Dublin University (constituency)
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Dublin University is a university constituency in Ireland, which has been used to elect members of various legislative bodies including currently Seanad Éireann. Alternative names are University of Dublin or Trinity College, Dublin, after the institute it represents. As it has been in existence since 1613, except for a brief period 1936-37, it could be considered the country's oldest constituency.
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[edit] Summary
| From | To | Chamber | Members |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1613 | 1800 | House of Commons of Ireland | 2 |
| 1801 | 1832 | House of Commons of the United Kingdom | 1 |
| 1832 | 1922 | House of Commons of the United Kingdom | 2 |
| 1921 | 1922 | House of Commons of Southern Ireland | 4 |
| 1922 | 1923 | Dáil Éireann | 4 |
| 1923 | 1937 | Dáil Éireann | 3 |
| 1938 | date | Seanad Éireann | 3 |
Note on official names: (1923) Electoral Act 1923, "Dublin University"; (1938) Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act 1937, "the University of Dublin shall be a constituency (in this Act referred to as the Dublin University constituency)."
[edit] Representation
[edit] House of Commons of Ireland
This university constituency was first enfranchised as a Parliamentary constituency in 1613. It was given two members in the Parliament of Ireland.
The university was not represented in the Parliament of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, under the Instrument of Government, after it was established in 1654. Following the restoration of the King in 1660 the Parliament of Ireland was re-established and the constituency again returned two Members of Parliament. See First Protectorate Parliament for the list of Irish constituencies during the Protectorate.
[edit] House of Commons of the United Kingdom
| Dublin University University constituency |
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| Created: | 1801 |
| Abolished: | 1922 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
The Act of Union 1800 provided for the Parliament of Ireland to be merged with the Parliament of Great Britain, to form the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The 300 seats in the Irish House of Commons were reduced to 100 Irish members in the United Kingdom House of Commons. As part of the reduction, the University was only to have one seat in Parliament.
The union took effect on 1 January 1801. There was no new election for the members of the 1st Parliament of the United Kingdom, as the House of Commons was composed of members elected to the previous Parliaments of Ireland and Great Britain.
Irish constituencies with two members to be reduced to one, had their first United Kingdom MP selected by the drawing of lots. The Hon. George Knox was chosen to sit in the House of Commons for the University.
As a result of the Irish part of the Reform Act 1832 the University was given a second seat in Parliament.
Dublin University continued to be represented in the House of Commons until the dissolution of Parliament on 26 October 1922, shortly before the Irish Free State became a dominion outside the United Kingdom on 6 December 1922.
[edit] House of Commons of Southern Ireland
The Government of Ireland Act 1920 established a devolved home rule legislature, within the United Kingdom, for twenty-six Irish counties which were designated Southern Ireland.
Dublin University was given four seats in the House of Commons of Southern Ireland. The seats were filled by Unionist MPs who were returned unopposed. They were the only MPs who attended the abortive first meeting of the House.
The Parliament was dissolved as part of the arrangements under the Anglo-Irish Treaty in 1922.
[edit] Dáil Éireann
In the United Kingdom general election, 1918 Sinn Féin contested the election on the basis that they would not take seats in the United Kingdom Parliament but would establish a revolutionary assembly in Dublin.
The University was, in Irish republican theory, entitled to return two Teachtaí Dála (known in English as Deputies) in 1918 to serve in the Irish Republic's First Dáil. This revolutionary body assembled on 21 January 1919.
In republican theory every MP elected in Ireland, including two unionists from Dublin University, was a member of the First Dáil. In practice only Sinn Féin members participated.
The First Dáil, passed a motion at its last meeting on 10 May 1921, the first three parts of which make explicit the republican view.
- 1. That the Parliamentary elections which are to take place during the present month be regarded as elections to Dáil Éireann.
- 2. That all deputies duly returned at these elections be regarded as members of Dáil Éireann and allowed to take their seats on subscribing to the proposed Oath of Allegiance.
- 3. That the present Dáil dissolve automatically as soon as the new body has been summoned by the President and called to order.
The Second Dáil first met on 16 August 1921, thereby dissolving the First Dáil.
