council's seats.[1]
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16 seats to Belfast Corporation 9 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||
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.svg) Map showing the election results by ward. | ||||||||||||||||
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Sixteen seats were up for election, with a total of forty-eight candidates nominated. Publican John Boston was nominated for every seat, in order to ensure that they would have a contest. The Falls and St Anne's wards had the most candidates, with seven each. Arthur Trew stood in both the Falls and Shankill wards.[2]
After the election Crawford McCullagh was elected by the new council as Lord Mayor of Belfast.
Council composition by party
edit| Party | Seats | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Unionist | 52 | ||
| United Irish League | 8 | ||
| Totals | 60 | ||
Results by party
edit| Party | Seats | ± | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Unionist | 14 | 12,944 | 71.88 | |||
| United Irish League | 2 | 2,316 | 12.86 | |||
| Independent | 0 | 1,282 | 7.12 | |||
| John Boston | 0 | 1,218 | 6.76 | |||
| Ind. Unionist | 0 | 247 | 1.37 | |||
| Totals | 16 | 18,007 | 100.00 | — | ||
Ward results
editClifton Ward
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Unionist | Robert Dunlop (incumbent Councillor) |
369 | |||
| Independent | John Boston | 56 | |||
| Majority | 313 | ||||
| Turnout | 425 | ||||
Cromac Ward
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Unionist | Robert Thomson M.B. (incumbent Councillor) |
549 | |||
| Independent | John Boston | 75 | |||
| Majority | 474 | ||||
| Turnout | 624 | ||||
Court Ward
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Unionist | Joseph Davison (incumbent Councillor) |
1138 | |||
| Independent | John Boston | 48 | |||
| Majority | 1090 | ||||
| Turnout | 1186 | ||||
Dock Ward
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Unionist | Dr Samuel William Allworthy M.D. (incumbent Councillor) |
484 | 89.13 | ||
| Independent | John Boston | 59 | 10.87 | ||
| Majority | 425 | 78.27 | |||
| Turnout | 543 | 16.38 | |||
Duncairn Ward
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Unionist | Thomas Erskine Alexander (incumbent Councillor) |
300 | |||
| Independent | John Boston | 32 | |||
| Majority | 268 | ||||
| Turnout | 332 | ||||
Falls Ward
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Nationalist | John Collins (incumbent Councillor) |
1,555 | |||
| Irish Nationalist | James Leo McDonnell | 761 | |||
| Independent | John Boston | 91 | |||
| Majority | 268 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,646 | ||||
Ormeau Ward
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Unionist | William Frederick Coates J.P. (incumbent Councillor) |
1,129 | |||
| Independent | John Boston | 168 | |||
| Majority | 268 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,297 | ||||
Pottinger Ward
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Unionist | Arthur Stanley Atkinson | 1,831 | |||
| Independent | John Boston | 247 | |||
| Majority | 1,584 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,078 | ||||
St. Anne's Ward
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Unionist | Francis Curley J.P. (incumbent Councillor) |
899 | |||
| Independent | George Park | 644 | |||
| Independent | John Boston | 53 | |||
| Independent | Walter Holdinrake | 37 | |||
| Majority | 255 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,633 | ||||
Shankhill Ward
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Unionist | William George Turner (incumbent Councillor) |
2288 | |||
| Independent | John Boston | 132 | |||
| Majority | 2156 | ||||
| Turnout | 2420 | ||||
St George's Ward
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Unionist | Charles Hinds | 1,500 | |||
| Independent | Joseph Tyney | 601 | |||
| Ind. Unionist | James Mateer | 247 | |||
| Independent | John Boston | 11 | |||
| Majority | 899 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,359 | ||||
Smithfield
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Unionist | Patrick Dempsey J.P. (incumbent Councillor) |
634 | |||
| Independent | John Boston | 39 | |||
| Majority | 595 | ||||
| Turnout | 673 | ||||
Victoria Ward
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Unionist | Frank Workman (incumbent Councillor) |
207 | |||
| Independent | John Boston | 53 | |||
| Majority | 154 | ||||
| Turnout | 260 | ||||
Windsor Ward
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Unionist | Henry Riddell (incumbent Councillor) |
458 | |||
| Independent | John Boston | 63 | |||
| Majority | 395 | ||||
| Turnout | 521 | ||||
Woodvale Ward
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Irish Unionist | James Alexander Laughlin (incumbent Councillor) |
1158 | |||
| Independent | John Boston | 91 | |||
| Majority | 1067 | ||||
| Turnout | 1249 | ||||