St James's, a division of Dublin, was a UK parliamentary constituency

United Kingdom constituencies

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 in Ireland

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. It returned one Member of Parliament

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 (MP) to the British House of Commons

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 1918–1922.

Prior to the 1918 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1918

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, the city was divided into four constituencies: the Dublin College Green

Dublin College Green (UK Parliament constituency)

College Green, a division of Dublin, was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1922.-Boundaries and boundary changes:...

, Dublin Harbour

Dublin Harbour (UK Parliament constituency)

Dublin Harbour, a division of Dublin, was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1922....

, Dublin St Patrick's

Dublin St Patrick's (UK Parliament constituency)

Dublin St Patrick's, a division of Dublin, was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons 1885–1922. It had three wards – Merchant's Quay, Usher's Quay and Wood Quay....

 and Dublin St Stephen's Green

Dublin St Stephen's Green (UK Parliament constituency)

St Stephen's Green, a division of Dublin, was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons 1885–1922....

 constituencies. In 1918, the city was allocated seven seats: St James's, the existing four constituencies, Dublin Clontarf

Dublin Clontarf (UK Parliament constituency)

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 and Dublin St Michan's

Dublin St Michan's (UK Parliament constituency)

St Michan's, a division of Dublin, was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons 1918–1922....

.

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

Boundaries

This constituency comprised part of the city of Dublin.

This constituency was a division of the city, which was entitled to send a member to the United Kingdom House of Commons. Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin

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 used the election of 1918 to elect members of the Irish Republic

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's First Dáil

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. In Republican theory every MP elected in Ireland was entitled to become a Teachta Dála

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 (known in English as a Deputy) in the Dáil, although only the Sinn Féin members participated.

In 1921 Dublin was divided into three multi-member constituencies, for elections to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland. Sinn Féin used them to elect Deputies to the Second Dáil

Second Dáil

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Members of Parliament

Key to parties: Ind N Independent Nationalist, SF Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin

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From	To	Name (Party)	Born	Died
1918	1922	Joseph McGrath Joseph McGrath (politician) Joseph McGrath was an Irish politician and businessman. He was a Sinn Féin and later a Cumann na nGaedheal Teachta Dála for various constituencies in Dublin and County Mayo and developed widespread business interests.-Political career:McGrath was born in Dublin in 1887...  (SF)	1887	1 March 1966

Election

This constituency elected its MP using the first past the post electoral system.

• 1918 (14 December) general election
• 13,121 electors; 7,812 voted; turnout 59.54%
• Joseph McGrath (SF) 6,256 (80.08%)
• John Saturnus Kelly (Ind N) 1,556 (19.92%)
• Majority 4,700 (60.16%)