Sinn Féin had decided to use the polls for the Northern Ireland House of Commons and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland as an election for the Irish Republic's Second Dáil. No actual voting was necessary in Southern Ireland as all the seats were filled by unopposed returns. Except for this University all other constituencies elected Sinn Féin TDs. The University elected four Independent Unionist members unopposed. As with the First Dáil, those Deputies could have joined the Dáil if they chose.
The Third Dáil elected in 1922 was, in United Kingdom law, the constituent assembly for the Irish Free State. From this time the Dáil represented only the twenty-six Irish counties and not the six counties of Northern Ireland. Non-Sinn Féin Deputies, including those from the University, began to participate in the Dáil.
In the Electoral Act 1923 (No. 12/1923), the Irish Free State defined its own Dáil constituencies. Dublin University was reduced to three seats.
The Constitution (Amendment No. 23) Act 1936 (No. 17/1936) repealed the Irish Free State constitutional provision for University representation in Dáil Éireann, with effect from the next dissolution of the Oireachtas which took place on 14 June 1937.
[edit] Seanad Éireann
When Ireland adopted a new constitution, in 1937, this provided for the universities to be represented in a re-established Seanad Éireann (the Free State Seanad having been abolished in 1936).
The Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act 1937 (No. 30/1937) gave effect to the new constitutional provision. The election to the Seanad took place in 1938. The 2nd Seanad first met on 27 April 1938.
Dublin University sends three members to the Seanad.
Recent reform proposals to the Seanad may lead to the end of university representation or to its modification to permit the graduates of other tertiary educational establishments than Dublin University and the National University of Ireland to participate in university Seanad elections. No decision has yet been made.
[edit] Boundaries
This constituency was the non-territorial University constituency of Dublin University also sometimes referred to as Trinity College, Dublin.
[edit] Electorate
The electorate before 1832 comprised the Provost, Fellows and Scholars of Trinity College. From 1832, the electorate also included every graduate of the University with a M.A. degree.
When electoral registration was introduced, in 1832, there were 2,073 voters on the register. It is likely that most of them were also qualified to vote in one or more of the territorial constituencies. It was characteristic of the University constituencies in the UK Parliament that plural voting was the norm.
In 1918, the electorate was extended to include all registered graduates of the University and some female voters were allowed for the first time. Male graduates qualified to vote if they had attained the age of 21 but female ones had to be at least 30 to acquire the franchise. There were 4,541 voters registered for the 1918 general election. Most, if not all, of those electors would have been plural voters also entitled to vote in a territorial constituency.
In the Electoral Act 1923 (No. 12/1923), the Irish Free State abolished plural voting for University constituencies and enfranchised women on the same terms as men. Qualified voters could then decide whether to register for a University or a territorial constituency but not for both. Universal adult suffrage was not introduced in the UK until 1928. Plural voting was not abolished for UK elections until 1950.
The qualifications for an elector to be registered as a University voter were set out in Section 1(2)(c) of the 1923 Act. They were to be registered at "the University constituency comprising a university in which he or she has received a degree other than an honorary degree or, in the case of the University of Dublin, has received such degree as aforesaid, or obtained a foundation scholarship, or, if a woman, obtained a non-foundation scholarship".
[edit] Politics of the constituency
Throughout the history of this constituency, during the union, it supported (usually very strongly) Tory, Conservative and Unionist candidates (including the Liberal Unionist and Independent Unionist members).
The only partial exception was the tenure of the Whig MP, William Plunket, in 1812-1827. It should be noted that Plunket accepted office in what in retrospect are considered Tory governments. Given the state of the party system in the early nineteenth century, when William Pitt the Younger (now considered a Tory Prime Minister) called himself a Whig, it is not too surprising that Plunket was his Attorney General for Ireland. It is surprising that Plunket did not follow most of Pitt's supporters in calling himself a Tory soon after the Prime Minister's death. It is astonishing that a Whig was again Attorney General for Ireland in the Earl of Liverpool's very Tory ministry between 1822 and 1827. Plunket was perhaps more an eighteenth century than a nineteenth century Whig, so as to be acceptable to the university electorate.
Since 1922, most of the representatives of the University have been Independent members of the Oireachtas.
