1888 Dublin St Stephen's Green by-election

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Dublin St Stephen's Green constituency within Dublin, as it existed from 1885 to 1918. Dublin Stephen's Green Constituency 1885-1918.svg
Dublin St Stephen's Green constituency within Dublin, as it existed from 1885 to 1918.

The Dublin St Stephen's Green by-election, 1888 was a parliamentary by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of Dublin St Stephen's Green on 12 May 1888. It arose as a result of the death of the sitting member, Edmund Dwyer Gray, of the Irish Parliamentary Party. In April, the Times reported that Wilfrid Blunt would be the Irish Parliamentary Party candidate. [1] However, in a bid to appeal to Ulster Presbyterians, the Irish Party leader Charles Stewart Parnell nominated Thomas Alexander Dickson, a Presbyterian who had been Liberal MP for Dungannon and County Tyrone, as candidate. [2] The Conservatives nominated Robert Sexton, a member of Dublin Corporation and Chairman of the South Dublin Union Poor Law Board. [3] Sexton was supported also by the Liberal Unionists. His campaign was interrupted unexpectedly by the death of his wife. [4]

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Sexton received 2,932 votes, an increase on the Unionist performance in the preceding general election. Dickson received 4,819 votes, down slightly from Gray's general election result, and was declared elected. At the next general election, in 1892, he contested the seat of South Tyrone as a Liberal, losing to a Liberal Unionist. [5] It was reported that a boy of 14, whose name was on the register, had voted for Dickson. [6]

Result

Dublin St Stephen's Green by-election, 1888 [7]
Registered electors 10,530 [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Liberal Thomas Alexander Dickson 4,819 62.3 Decrease2.svg3.8
Irish Conservative Robert Sexton2,92037.7Increase2.svg3.8
Majority1,89924.6Decrease2.svg7.6
Turnout 7,73973.5Decrease2.svg0.9
Liberal gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing Decrease2.svg3.8

Previous result

General election 1886: Dublin St Stephen's Green
Registered electors 10,184 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Irish Parliamentary Edmund Dwyer Gray 5,008 66.1 Increase2.svg4.8
Irish Conservative Sir Edward Sullivan 2,56533.9Decrease2.svg4.8
Majority2,44332.2Increase2.svg9.6
Turnout 7,57374.4Decrease2.svg10.2
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing Increase2.svg4.8

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References

  1. ↑ The Times, 25 April 1858
  2. ↑ The Times, 3 and 4 May 1888
  3. ↑ The Times, 21 April 1888.
  4. ↑ The Times, 9 May 1888.
  5. ↑ The Times, 15 May 1888
  6. ↑ The Times, 14 May 1888
  7. ↑ The Constitutional Year Book, 1904, published by Conservative Central Office, page 194 (218 in web page)
  8. ↑ Walker, Brian Mercer (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 142. ISBN   0 901714 12 7.
  9. ↑ Walker, Brian Mercer (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 138. ISBN   0 901714 12 7.
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