1920 Dublin Corporation election
An election to Dublin Corporation took place on Thursday, 15 January 1920 as part of the 1920 Irish local elections. Dublin was divided into ten borough electoral areas to elect 80 councillors for a five-year term of office on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). Sinn Féin won a slight majority in the council, with 42 seats. Whilst the Sinn Féin majority was small, they emerged from the election as by far the largest party on the Dublin Corporation council.[1] Following the election Thomas Kelly, the Sinn Féin MP for Dublin St Stephen's Green, was unanimously elected by the council as the new Lord Mayor of Dublin. Kelly was elected despite being held at the time as a political prisoner in Wormwood Scrubs prison in England. Kelly was nominated for the position by the outgoing Lord Mayor Laurence O'Neill. Due to Kelly's imprisonment O'Neill continued as effective Lord Mayor. BoundariesThese were the first elections under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919, which introduced a form of proportional representation. Under the old ward system, each of 20 wards had elected one alderman and three additional councillors. In 1919, the Local Government Board of Ireland created 10 borough electoral areas (BEAs), taking a greater account of population in the city, which took effect at these elections. Two councillors from each BEA were designated as aldermen.[2]
Results by party
Results by borough electoral area^ *: Incumbent councillor. No. 1 Electoral AreaArran Quay Ward.
No. 2 Electoral AreaClontarf East Ward, Clontarf West Ward, Drumcondra Ward and Glasnevin Ward The count was particularly long, with no candidates meeting the quota from counts 2 to 14.[3]
No. 3 Electoral AreaFitzwilliam Ward, Mansion House Ward, Royal Exchange Ward and South City Ward.
No. 4 Electoral AreaInns Quay Ward and Rotunda Ward.
No. 5 Electoral AreaMerchant's Quay Ward.
No. 6 Electoral AreaMountjoy Ward.
No. 7 Electoral AreaNew Kilmainham Ward and Usher's Quay Ward.
No. 8 Electoral AreaNorth City Ward and North Dock Ward.
No. 9 Electoral AreaWood Quay Ward.
No. 10 Electoral AreaTrinity Ward and South Dock Ward.
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