[edit] Electoral System
Until 1918 and for the 1919 by-election, in elections to fill a single seat, the first past the post system applied.
In two-member elections before 1918, the bloc voting system was used. Voters could cast a vote for one or two candidates, as they chose. The two candidates with the largest number of votes were elected.
In 1918 and for all elections since 1921, the members were elected by the single transferable vote system of proportional representation.
[edit] Representatives
[edit] Members of Parliament (Ireland)
| 1613-1615 | William Temple, Provost, and Charles Doyne |
| William Bedell, Provost, and James Donellan, elected 1628 at bye-election | |
| William Fitzgerald elected in place of Bedell, who resigned | |
| 1634-1635 | Sir James Ware, Bt, and James Donellan |
| 1639-1649 | Sir James Ware, Bt, and William Gilbert |
| 1661-1666 | Sir James Ware, Bt, and Lord John Butler |
| 1689-1689 * | Sir John Meade and Joseph Coghlan |
| 1692-1693 | Sir Cyril Wyeh and William Molyneaux |
| 1695-1699 | William Molyneaux and Richard Aldworth |
| William Crowe elected in 1698 on the death of Molyneaux | |
| 1703-1713 | Sir William Robinson and Edward Southwell |
| 1713-1714 | Marmaduke Coghill and John Elwood |
| 1715-1727 | Marmaduke Coghill and Samuel Dopping |
| Rt Hon. Edward Hopkins elected in 1721 on the death of Dopping | |
| 1727-1760 | Rt Hon. Marmaduke Coghill and Rt Hon. Samuel Molyneaux |
| John Elwood elected in 1728 on the death on Molyneaux | |
| Alexander Mac Auley elected in 1739 on the death of Coghill | |
| Mac Auley was unseated on petition and Philip Tisdall was elected | |
| Archibald Atcheson elected in 1741 on the death of Elwood | |
| 1761-1768 | Rt Hon. Philip Tisdall and William Clement |
| 1769-1776 | Rt Hon. Philip Tisdall and Sir Capel Molyneaux, Bt |
| 1776-1783 | Hon. Richard Hely-Hutchinson and Rt Hon. Walter Burgh |
| Hely-Hutchinson was unseated by petition in 1778 and John FitzGibbon elected | |
| Burgh was appointed Chief Baron of the Exchequer in 1782 and Lawrence Parsons was elected | |
| 1783-1790 | Lawrence Parsons and Arthur Browne |
| 1790-1797 | Arthur Browne and Rt Hon. Francis Hely-Hutchinson |
| 1798-1800 | Arthur Browne and Hon. George Knox |
- *Patriot Parliament called by James II after he had abdicated the throne.
[edit] Members of Parliament (United Kingdom) 1801-1922
Key to parties: C Conservative, Ind N Independent Nationalist, Ind U Independent Unionist, L Liberal, LU Liberal Unionist, N Nationalist (Irish Parliamentary Party), T Tory, U Unionist, W Whig. Changes of party name in 1832 and 1886 are indicated i.e. (T,C) and (C,U).
[edit] Deputies 1921-1937 and Senators from 1938
Note: MPs in the House of Commons of Southern Ireland 1921-1922 are included as they were potential members of Dáil Éireann.
Key to parties: Ind Independent, Ind U Independent Unionist, Lab Irish Labour Party, Soc Lab Socialist Labour Party.
