Kildare–Wicklow (Dáil constituency)
Kildare–Wicklow was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1921 to 1923. The constituency elected 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
| Kildare–Wicklow | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil constituency | |
 Location of Kildare–Wicklow within Ireland | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1921 |
| Abolished | 1923 |
| Seats | 5 |
| Local government areas | |
| Created from | |
| Replaced by | |
History and boundaries
editThe constituency was created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 to elect members to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland and first used at the 1921 general election to return the members of the 2nd Dáil. It covered all of County Kildare and County Wicklow.
Kildare–Wicklow was used again for the 1922 general election to the Third Dáil. Under the Electoral Act 1923, it was replaced by the two new single county constituencies of Kildare and Wicklow.
TDs
edit| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Kildare–Wicklow 1921–1923[1] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||||
| 2nd | 1921[2] | Erskine Childers (SF) |
Domhnall Ua Buachalla (SF) |
Robert Barton (SF) |
Christopher Byrne (SF) |
Art O'Connor (SF) | |||||
| 3rd | 1922[3] | Hugh Colohan (Lab) |
James Everett (Lab) |
Robert Barton (AT-SF) |
Christopher Byrne (PT-SF) |
Richard Wilson (FP) | |||||
| 4th | 1923 | Constituency abolished. See Kildare and Wicklow | |||||||||
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
Elections
edit1922 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Christopher Byrne | 26.6 | 9,170 | |||||||||
| Labour | Hugh Colohan | 18.9 | 6,522 | |||||||||
| Labour | James Everett | 17.4 | 5,993 | |||||||||
| Farmers' Party | Richard Wilson | 8.8 | 3,035 | 3,657 | 3,673 | 3,700 | 3,710 | 4,210 | 4,268 | 6,700 | ||
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Robert Barton | 8.2 | 2,842 | 3,432 | 3,487 | 3,584 | 3,846 | 3,880 | 4,435 | 4,608 | 4,735 | |
| Farmers' Party | John Bergin | 5.8 | 2,013 | 2,585 | 2,658 | 2,675 | 2,708 | 3,575 | 3,723 | |||
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Art O'Connor | 5.1 | 1,776 | 2,397 | 2,705 | 2,758 | 2,903 | 2,964 | 3,917 | 4,215 | 4,360 | |
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Domhnall Ua Buachalla | 4.2 | 1,438 | 1,822 | 2,032 | 2,052 | 2,121 | 2,207 | ||||
| Farmers' Party | Patrick Phelan | 3.5 | 1,213 | 1,678 | 1,755 | 1,765 | 1,785 | |||||
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Erskine Childers | 1.5 | 512 | 675 | 705 | 721 | ||||||
| Electorate: 58,584 Valid: 34,514 Quota: 5,753 Turnout: 58.9% | ||||||||||||
1921 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | Robert Barton | Unopposed | N/A | 1 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Domhnall Ua Buachalla | Unopposed | N/A | 2 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Christopher Byrne | Unopposed | N/A | 3 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Erskine Childers | Unopposed | N/A | 4 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Art O'Connor | Unopposed | N/A | 5 | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
- ^ a b "General election 1921: Kildare–Wicklow". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- ^ a b "General election 1922: Kildare–Wicklow". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- ^ Gallagher, Michael (1993). Irish Elections 1922–44: Results and Analysis. PSAI Press. ISBN 0951974815.
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