1924 Dublin County by-election
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19 March 1924
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A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of Dublin County in the Irish Free State on Wednesday, 19 March 1924, to fill a vacancy in the 4th Dáil. Dublin County was an 8-seat constituency comprising the administrative county of County Dublin.[1]
Michael Derham, TD for Cumann na nGaedheal, died on 20 November 1923.[2][3] On 20 February 1924, during a debate on government motion to issue the writ of election for a vacancy in Dublin South, Thomas Johnson, leader of the Labour Party, sought to amend the motion to also issue the writ for Dublin County. This amendment was defeated by a vote of 23 to 43.[4] A government motion to issue the writ was agreed on 22 February.[5]
The Cumann na nGaedheal candidate, Batt O'Connor, was a member of Pembroke Urban District Council and had contested the 1923 general election in Dublin County.[6] The Republican candidate, Seán MacEntee, had represented South Monaghan from 1918 to 1921 and Monaghan from 1921 to 1922. He did not contest the 1922 Irish general election.[7]
Result
The by-election was held on 19 March 1924. The seat was won by Batt O'Connor.[8]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Batt O'Connor | 39.0 | 16,456 | 18,353 | 24,491 | |
| Republican | Seán MacEntee | 24.3 | 10,263 | 11,760 | 12,679 | |
| Businessmen's Party | Matthew Good | 21.7 | 9,158 | 9,705 | ||
| Labour | Archie Heron | 14.9 | 6,287 | |||
| Electorate: 98,187 Valid: 42,164 Quota: 21,083 Turnout: 42.9% | ||||||
O'Connor took his seat in Dáil Éireann on 26 March, after taking the Oath of Allegiance required under Article 17 of the Constitution of the Irish Free State.[8]
The runner-up, Seán McEntee, was elected at the June 1927 general election. The Labour candidate, Archie Heron, later served as a TD for Dublin North-West from 1937 to 1938.
References
- ↑ Electoral Act 1923, 8th Sch.: Constituencies (No. 12 of 1923, 8th Sch.). Enacted on 17 April 1923. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 17 May 2022.
- ↑ "Obituary: Mr. M. J. Derham, T.D." The Irish Times. 21 November 1923. p. 5.
- ↑ "Late Deputy James Derham". Dáil Debates. 5 (14). 31 October 1923. Archived from the original on 23 February 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
- ↑ "Dublin City (South) Vacancy—(Issue of New Writ)". Dáil Debates. 6 (16). 20 February 1924. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
- ↑ "Co. Dublin Parliamentary Vacancy—Order for Writ". Dáil Debates. 6 (18). 22 February 1924.
- ↑ Coleman, Marie (October 2009). "O'Connor, Bartholomew ('Batt', Phartalán". Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.006582.v1. Archived from the original on 1 December 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
- ↑ McMahon, Deirdre (October 2009). "MacEntee, Sean (John) Francis". Dictionary of Irish Biography. doi:10.3318/dib.005202.v1. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
- 1 2 "Dáil Vancancies Filled". Dáil Debates. 6 (31). 26 March 1924. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2026.
- ↑ Walker, Brian M., ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
- ↑ Gallagher, Michael (1993). Irish Elections 1922–44: Results and Analysis. PSAI Press. ISBN 0951974815.
- ↑ "By-election 1924: Dublin County". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 3 November 2025. Retrieved 11 February 2009.
- ↑ "Dublin County: 1924 by-election". Ireland Elections. Archived from the original on 2 December 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2026.