| From | To | Name (Party) | Born | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 1937 | Ernest Henry Alton (Ind U) (Ind) | 1873 | 18 February 1952 |
| 1921 | 1933 | Sir James Craig (Ind U) (Ind) | 12 July 1933 | |
| 1921 | 1923 | Gerald Fitzgibbon (Ind U) (Ind) | 6 December 1942 | |
| 1921 | 1937 | William Edward Thrift (Ind U) (Ind) | 28 February 1870 | 23 April 1942 |
| 1933 | 1937 | Robert James Rowlette (Ind) | 1873 | 13 October 1944 |
| 1938 | 1943 | Ernest Henry Alton (Ind) | 1873 | 18 February 1952 |
| 1938 | 1943 | Joseph Johnston (Ind) | 1954 | |
| 1938 | 1944 | Robert James Rowlette (Ind) | 1873 | 13 October 1944 |
| 1943 | 1959 | William Robert Fearon (Ind) | January 1959 | |
| 1943 | 1947 | Theodore C. Kingsmill Moore (Ind) | 21 January 1979 | |
| 1944 | 1948 | Joseph Johnston (Ind) | 1954 | |
| 1947 | 1951 | Joseph Warwick Bigger (Ind) | 11 September 1891 | 17 August 1951 |
| 1948 | 1969 | William Bedell Stanford (Ind) | ||
| 1951 | 1951 | Frederick G.O. Budd (Ind) | 11 February 1904 | 1976 |
| 1952 | 1954 | William J.E. Jessop (Ind) | 13 July 1902 | 11 June 1980 |
| 1954 | 1961 | Owen L.S. Skeffington (Ind) | 19 May 1909 | 7 June 1970 |
| 1960 | 1973 | William J.E. Jessop (Ind) | 13 July 1902 | 11 June 1980 |
| 1961 | 1965 | J.N. Ross (Ind) | ||
| 1965 | 1970 | Owen L.S. Skeffington (Ind) | 19 May 1909 | 7 June 1970 |
| 1969 | 1989 | Prof. Mary Robinson (Ind) (Lab) (Ind) | 21 May 1944 | |
| 1970 | 1981 | Dr Timothy Trevor West (Ind) | ||
| 1973 | 1977 | Dr Noel C. Browne (Soc Lab) | 20 December 1915 | 23 May 1997 |
| 1977 | 1979 | Dr Conor Cruise O'Brien (Ind) | 3 November 1917 | |
| 1979 | 1982 | Ms Catherine McGuinness (Ind) | 14 November 1934 | |
| 1981 | date | Shane Peter Nathaniel Ross (Ind) | 11 July 1949 | |
| 1982 | 1982 | Dr Timothy Trevor West (Ind) | ||
| 1983 | 1987 | Ms Catherine McGuinness (Ind) | 14 November 1934 | |
| 1987 | 1993 | Mrs Carmencita Hederman (Ind) | 23 October 1939 | |
| 1987 | date | David Patrick Bernard Norris (Ind) | 1 July 1944 | |
| 1993 | date | Dr Mary E.F. Henry (Ind) | 11 May 1940 |
Note: Robinson was an Irish Labour Party Senator 1977-1981.
[edit] Elections
From 1832 (when registers of electors were first prepared) a turnout figure is given, for the percentage of the registered electors who voted. If the number of registered electors eligible to take part in a contested election is unknown, then the last known electorate figure is used to calculate an estimated turnout. If the numbers of registered electors and electors taking part in the poll are known, an exact turnout figure is calculated. In two member bloc vote elections (in which an elector could cast one or two votes as he chose), where the exact number of electors participating is unknown, an estimated turnout figure is given. This is calculated by dividing the total number of votes cast by two. To the extent that electors used only one of their votes the estimated turnout figure is an underestimate.
[edit] House of Commons (United Kingdom)
- 1801 (1 January) continued from former Parliament of Ireland (no new election)
- Hon. George Knox (T)
- 1802 (14 July) general election
- Hon. George Knox (T) 39 (57.35%)
- William Conyngham Plunket (W) 29 (42.65%)
- Majority 10 (14.71%)
- Knox appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
