1899 Pembroke Urban District Council election

An election to the Pembroke Urban District Council took place on Monday 16 January 1899 as part of that year's Irish local elections.

Unlike some of the elections elsewhere in Ireland, the election was not explicitly contested on Nationalist/Unionist grounds. Instead, the election largely saw a new group of 'Ratepayers' candidates, together with several Independents, challenge the incumbent Town Commissioners on their historic administration of the district. ^[1]

The result saw Nationalists elected to the council for the first time. ^[2]

Following the election Sir Robert Jackson was elected chairman, replacing Col. Davoren. ^[3]

Results by party

Party		Seats	±	Votes	%	±%
	Incumbents re-elect	9	3	10,574	52.42
	Ratepayers	5	5	7,622	37.79
	Independent	1	1	1,976	9.79
Totals		15	0	20,172	100.00	—

Ward Results

Pembroke (15 commissioners) ^{[4] [1]}
Electorate:

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Sir Robert Jackson (incumbent)	1,472
	Ratepayers	John Coffey	1,244
	Ratepayers	Michael Cooney	1,134
	Ratepayers	John McBride, J.P.	1,063
		Dr J Cranny (incumbent)	1,012
		Col. Vesey Davoren (incumbent)	1,008
	Independent	Samuel Worthington	1,003
		George W. Casson (incumbent)	949
		Daniel L. Ramsay (incumbent)	934
		G O. Carolin (incumbent)	918
		John Mooney Jnr. (incumbent)	846
	Ratepayers	John King/Ring	796
		Robert F. Lidwill (incumbent)	794
	Ratepayers	James Thomson	730
		Cornelius de Groot (incumbent)	714
	Ratepayers	Michael Newport	709
		Major John Gibbs (incumbent)	686
		John Gardner FCA (incumbent)	680
	Ratepayers	John Francis Murphy	675
	Ratepayers	Francis Rooney	642
	Ratepayers	Christopher Downey	629
	Independent	George R Goodfellow	624
		Arthur D. Pollen (incumbent)	561
	Independent	Loftus Lowcay Nuzum	349
Turnout			20,172

References

1. Evening Herald (Dublin) - Tuesday 10 January 1899 pg.2, candidates and affiliation
2. Freeman's Journal - Wednesday 18 January 1899 pg.4
3. Warder and Dublin Weekly Mail - Saturday 28 January 1899 pg.6
4. "Freeman's Journal - Wednesday 18 January 1899, pg.5 Archive" – via British Newspaper Archive.