Dublin St Michan's (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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Dublin St Michan's, was a former Dáil Éireann parliamentary constituency. It was a Dáil constituency 1918-1921 and elected one member.
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[edit] Boundaries
In 1918 the city of Dublin was allocated seven single-member seats.
This constituency was a division of the city, which 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.
[edit] 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, the Deputy did not take his seat at Westminster but instead participated in the revolutionary Dáil Éireann.
[edit] Deputy/TD
Key to parties: N Nationalist, SF Sinn Féin.
| From | To | Name (Party) | Born | Died |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 1921 | Michael Staines (SF) | 1885 | 26 October 1955 |
[edit] Election
This constituency elected its Deputy using the first past the post electoral system.
- 1918 (14 December) general election
- 17,642 electors; 11,549 voted; turnout 65.46%
- Michael Staines (SF) 7,553 (65.40%)
- John Dillon Nugent (N) 3,996 (34.60%)
- Majority 3,557 (30.80%)
[edit] Reference
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
[edit] See also
- List of Dáil Éireann constituencies in Ireland (historic)
- Dublin St Michan's (UK Parliament constituency)
- Irish (UK) general election, 1918