- 1805 (28 March) by-election
- Hon. George Knox (T): Unopposed
- 1805 (6 November) general election (poll 1 day)
- Hon. George Knox (T) 35 (52.24%)
- John Leslie Foster (T) 32 (47.76%)
- Majority 3 (4.48%)
- 1807 (13 May) general election (poll 1 day)
- John Leslie Foster (T) 46 (92.00%)
- Thomas Thornton Macklin 4 (8.00%)
- Majority 42 (84.00%)
- 1812 (12 October) general election
- Rt Hon. William Conyngham Plunket (W): Unopposed
- 1818 (25 June) general election (poll 1 day)
- Rt Hon. William Conyngham Plunket (W) 34 (53.13%)
- John Wilson Croker (T) 30 (46.88%)
- Majority 4 (6.25%)
- 1820 (16 March) general election
- Rt Hon. William Conyngham Plunket (W): Unopposed
- Plunket appointed Attorney General for Ireland
- 1822 (14 February) by-election
- Rt Hon. William Conyngham Plunket (W): Unopposed
- 1826 (12 June) general election
- Rt Hon. William Conyngham Plunket (W): Unopposed
- Plunket created Baron Plunket
- 1827 (15 May) by-election (poll 2 days)
- John Wilson Croker (T) 38 (42.70%)
- John Henry North (T) 29 (32.58%)
- Thomas Langlois Lefroy (T) 22 (24.72%)
- Majority 9 (10.11%)
- 1830 (5 August) general election (poll 1 day)
- Thomas Langlois Lefroy (T) 33 (43.42%)
- John Wilson Croker (T) 30 (39.47%)
- John Henry North (T) 13 (17.11%)
- Majority 3 (3.95%)
- 1831 (7 May) general election
- Thomas Langlois Lefroy (T) 44 (55.00%)
- Philip Cecil Crampton (W) 36 (45.00%)
- Majority 8 (10.00%)
- 1832 (18 December) general election (2 seats)
- 2,073 electors; 1,726 voted; turnout 83.26%
- Thomas Langlois Lefroy (C) 1,304 (38.27%)
- Frederick Shaw (C) 1,290 (37.86%)
- Philip Cecil Crampton (L) 423 (12.42%)
- Hon. George Ponsonby (L) 390 (11.45%)
- 1835 (8 January) general election (2 seats)
- Rt Hon. Thomas Langlois Lefroy (C): Unopposed
- Rt Hon. Frederick Shaw (C): Unopposed
- 1837 (4 August) general election (2 seats)
- 2,100 electors; 940 voted; turnout 44.76%
- Rt Hon. Frederick Shaw (C) 852 (45.39%)
- Rt Hon. Thomas Langlois Lefroy (C) 839 (44.70%)
- Joseph Stock (L) 186 (9.91%)
- 1841 (1 July) general election (2 seats)
- Rt Hon. Thomas Langlois Lefroy (C): Unopposed
- Rt Hon. Frederick Shaw (C): Unopposed
- Lefroy appointed Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland
- 1842 (11 February) by-election
- Rt Hon. Joseph Devonsher Jackson (C): Unopposed
- Jackson appointed Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland
- 1843 (10 February) by-election
- George Alexander Hamilton (C): Unopposed
- 1847 (9 August) general election (2 seats) (poll 4 days)
- 2,100 (1835) electors; 1,190 voted; estimated turnout 56.67%
- George Alexander Hamilton (C) 738 (33.09%)
- Rt Hon. Frederick Shaw (C) 572 (25.65%)
- Joseph Napier (C) 540 (24.48%)
- James McCullagh (L) 374 (16.77%)
- Shaw resigned
- 1848 (19 February) by-election
- Joseph Napier (C): Unopposed
- Napier appointed Attorney General for Ireland
- 1852 (9 March) by-election
- Joseph Napier (C): Unopposed
- 1852 (13 July) general election (2 seats)
- George Alexander Hamilton (C): Unopposed
- Rt Hon. Joseph Napier (C): Unopposed
- 1857 (4 April) general election (2 seats)
- 1,700 electors; 2,008 votes cast; estimated turnout 59.06%
- Rt Hon. Joseph Napier (C) 829 (41.28%)
- George Alexander Hamilton (C) 791 (39.39%)
- James Anthony Lawson (L) 272 (13.55%)
- John Wilson (L) 116 (5.78%)
