Dublin St Stephen's Green (UK Parliament constituency)

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

United Kingdom constituencies

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in Ireland

Ireland

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. It returned one Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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(MP) to the British House of Commons

British House of Commons

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1885–1922.

Prior to the 1885 general election

United Kingdom general election, 1885

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, the city was the undivided two member Dublin City

Dublin City (UK Parliament constituency)

Dublin City was an Irish Borough constituency in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It comprised the city of Dublin in the county of Dublin, and was represented by two Members of Parliament from its creation in 1801 until 1885.In 1885, Dublin City was split...

constituency. In 1885, Dublin was divided into four constituencies: the St Stephen's Green, 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....

and 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....

constituencies.

In 1918, the city was allocated seven seats: in addition to the four existing constituencies, the new divisions were Dublin Clontarf

Dublin Clontarf (UK Parliament constituency)

Clontarf, a division of Dublin, was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, represented in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons in 1918–1922.-Boundaries and boundary changes:...

, Dublin St James's

Dublin St James's (UK Parliament constituency)

St James'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....

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.

Politics

Dublin St Stephen's Green gave Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin

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almost two-thirds of its votes. The minority was fairly evenly divided between the Irish Parliamentary Party and the Unionists.

In common with other Sinn Féiners, elected in 1918, the Deputy did not take his seat at Westminster but instead participated in the revolutionary Dáil Éireann

First Dáil

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Members of Parliament

Key to parties: APN Anti-Parnellite Nationalist (Irish Parliamentary Party)

Irish Parliamentary Party

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, Ind N Independent Nationalist, Ind N-H Independent Nationalist (supporter of Timothy Healy

Timothy Michael Healy

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), Lab Irish Labour Party, N Nationalist (Irish Parliamentary Party)

Irish Parliamentary Party

, PN Parnellite Nationalist (Irish Parliamentary Party)

Irish Parliamentary Party

, SF Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin

, U Unionist, LU Liberal Unionist

Liberal Unionist Party

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, L Liberal Party

Liberal Party (UK)

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From	To	Name (Party)	Born	Died
1885	1888	Edmund Dwyer Gray Edmund Dwyer Gray (Irish politician) Edmund Dwyer Gray was an Irish newspaper proprietor, politician and MP in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland... (N)	1845	27 March 1888
1888	1892	Thomas Alexander Dickson Thomas Alexander Dickson Thomas Alexander Dickson PC was an Irish Liberal Party politician. He represented a series of Irish constituencies as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.... (L)	1833	17 June 1909
1892	1898	William Kenny William Kenny (Irish politician) William Kenny PC QC , was an Irish judge and Liberal Unionist politician.He was born in Dublin, the only son of Edward Kenny, solicitor, of Kilrush, County Clare, and his wife, Catherine . Before he was called to the bar in 1868, he had graduated with a B.A... (LU)	14 January 1846	4 February 1921
1898	1900	James Henry Mussen Campbell (U)	4 April 1851	22 March 1931
1900	1904	James McCann (N)	1840	14 February 1904
1904	1910	Laurence Ambrose Waldron Laurence Ambrose Waldron Laurence Ambrose Waldron PC was an Irish businessman and politician.Waldron was the son of Laurence Waldron and Anne White; his father had also been an M.P., for County Tipperary... (N)	14 November 1858	27 December 1923
1910	1918	Patrick Joseph Brady P. J. Brady Patrick Joseph Brady was Irish nationalist MP. in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for Dublin St Stephen’s Green constituency from 1910 to 1918, during the closing years of the Irish Parliamentary Party’s dominance of Irish politics. Later, he was a Senator of the... (N)	1868	20 May 1943
1918	1922	Thomas Kelly Thomas Kelly (Irish politician) Thomas Kelly was an Irish Sinn Féin and later Fianna Fáil politician. He was a book and picture dealer before entering politics. He was a founder member of Sinn Féin and was elected to Dublin City Council... (SF)	13 September 1868	20 April 1942

Elections

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

1918 (14 December) general election
19,759 electors; 14,118 voted; turnout 71.45%
Thomas Kelly (SF) 8,461 (59.93%)
Patrick Joseph Brady (N) 2,902 (20.56%)
Henry Hanna (U) 2,755 (19.51%)
Majority 5,559 (39.38%)

External links

Dáil Éireann Members Database Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas
http://acts.oireachtas.ie/ Achtanna an Oireachtas, Acts of the Oireachtas] Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas

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