Dáil constituency (1921–1923)
Dublin Mid was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann , the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1921 to 1923. The constituency elected 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála , commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
History
The constituency was created in 1921 out of portions of the UK Parliament constituencies of Dublin College Green and Dublin Harbour . It was a four-seat constituency, under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 , for the 1921 election to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland , whose members formed the 2nd Dáil . It was abolished under the Electoral Act 1923 .
Boundaries
The constituency consisted of the College Green and the Dublin Harbour divisions of Dublin city.
TDs
Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.
Elections
1922 general election
1922 general election : Dublin Mid[ 3] [ 4]
Party
Candidate
FPv% Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Independent
Laurence O'Neill 32.5
9,465
Independent
Alfie Byrne 27.1
7,899
Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Seán McGarry 14.7
4,295
5,755
6,495
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Philip Shanahan
7.5
2,172
2,639
2,866
2,965
3,393
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Seán T. O'Kelly 6.7
1,941
2,490
2,680
2,902
4,251
6,896
Independent
Henry Barnardo
6.2
1,800
2,772
3,551
3,834
3,883
4,053
Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)
Kathleen Clarke
5.3
1,557
1,748
1,885
1,921
Electorate: 41,440 Valid: 29,129 Quota: 5,826 Turnout: 70.3%
1921 general election
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