- Napier appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland
- 1858 (27 March) by-election
- 1,700 (1857) electors; 939 voted; estimated turnout 55.24%
- Anthony Lefroy (C) 589 (62.73%)
- Arthur Edward Gayer (C) 350 (37.27%)
- Majority 239 (25.45%)
- Hamilton resigned
- 1859 (11 February) by-election
- Rt Hon. James Whiteside (C): Unopposed
- 1859 (30 April) general election (2 seats)
- Anthony Lefroy (C): Unopposed
- Rt Hon. James Whiteside (C): Unopposed
- 1865 (19 July) general election (2 seats)
- 1,700 electors; 2,797 votes cast; estimated turnout 82.26%
- Rt Hon. James Whiteside (C) 1,210 (41.28%)
- Anthony Lefroy (C) 1,045 (39.39%)
- John Thomas Ball (L) 542 (13.55%)
- Whiteside appointed Lord Chief Justice of Ireland
- 1866 (30 July) by-election
- Rt Hon. John Edward Walsh (C): Unopposed
- Walsh appointed Master of the Rolls of Ireland
- 1867 (12 February) by-election
- Hedge Eyre Chatterton (C): Unopposed
- Chatterton appointed Attorney General for Ireland
- 1867 (30 March) by-election
- Hedge Eyre Chatterton (C): Unopposed
- Chatterton appointed Vice-Chancellor of Ireland
- 1867 (27 August) by-election
- Robert Richard Warren (C): Unopposed
- 1868 (23 November) general election (2 seats)
- 2,151 electors; 3,192 votes cast; estimated turnout 74.20%
- Anthony Lefroy (C) 1,156 (36.22%)
- John Thomas Ball (C) 1,077 (33.74%)
- Sir Edward Grogan, Bt (C) 743 (23.28%)
- Thomas Ebenezer Webb (L) 216 (6.77%)
- Lefroy resigned
- 1870 (14 February) by-election
- Hon. David Robert Plunket (C): Unopposed
- 1874 (2 February) general election (2 seats)
- Rt Hon. John Thomas Ball (C): Unopposed
- Hon. David Robert Plunket (C): Unopposed
- Ball appointed Attorney General for Ireland
- 1874 (16 March) by-election
- Rt Hon. John Thomas Ball (C): Unopposed
- Ball appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland
- 1875 (21 January) by-election
- 2,438 electors; 2,507 voted; estimated turnout 51.42%
- Edward Gibson (C) 1,210 (48.26%)
- Alexander Edward Miller (C) 759 (30.28%)
- Anthony Traill (C) 538 (21.46%)
- Majority 451 (17.99%)
- Plunket appointed Solicitor General for Ireland
- 1875 (11 February) by-election
- Hon. David Robert Plunket (C): Unopposed
- Gibson appointed Attorney General for Ireland
- 1877 (13 February) by-election
- Edward Gibson (C): Unopposed
- 1880 (30 March) general election (2 seats)
- Rt Hon. Edward Gibson (C): Unopposed
- Rt Hon. David Robert Plunket (C): Unopposed
- Gibson created Baron Ashbourne and appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland; Plunket appointed First Commissioner of Works
- 1885 (30 June) by-election (2 seats)
- Rt Hon. Hugh Holmes (C): Unopposed
- Rt Hon. David Robert Plunket (C): Unopposed
- 1885 (24 November) general election (2 seats)
- Rt Hon. Hugh Holmes (C): Unopposed
- Rt Hon. David Robert Plunket (C): Unopposed
- 1886 (8 July) general election (2 seats)
- 4,155 electors; 3,831 votes cast; estimated turnout 46.10%
- Rt Hon. David Robert Plunket (U) 1,865 (48.68%)
- Rt Hon. Hugh Holmes (U) 1,855 (48.42%)
- Hugh Herbert Johnston (N) 56 (1.46%)
- Edward Patrick Sarsfield Counsell (N) 55 (1.44%)
- Holmes appointed Attorney General for Ireland; Plunket appointed First Commissioner of Works
- 1886 (13 August) by-election (2 seats)
- Rt Hon. Hugh Holmes (U): Unopposed
- Rt Hon. David Robert Plunket (U): Unopposed
