Dublin St Michan's (UK Parliament constituency)
St Michan's, a division of Dublin, was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the British House of Commons 1918–1922, using the first past the post electoral system.
| Dublin St Michan's | |
|---|---|
| Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1918–1922 | |
| Number of members | 1 |
Prior to the 1918 general election, the city was divided into four constituencies: the Dublin College Green, Dublin Harbour, Dublin St Patrick's and Dublin St Stephen's Green constituencies. In 1918, the city was allocated seven seats: St Michan's, the existing four constituencies, Dublin Clontarf and Dublin St James's.
From the dissolution of 1922, the area was no longer represented in the UK Parliament.
Boundaries
1918–1922: The Arran Quay and Glasnevin wards of the County Borough of Dublin.
This constituency was entitled to send a member to the United Kingdom House of Commons. Sinn Féin used the election of 1918 to elect members of the Irish Republic's First Dáil. In Republican theory every MP elected in Ireland was entitled to become a Teachta Dála (known in English as a Deputy) in the Dáil, although only the Sinn Féin members participated.
In 1921 Dublin was divided into three multi-member constituencies, for elections to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland. Sinn Féin used them to elect Deputies to the Second Dáil.
Politics
Dublin St Michan's was a constituency which gave Sinn Féin about two-thirds of its votes.
In common with other Sinn Féiners elected in 1918, Michael Staines MP did not take his seat at Westminster but instead participated in the revolutionary Dáil Éireann.
Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | Michael Staines | Sinn Féin | |
| 1922 | constituency abolished | ||
Election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | Michael Staines | 7,553 | 65.40 | N/A | |
| Irish Nationalist | John Dillon Nugent | 3,996 | 34.60 | N/A | |
| Majority | 3,557 | 30.80 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 11,549 | 65.46 | N/A | ||
| Sinn Féin win (new seat) | |||||
References
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
- Boundary Commission (Ireland) established in 1917 to redistribute seats in the House of Commons under the terms of the Representation of the People Bill, 1917 (1917). "Schedule 10 : Parliamentary borough of Dublin" (PDF). Report. CSO/RP/1917/29520/36. National Archives of Ireland.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)