Dublin University (constituency)

Dublin University is a university constituency in Ireland, which has been used to elect members of various legislative bodies including currently Seanad Éireann. Alternative names are University of Dublin or Trinity College, Dublin, after the institute it represents. As it has been in existence since 1613, except for a brief period 1936-37, it could be considered the country's oldest constituency.

Summary

Deputies 1921-1937 and Senators from 1938

"Note: MPs in the House of Commons of Southern Ireland 1921-1922 are included as they were potential members of Dáil Éireann. They first took their seats in the "Provisional Parliament" or "Third Dáil" in September 1922"

"Key to parties: Ind Independent, Ind U Independent Unionist, Lab Irish Labour Party, Soc Lab Socialist Labour Party."

Note: Robinson was an Irish Labour Party Senator 1977-1981.

Elections

"From 1832 (when registers of electors were first prepared) a turnout figure is given, for the percentage of the registered electors who voted. If the number of registered electors eligible to take part in a contested election is unknown, then the last known electorate figure is used to calculate an estimated turnout. If the numbers of registered electors and electors taking part in the poll are known, an exact turnout figure is calculated. In two member bloc vote elections (in which an elector could cast one or two votes as he chose), where the exact number of electors participating is unknown, an estimated turnout figure is given. This is calculated by dividing the total number of votes cast by two. To the extent that electors used only one of their votes the estimated turnout figure is an underestimate."

House of Commons (United Kingdom)

Elections in the 1800s

* 1801 (1 January) continued from former Parliament of Ireland (no new election)
* Hon. George Knox (T)
* 1802 (14 July) general election
* Hon. George Knox (T) 39 (57.35%)
* William Conyngham Plunket (W) 29 (42.65%)
* Majority 10 (14.71%)
* "Knox appointed a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury"
* 1805 (28 March) by-election
* Hon. George Knox (T): Unopposed
* 1805 (6 November) general election (poll 1 day)
* Hon. George Knox (T) 35 (52.24%)
* John Leslie Foster (T) 32 (47.76%)
* Majority 3 (4.48%)
* 1807 (13 May) general election (poll 1 day)
* John Leslie Foster (T) 46 (92.00%)
* Thomas Thornton Macklin 4 (8.00%)
* Majority 42 (84.00%)

Elections in the 1810s

* 1812 (12 October) general election
* Rt Hon. William Conyngham Plunket (W): Unopposed
* 1818 (25 June) general election (poll 1 day)
* Rt Hon. William Conyngham Plunket (W) 34 (53.13%)
* John Wilson Croker (T) 30 (46.88%)
* Majority 4 (6.25%)

Elections in the 1820s

* 1820 (16 March) general election
* Rt Hon. William Conyngham Plunket (W): Unopposed
* "Plunket appointed Attorney General for Ireland"
* 1822 (14 February) by-election
* Rt Hon. William Conyngham Plunket (W): Unopposed
* 1826 (12 June) general election
* Rt Hon. William Conyngham Plunket (W): Unopposed
* "Plunket created Baron Plunket"
* 1827 (15 May) by-election (poll 2 days)
* John Wilson Croker (T) 38 (42.70%)
* John Henry North (T) 29 (32.58%)
* Thomas Langlois Lefroy (T) 22 (24.72%)
* Majority 9 (10.11%)

Elections in the 1830s

* 1830 (5 August) general election (poll 1 day)
* Thomas Langlois Lefroy (T) 33 (43.42%)
* John Wilson Croker (T) 30 (39.47%)
* John Henry North (T) 13 (17.11%)
* Majority 3 (3.95%)
* 1831 (7 May) general election
* Thomas Langlois Lefroy (T) 44 (55.00%)
* Philip Cecil Crampton (W) 36 (45.00%)
* Majority 8 (10.00%)
* 1832 (18 December) general election (2 seats)
* 2,073 electors; 1,726 voted; turnout 83.26%
* Thomas Langlois Lefroy (C) 1,304 (38.27%)
* Frederick Shaw (C) 1,290 (37.86%)
* Philip Cecil Crampton (L) 423 (12.42%)
* Hon. George Ponsonby (L) 390 (11.45%)
* 1835 (8 January) general election (2 seats)
* Rt Hon. Thomas Langlois Lefroy (C): Unopposed
* Rt Hon. Frederick Shaw (C): Unopposed
* 1837 (4 August) general election (2 seats)
* 2,100 electors; 940 voted; turnout 44.76%
* Rt Hon. Frederick Shaw (C) 852 (45.39%)
* Rt Hon. Thomas Langlois Lefroy (C) 839 (44.70%)
* Joseph Stock (L) 186 (9.91%)