- Holmes appointed Judge
- 1887 (12 July) by-election
- 4,092 electors; 2,088 votes cast; turnout 51.03%
- Dodgson Hamilton Madden (U) 1,376 (65.90%)
- Hon. Richard Clare Parsons (U) 712 (34.10%)
- Majority 664 (31.80%)
- Madden appointed Solicitor General for Ireland
- 1888 (3 February) by-election
- Dodgson Hamilton Madden (U): Unopposed
- 1892 (8 July) general election (2 seats)
- 4,352 electors; 4,694 votes cast; estimated turnout 53.93%
- Rt Hon. David Robert Plunket (U) 2,188 (46.61%)
- Edward Henry Carson (U) 1,609 (34.28%)
- James Corry Jones Lowry (U) 897 (19.11%)
- 1895 (13 July) general election (2 seats)
- Edward Henry Carson (U): Unopposed
- Rt Hon. David Robert Plunket (U): Unopposed
- Plunket created Baron Rathmore
- 1895 (6 December) by-election
- 4,506 electors; 2,768 voted; turnout 61.43%
- William Edward Hartpole Lecky (LU) 1,757 (63.48%)
- George Wright (U) 1,011 (36.52%)
- Majority 746 (26.95%)
- Carson appointed Solicitor General for England
- 1900 (16 May) by-election
- Rt Hon. Edward Henry Carson (U): Unopposed
- 1900 (1 October) general election (2 seats)
- Rt Hon. Sir Edward Henry Carson (U): Unopposed
- Rt Hon. William Edward Hartpole Lecky (LU): Unopposed
- Lecky resigned
- 1903 (5 March) by-election
- 4,553 electors; 2,913 voted; turnout 63.98%
- James Henry Mussen Campbell (U) 1,492 (51.22%)
- Arthur Warren Samuels (U) 1,421 (48.78%)
- Majority 71 (2.44%)
- 1906 (13 January) general election (2 seats)
- Rt Hon. James Henry Mussen Campbell (U): Unopposed
- Rt Hon. Sir Edward Henry Carson (U): Unopposed
- 1910 (15 January) general election (2 seats)
- Rt Hon. James Henry Mussen Campbell (U): Unopposed
- Rt Hon. Sir Edward Henry Carson (U): Unopposed
- 1910 (3 December) general election (2 seats)
- Rt Hon. James Henry Mussen Campbell (U): Unopposed
- Rt Hon. Sir Edward Henry Carson (U): Unopposed
- Campbell appointed Attorney General for Ireland
- 1916 (15 April) by-election
- Rt Hon. James Henry Mussen Campbell (U): Unopposed
- Campbell appointed Lord Chief Justice of Ireland
- 1917 (5 February) by-election
- 4,138 electors; 2,520 voted; turnout 60.90%
- Arthur Warren Samuels (U) 1,841 (73.06%)
- Sir Robert Henry Woods (U) 679 (26.94%)
- Majority 1,162 (46.11%)
- Samuels appointed Solicitor General for Ireland
- 1917 (5 October) by-election
- Arthur Warren Samuels (U): Unopposed
- 1918 (21 December) general election (2 seats) (polling 16-20 December)
- 4,541 electors; 2,954 voted; turnout 59.39%; quota 985
- First preference votes
- Rt Hon. Arthur Warren Samuels (U) 1,273 (43.09%) (elected)
- Sir Robert Henry Woods (Ind U) 793 (26.84%)
- William Morgan Jellett (U) 631 (21.36%)
- Stephen Lucius Gwynn (Ind N) 257 (8.70%)
- Second and third counts: Distribution of Samuels' surplus and Gwynn's votes
- Rt Hon. Arthur Warren Samuels (U) (-288) 985 (elected)
- Sir Robert Henry Woods (Ind U) (+301) 1,094 (elected)
- William Morgan Jellett (U) and non-transferable (+244) 875 (runner up)
- Stephen Lucius Gwynn (Ind N) (-257) 0 (eliminated)
- Note: The Times edition of 23 December 1918 reported that the Provost of the University, as returning officer, did not announce the figures. It was ascertained that Woods had 1,094 votes when elected. The above is the best reconstruction of the later counts which is possible with the available information.
