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Dublin St Patrick's Former Borough constituency for the House of Commons 1885–1922 Number of members one Created from Dublin - St Patrick's redirect here. For other uses, see St. Patrick's
Dublin St Patrick'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 1885–1922. It had three wards – Merchant's Quay, Usher's Quay and Wood Quay.
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 Patrick's, Dublin College Green, Dublin Harbour and Dublin St Stephen's Green 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.
Contents
Boundaries
This constituency comprised part of the city of Dublin.
Politics
Dublin St Patrick's in 1918 gave Sinn Féin about two-thirds of its votes. Countess Markievicz was the first woman to win a Parliamentary election in Britain and Ireland, at the first election where women were allowed to be candidates.
In common with other Sinn Féin members, elected in 1918, the MP did not take her seat at Westminster but instead participated in the revolutionary Dáil Éireann.
Members of Parliament
From To Name Party Born Died 1885 1892 William Martin Murphy Nationalist (IPP)¹ November 21, 1844 26 June 1919 1892 1918 William Field Parnellite Nationalist (IPP) June 1843 29 April 1935 1918 1922 Constance Markievicz Sinn Féin 4 February 1868 15 July 1927 Notes
- Anti-Parnellite Nationalist (IPP) from December 1890.
Election
This constituency elected its MP using the first past the post electoral system.
- 1918 (14 December) general election
- 18,785 electors; 11,899 voted; turnout 63.34%
- Constance Georgine, Countess Markievicz (SF) 7,835 (65.85%)
- William Field (N) 3,752 (31.53%)
- James Joseph Kelly (Ind N) 312 (2.62%)
- Majority 4,083 (34.31%)
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References
- Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
See also
- Dublin St Patrick's (Dáil Éireann constituency)
Parliamentary constituencies in County Dublin and City Parliament of Ireland
to 1800Dublin City (1264–1800) · Dublin County (????–1800) · Dublin University (1613–1800) · Newcastle (c.1613–1800) · Swords (????–1800)
Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918Dublin City (1801–1885) · Dublin County (1801–1885) · Dublin University (1801–1922) · Dublin County South (1885–1922) · Dublin County North (1885–1922) · Dublin College Green (1885–1922) · Dublin Harbour (1885–1922) · Dublin St Patrick's (1885–1922) · Dublin St Stephen's Green (1885–1922) · Dublin Clontarf (1918–1922) · Dublin St James's (1918–1922) · Dublin St Michan's (1918–1922) · Dublin Pembroke (1918–1922) · Dublin Rathmines (1918–1922)
Dáil Éireann
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