Dublin St Michan's (UK Parliament constituency)

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Dublin St Michan's
Former borough constituency
for the House of Commons
1918–1922
Seats1
Replaced by Dublin North-West

St Michan's, a division of the parliamentary borough of Dublin, was a parliamentary constituency which returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1918 until 1922, using the first past the post electoral system. From 1918 to 1921, it was also used as a constituency for Dáil Éireann.

Contents

From the dissolution of 1922, the area was no longer represented in the UK Parliament.

Boundaries

It was defined as: [1] [2]

The Arran Quay and Glasnevin wards of the borough.

Glasnevin had been transferred from County Dublin into the city's jurisdiction in 1900; at the last revision of constituencies in 1885, it had been part of the North Dublin division of the County. Arran Quay was transferred from the College Green division of the parliamentary borough.

St Michan's is a civil parish, then within the Arran Quay Ward, which includes both St. Michan's Church of the Church of Ireland and St. Michan's Catholic Church. [3]

History

Under the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885, the parliamentary borough of Dublin had been divided into four divisions: College Green, Dublin Harbour, St Stephen's Green and St Patrick's. Under the Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918, the city was allocated three additional seats: Clontarf, St James's and St Michan's. [4] This reflected an increase in population in Dublin relative to the rest of Ireland, and an extension of the city's boundaries in 1900. [5]

At the 1918 general election, Sinn Féin issued an election manifesto in which it called for the "establishment of a constituent assembly comprising persons chosen by Irish constituencies". After the election, Sinn Féin invited all those elected for Irish constituencies to sit as members of Dáil Éireann, termed Teachta Dála (or TD, known in English as a Deputy). Only those elected for Sinn Féin attended. This included Michael Staines, elected for St Michan's.

Under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, the area was combined with the Clontarf and St James's Divisions to form Dublin North-West, a 4-seat constituency for the Southern Ireland House of Commons and a single-seat constituency at Westminster. [6] At the 1921 election for the Southern Ireland House of Commons, the four seats were won uncontested by Sinn Féin, who treated it as part of the election to the Second Dáil. [7] Michael Staines was one of the four TDs for Dublin North-West.

Under s. 1(4) of the Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922, no writ was to be issued "for a constituency in Ireland other than a constituency in Northern Ireland". [8] Therefore, after the dissolution of the House of Commons on 26 October 1922, no vote was held in Dublin North-West at the 1922 United Kingdom general election on 15 November, shortly before the Irish Free State left the United Kingdom on 6 December 1922.

Members of Parliament

YearMP [9] Party
1918 Michael Staines Sinn Féin
1922 constituency abolished

Election

General Election 14 December 1918: Dublin St Michan's [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Sinn Féin Michael Staines 7,553 65.40
Irish Nationalist John Dillon Nugent 3,99634.60
Majority3,55730.80
Turnout 11,54965.46
Sinn Féin win (new seat)

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References

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  2. ↑ "Report of the Boundary Commission (Ireland): Parliamentary Borough of Dublin [Map]". Enhanced British Parliamentary Papers on Ireland. DIPPAM: Documenting Ireland, Parliament, People and Migration. p. 36. Archived from the original on 17 October 2022. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  3. ↑ "Saint Michan's". Placenames Database of Ireland . Retrieved 23 October 2022.
  4. ↑ "Redistribution of Seats (Ireland) Act 1918 (7 & 8 Geo. 5, c. 65)". p. 176. Retrieved 1 October 2022.
  5. ↑ Dublin Corporation Act 1900 (63 & 64 Vict. c. cclxiv)
  6. ↑ "Government of Ireland Act 1920 (10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 67): Fifth Schedule". legislation.gov.uk . The National Archives. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "PRESIDENT'S STATEMENT. - ELECTIONS – Dáil Éireann (1st Dáil) – Vol. F No. 21". Houses of the Oireachtas. 10 May 1921. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  8. ↑ "Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922 (12 & 13 Geo. 5, c. 4)". Historical Documents. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012.
  9. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "S" (part 1)
  10. ↑ Walker, Brian M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. p. 388. ISBN   0901714127.
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