- Samuels appointed Judge
- 1919 (28 July) by-election
- William Morgan Jellett (U): Unopposed
- This was the last UK Parliament election held in the 26 counties which became the Irish Free State
[edit] Dáil Éireann
- 1921 (24 May) general election (4 seats)
- Ernest Henry Alton (Ind U): Unopposed
- Sir James Craig (Ind U): Unopposed
- Gerald Fitzgibbon (Ind U): Unopposed
- William Edward Thrift (Ind U): Unopposed
- 1922 (16 June) general election (4 seats)
- Ernest Henry Alton (Ind): Unopposed
- Sir James Craig (Ind): Unopposed
- Gerald Fitzgibbon (Ind): Unopposed
- William Edward Thrift (Ind): Unopposed
- 1923 (27 August) general election (3 seats)
- Ernest Henry Alton (Ind): Unopposed
- Sir James Craig (Ind): Unopposed
- William Edward Thrift (Ind): Unopposed
- 1927 (9 June) general election (3 seats)
- 2,069 electors; 1,589 voted; turnout 76.80%; quota 398
- First preference votes
- William Edward Thrift (Ind) 614 (38.64%) (elected)
- Sir James Craig (Ind) 356 (22.40%)
- Bolton C. Waller (Ind) 332 (20.89%)
- Ernest Henry Alton (Ind) 287 (18.06%)
- Second count (distribution of Thrift's surplus)
- William Edward Thrift (Ind) (-216) 398 (elected)
- Sir James Craig (Ind) (+59) 415 (elected)
- Ernest Henry Alton (Ind) (+99) 386
- Bolton C. Waller (Ind) (+54) 386
- non transferable (+4) 4
- Third count (distribution of Craig's surplus)
- William Edward Thrift (Ind) (..) 398 (elected)
- Sir James Craig (Ind) (-17) 398 (elected)
- Ernest Henry Alton (Ind) (+12) 398 (elected)
- Bolton C. Waller (Ind) (+5) 391 (runner up)
- non transferable (..) 4
- 1927 (15 September) general election (3 seats)
- Ernest Henry Alton (Ind): Unopposed
- Sir James Craig (Ind): Unopposed
- William Edward Thrift (Ind): Unopposed
- 1932 (16 February) general election (3 seats)
- Ernest Henry Alton (Ind): Unopposed
- Sir James Craig (Ind): Unopposed
- William Edward Thrift (Ind): Unopposed
- 1933 (24 January) general election (3 seats)
- Ernest Henry Alton (Ind): Unopposed
- Sir James Craig (Ind): Unopposed
- William Edward Thrift (Ind): Unopposed
- Death of Craig
- 1933 (13 October) by-election (1 seat)
- Robert James Rowlette (Ind): Unopposed
[edit] Seanad Éireann
- Electorate 38,488; Valid votes 14,237; Turnout 36.99%; Quota 3,560
| 17 July 2002 Seanad General Election: Dublin University (3 seats) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Party | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| David Norris | Independent | 3,493 | 24.53 | 1 | 5 | |
| Shane Ross | Independent | 3,465 | 24.34 | 2 | 5 | |
| Mary Henry | Independent | 2,123 | 14.91 | 3 | 10 | |
| Ivana Bacik | Independent | 1,591 | 11.18 | |||
| Sean Barrett | Independent | 994 | 6.98 | |||
| Maurice Gueret | Independent | 780 | 5.48 | |||
| Rosaleen McDonagh | Independent | 733 | 5.15 | |||
| P.J. O'Meara | Independent | 265 | 1.86 | |||
| David Martin | Independent | 212 | 1.49 | |||
| Prabu Kulkarni | Independent | 185 | 1.30 | |||
| Gerard McHugh | Independent | 156 | 1.10 | |||
| Anthony O'Donnell | Independent | 142 | 1.00 | |||
| Declan Boland | Independent | 98 | 0.69 | |||
[edit] References
- The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885, edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume II 1886-1918, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (The Harvester Press 1978)
- Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume III 1919-1945, edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (The Harvester Press 1979)
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
- The Times (of London), editions of 23 December 1918 and 17 June 1927
[edit] External links
- http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=1
- http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/en.toc.dail.html
- http://acts.oireachtas.ie/zza12y1923.1.html
[edit] See also
- List of Irish constituencies
- List of UK Parliament Constituencies in Ireland and Northern Ireland
- MPs elected in the UK general election, 1918
- List of Dáil Éireann constituencies in Ireland (historic)
- Dáil Éireann (1919-1922)
- Members of the 1st Dáil
This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
Categories: University constituencies in the United Kingdom | Constituencies of the Parliament of Ireland (to 1800) | Historic Westminster constituencies in Ireland | Parliamentary (Dáil Éireann) constituencies in Ireland (historic) | Politics of the Republic of Ireland | University of Dublin | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1801 | United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1922