Elections in the 1840s

* 1841 (1 July) general election (2 seats)
* Rt Hon. Thomas Langlois Lefroy (C): Unopposed
* Rt Hon. Frederick Shaw (C): Unopposed
* "Lefroy appointed Baron of the Court of Exchequer in Ireland"
* 1842 (11 February) by-election
* Rt Hon. Joseph Devonsher Jackson (C): Unopposed
* "Jackson appointed Justice of the Court of Common Pleas in Ireland"
* 1843 (10 February) by-election
* George Alexander Hamilton (C): Unopposed
* 1847 (9 August) general election (2 seats) (poll 4 days)
* 2,100 (1835) electors; 1,190 voted; estimated turnout 56.67%
* George Alexander Hamilton (C) 738 (33.09%)
* Rt Hon. Frederick Shaw (C) 572 (25.65%)
* Joseph Napier (C) 540 (24.48%)
* James McCullagh (L) 374 (16.77%)
* "Shaw resigned"
* 1848 (19 February) by-election
* Joseph Napier (C): Unopposed
* "Napier appointed Attorney General for Ireland"

Elections in the 1850s

* 1852 (9 March) by-election
* Joseph Napier (C): Unopposed
* 1852 (13 July) general election (2 seats)
* George Alexander Hamilton (C): Unopposed
* Rt Hon. Joseph Napier (C): Unopposed
* 1857 (4 April) general election (2 seats)
* 1,700 electors; 2,008 votes cast; estimated turnout 59.06%
* Rt Hon. Joseph Napier (C) 829 (41.28%)
* George Alexander Hamilton (C) 791 (39.39%)
* James Anthony Lawson (L) 272 (13.55%)
* John Wilson (L) 116 (5.78%)
* "Napier appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland"
* 1858 (27 March) by-election
* 1,700 (1857) electors; 939 voted; estimated turnout 55.24%
* Anthony Lefroy (C) 589 (62.73%)
* Arthur Edward Gayer (C) 350 (37.27%)
* Majority 239 (25.45%)
* "Hamilton resigned"
* 1859 (11 February) by-election
* Rt Hon. James Whiteside (C): Unopposed
* 1859 (30 April) general election (2 seats)
* Anthony Lefroy (C): Unopposed
* Rt Hon. James Whiteside (C): Unopposed

Elections in the 1860s

* 1865 (19 July) general election (2 seats)
* 1,700 electors; 2,797 votes cast; estimated turnout 82.26%
* Rt Hon. James Whiteside (C) 1,210 (41.28%)
* Anthony Lefroy (C) 1,045 (39.39%)
* John Thomas Ball (L) 542 (13.55%)
* "Whiteside appointed Lord Chief Justice of Ireland"
* 1866 (30 July) by-election
* Rt Hon. John Edward Walsh (C): Unopposed
* "Walsh appointed Master of the Rolls of Ireland"
* 1867 (12 February) by-election
* Hedge Eyre Chatterton (C): Unopposed
* "Chatterton appointed Attorney General for Ireland"
* 1867 (30 March) by-election
* Hedge Eyre Chatterton (C): Unopposed
* "Chatterton appointed Vice-Chancellor of Ireland"
* 1867 (27 August) by-election
* Robert Richard Warren (C): Unopposed
* 1868 (23 November) general election (2 seats)
* 2,151 electors; 3,192 votes cast; estimated turnout 74.20%
* Anthony Lefroy (C) 1,156 (36.22%)
* John Thomas Ball (C) 1,077 (33.74%)
* Sir Edward Grogan, Bt (C) 743 (23.28%)
* Thomas Ebenezer Webb (L) 216 (6.77%)
* "Lefroy resigned"

Elections in the 1870s

* 1870 (14 February) by-election
* Hon. David Robert Plunket (C): Unopposed
* 1874 (2 February) general election (2 seats)
* Rt Hon. John Thomas Ball (C): Unopposed
* Hon. David Robert Plunket (C): Unopposed
* "Ball appointed Attorney General for Ireland"
* 1874 (16 March) by-election
* Rt Hon. John Thomas Ball (C): Unopposed
* "Ball appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland"
* 1875 (21 January) by-election
* 2,438 electors; 2,507 voted; estimated turnout 51.42%
* Edward Gibson (C) 1,210 (48.26%)
* Alexander Edward Miller (C) 759 (30.28%)
* Anthony Traill (C) 538 (21.46%)
* Majority 451 (17.99%)
* "Plunket appointed Solicitor General for Ireland"
* 1875 (11 February) by-election
* Hon. David Robert Plunket (C): Unopposed
* "Gibson appointed Attorney General for Ireland"
* 1877 (13 February) by-election
* Edward Gibson (C): Unopposed

