Dublin St Stephen's Green (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Dublin St Stephen's Green Borough constituency |
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| Created: | 1885 |
| Abolished: | 1922 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
St Stephen's Green, a division of Dublin, was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the British House of Commons 1885-1922.
Prior to the 1885 general election, the city was the undivided two member Dublin City constituency. In 1885, Dublin was divided into four constituencies: the St Stephen's Green, Dublin College Green, Dublin Harbour and Dublin St Patrick's constituencies.
In 1918, the city was allocated seven seats: in addition to the four existing constituencies, the new divisions were Dublin Clontarf, Dublin St James's and Dublin St Michan's.
From the dissolution of 1922, the area was no longer represented in the UK Parliament.
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[edit] Boundaries
This constituency comprised part of the city of Dublin.
[edit] Politics
Dublin St Stephen's Green gave Sinn Féin almost two-thirds of its votes. The minority was fairly evenly divided between the Irish Parliamentary Party and the Unionists.
In common with other Sinn Féiners, elected in 1918, the Deputy did not take his seat at Westminster but instead participated in the revolutionary Dáil Éireann.
[edit] Members of Parliament
Key to parties: APN Anti-Parnellite Nationalist (Irish Parliamentary Party), Ind N Independent Nationalist, Ind N-H Independent Nationalist (supporter of Timothy Healy), L Liberal Party, Lab Irish Labour Party, N Nationalist (Irish Parliamentary Party), PN Parnellite Nationalist (Irish Parliamentary Party), SF Sinn Féin, U Unionist.
| From | To | Name (Party) | Born | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1885 | 1888 | Edmund Dwyer Gray (N) | 1845 | 27 March 1888 |
| 1888 | 1892 | Thomas Alexander Dickson (L) | 1833 | 17 June 1909 |
| 1892 | 1898 | William Kenny (LU) | 1846 | 4 February 1921 |
| 1898 | 1900 | James Henry Mussen Campbell (U) | 4 April 1851 | 22 March 1931 |
| 1900 | 1904 | James McCann (N) | 1840 | 14 February 1904 |
| 1904 | 1910 | Lawrence Ambrose Waldron (N) | 14 November 1858 | 27 December 1923 |
| 1910 | 1918 | Patrick Joseph Brady (N) | 1868 | 20 May 1943 |
| 1918 | 1922 | Thomas Kelly (SF) | 13 September 1868 | 20 April 1942 |
[edit] Elections
This constituency elected its MP using the first past the post electoral system.
- 1918 (14 December) general election
- 19,759 electors; 14,118 voted; turnout 71.45%
- Thomas Kelly (SF) 8,461 (59.93%)
- Patrick Joseph Brady (N) 2,902 (20.56%)
- Henry Hanna (U) 2,755 (19.51%)
- Majority 5,559 (39.38%)
[edit] References
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
