1899 Limerick Municipal Council election

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An election for Limerick Municipal Council was held in 1899 as part of the wider 1899 Irish local elections. Following the reforms of the 1898 Act Limerick's franchise had increased from 709 to 5,521. [1]

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A total of 79 candidates contested the 40 seats; with 27 of the outgoing councillors putting themselves forward for re-election, 34 Laborites putting themselves forward, 18 Merchants and large rate-payers.

The election saw Labour winning control of the council, with 24 of the councils 40 seats. Hand in hand with Labor's victory, went the victory of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Of the 40 councillors, 21 were members of the IRB. Of these 21 IRB members, 18 were Laborites.

Aggregate results

Limerick Municipal Council election, 1899 [1]
PartySeatsGainsLossesNet gain/lossSeats %Votes %Votes+/−
  LEA 2453.229070
 Re-elect1127.214637
 Merchant519.583337

The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

PartyPrevious councilNew council
Cllr Ald CllrAld
Independent328124
Labour00204
Total328328
4040
Working majority 32  8  8  0 
 40  8 

Ward results

Abbey Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Re-electM. McDonnell403
LEA W. Fitzgerald356
LEA J. O'Brien342
LEA M. Murphy332
LEA P. Moloney324
Re-electJ.J. Cleary J.P205
Re-electJ. Kivlehan179
MerchantW. Holliday86
MerchantJ. Power54
Turnout
Castle Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LEA D. Gilligan345
LEA J. Hassett325
LEA J. Connery318
LEA J. Vaughan311
Re-electT. Donnellan290
Re-electA. Hall J.P.231
Re-electR. Nash156
Re-electW. O'Connell131
MerchantW. McDonnell82
Turnout
Custom House Ward
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
LEA M. Joyce276
LEA J. Kett264
Independent T. Cleeve J.P225
Independent S. Quin J.P224
Independent L. Carr197
LEA J. Maloney194
LEA J. O'Neill172
Independent R. Gleeson102
Independent W. Frost72
Independent D. Nelson68
Independent J. McMahon30
Turnout

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References

  1. 1 2 McKay, Enda (1999). "The Limerick Municipal Elections, January 1899" (PDF). The Old Limerick Journal. 36: 3–10.