Elections in the 1880s

* 1880 (30 March) general election (2 seats)
* Rt Hon. Edward Gibson (C): Unopposed
* Rt Hon. David Robert Plunket (C): Unopposed
* "Gibson created Baron Ashbourne and appointed Lord Chancellor of Ireland; Plunket appointed First Commissioner of Works"
* 1885 (30 June) by-election (2 seats)
* Rt Hon. Hugh Holmes (C): Unopposed
* Rt Hon. David Robert Plunket (C): Unopposed
* 1885 (24 November) general election (2 seats)
* Rt Hon. Hugh Holmes (C): Unopposed
* Rt Hon. David Robert Plunket (C): Unopposed
* 1886 (8 July) general election (2 seats)
* 4,155 electors; 3,831 votes cast; estimated turnout 46.10%
* Rt Hon. David Robert Plunket (U) 1,865 (48.68%)
* Rt Hon. Hugh Holmes (U) 1,855 (48.42%)
* Hugh Herbert Johnston (N) 56 (1.46%)
* Edward Patrick Sarsfield Counsell (N) 55 (1.44%)
* "Holmes appointed Attorney General for Ireland; Plunket appointed First Commissioner of Works"
* 1886 (13 August) by-election (2 seats)
* Rt Hon. Hugh Holmes (U): Unopposed
* Rt Hon. David Robert Plunket (U): Unopposed
* "Holmes appointed Judge"
* 1887 (12 July) by-election
* 4,092 electors; 2,088 votes cast; turnout 51.03%
* Dodgson Hamilton Madden (U) 1,376 (65.90%)
* Hon. Richard Clare Parsons (U) 712 (34.10%)
* Majority 664 (31.80%)
* "Madden appointed Solicitor General for Ireland"
* 1888 (3 February) by-election
* Dodgson Hamilton Madden (U): Unopposed

Elections in the 1890s

* 1892 (8 July) general election (2 seats)
* 4,352 electors; 4,694 votes cast; estimated turnout 53.93%
* Rt Hon. David Robert Plunket (U) 2,188 (46.61%)
* Edward Henry Carson (U) 1,609 (34.28%)
* James Corry Jones Lowry (U) 897 (19.11%)
* 1895 (13 July) general election (2 seats)
* Edward Henry Carson (U): Unopposed
* Rt Hon. David Robert Plunket (U): Unopposed
* "Plunket created Baron Rathmore"
* 1895 (6 December) by-election
* 4,506 electors; 2,768 voted; turnout 61.43%
* William Edward Hartpole Lecky (LU) 1,757 (63.48%)
* George Wright (U) 1,011 (36.52%)
* Majority 746 (26.95%)
* "Carson appointed Solicitor General for England"

Elections in the 1900s

* 1900 (16 May) by-election
* Rt Hon. Edward Henry Carson (U): Unopposed
* 1900 (1 October) general election (2 seats)
* Rt Hon. Sir Edward Henry Carson (U): Unopposed
* Rt Hon. William Edward Hartpole Lecky (LU): Unopposed
* "Lecky resigned"
* 1903 (5 March) by-election
* 4,553 electors; 2,913 voted; turnout 63.98%
* James Henry Mussen Campbell (U) 1,492 (51.22%)
* Arthur Warren Samuels (U) 1,421 (48.78%)
* Majority 71 (2.44%)
* 1906 (13 January) general election (2 seats)
* Rt Hon. James Henry Mussen Campbell (U): Unopposed
* Rt Hon. Sir Edward Henry Carson (U): Unopposed

Elections in the 1910s

* 1910 (15 January) general election (2 seats)
* Rt Hon. James Henry Mussen Campbell (U): Unopposed
* Rt Hon. Sir Edward Henry Carson (U): Unopposed
* 1910 (3 December) general election (2 seats)
* Rt Hon. James Henry Mussen Campbell (U): Unopposed
* Rt Hon. Sir Edward Henry Carson (U): Unopposed
* "Campbell appointed Attorney General for Ireland"
* 1916 (15 April) by-election
* Rt Hon. James Henry Mussen Campbell (U): Unopposed
* "Campbell appointed Lord Chief Justice of Ireland"
* 1917 (5 February) by-election
* 4,138 electors; 2,520 voted; turnout 60.90%
* Arthur Warren Samuels (U) 1,841 (73.06%)
* Sir Robert Henry Woods (U) 679 (26.94%)
* Majority 1,162 (46.11%)
* "Samuels appointed Solicitor General for Ireland"
* 1917 (5 October) by-election
* Arthur Warren Samuels (U): Unopposed

;General election of 1918
* 1918 (21 December) general election (2 seats) (polling 16-20 December)
* 4,541 electors; 2,954 voted; turnout 59.39%; quota 985
* "First preference votes"
* Rt Hon. Arthur Warren Samuels (U) 1,273 (43.09%) (elected)
* Sir Robert Henry Woods (Ind U) 793 (26.84%)
* William Morgan Jellett (U) 631 (21.36%)
* Stephen Lucius Gwynn (Ind N) 257 (8.70%)
* "Second and third counts: Distribution of Samuels' surplus and Gwynn's votes"
* Rt Hon. Arthur Warren Samuels (U) (-288) 985 (elected)
* Sir Robert Henry Woods (Ind U) (+301) 1,094 (elected)
* William Morgan Jellett (U) and non-transferable (+244) 875 (runner up)
* Stephen Lucius Gwynn (Ind N) (-257) 0 (eliminated)
* "Note: The Times edition of 23 December 1918 reported that the Provost of the University, as returning officer, did not announce the figures. It was ascertained that Woods had 1,094 votes when elected. The above is the best reconstruction of the later counts which is possible with the available information."
* "Samuels appointed Judge"
* 1919 (28 July) by-election
* William Morgan Jellett (U): Unopposed
* "This was the last UK Parliament election held in the 26 counties which became the Irish Free State"

Dáil Éireann

* 1921 (24 May) general election (4 seats)
* Ernest Henry Alton (Ind U): Unopposed
* Sir James Craig (Ind U): Unopposed
* Gerald Fitzgibbon (Ind U): Unopposed
* William Edward Thrift (Ind U): Unopposed
* 1922 (16 June) general election (4 seats)
* Ernest Henry Alton (Ind): Unopposed
* Sir James Craig (Ind): Unopposed
* Gerald Fitzgibbon (Ind): Unopposed
* William Edward Thrift (Ind): Unopposed
* 1923 (27 August) general election (3 seats)
* Ernest Henry Alton (Ind): Unopposed
* Sir James Craig (Ind): Unopposed
* William Edward Thrift (Ind): Unopposed
* 1927 (9 June) general election (3 seats)
* 2,069 electors; 1,589 voted; turnout 76.80%; quota 398
* "First preference votes"
* William Edward Thrift (Ind) 614 (38.64%) (elected)
* Sir James Craig (Ind) 356 (22.40%)
* Bolton C. Waller (Ind) 332 (20.89%)
* Ernest Henry Alton (Ind) 287 (18.06%)
* "Second count (distribution of Thrift's surplus)"
* William Edward Thrift (Ind) (-216) 398 (elected)
* Sir James Craig (Ind) (+59) 415 (elected)
* Ernest Henry Alton (Ind) (+99) 386
* Bolton C. Waller (Ind) (+54) 386
* non transferable (+4) 4
* "Third count (distribution of Craig's surplus)"
* William Edward Thrift (Ind) (..) 398 (elected)
* Sir James Craig (Ind) (-17) 398 (elected)
* Ernest Henry Alton (Ind) (+12) 398 (elected)
* Bolton C. Waller (Ind) (+5) 391 (runner up)
* non transferable (..) 4
* 1927 (15 September) general election (3 seats)
* Ernest Henry Alton (Ind): Unopposed
* Sir James Craig (Ind): Unopposed
* William Edward Thrift (Ind): Unopposed
* 1932 (16 February) general election (3 seats)
* Ernest Henry Alton (Ind): Unopposed
* Sir James Craig (Ind): Unopposed
* William Edward Thrift (Ind): Unopposed
* 1933 (24 January) general election (3 seats)
* Ernest Henry Alton (Ind): Unopposed
* Sir James Craig (Ind): Unopposed
* William Edward Thrift (Ind): Unopposed
* "Death of Craig"
* 1933 (13 October) by-election (1 seat)
* Robert James Rowlette (Ind): Unopposed

Seanad Éireann

* Electorate 38,488; Valid votes 14,237; Turnout 36.99%; Quota 3,560

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votes = 994
percentage = 6.98
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candidate = Maurice Gueret
party = Independent
votes = 780
percentage = 5.48
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percentage = 5.15
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votes = 265
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votes = 212
percentage = 1.49
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percentage = 1.30
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percentage = 1.10
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References

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* "The Parliaments of England" by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844-50), second edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
* "Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922", edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
* "Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume I 1832-1885", edited by M. Stenton (The Harvester Press 1976)
* "Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume II 1886-1918", edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (The Harvester Press 1978)
* "Who's Who of British Members of Parliament: Volume III 1919-1945", edited by M. Stenton and S. Lees (The Harvester Press 1979)
* "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"
* "The Times" (of London), editions of 23 December 1918 and 17 June 1927

External links

* http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=1
* http://historical-debates.oireachtas.ie/en.toc.dail.html
* http://acts.oireachtas.ie/zza12y1923.1.html

See also

* List of Irish constituencies
* List of UK Parliament Constituencies in Ireland and Northern Ireland
* MPs elected in the United Kingdom general election, 1918
* List of historic Dáil Éireann constituencies
* Dáil Éireann (Irish Republic)
* Members of the 1st Dáil