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St. Patrick's

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Dublin St Patrick's, 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. It had three wards – Merchant's Quay, Usher's Quay and Wood Quay.

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)

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 constituency. In 1885, Dublin was divided into four constituencies: the St Patrick's, 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 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: 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 Patrick's in 1918 gave Sinn Féin

Sinn Féin

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 about two-thirds of its votes. Countess Markievicz was the first woman to win a Parliamentary election in Britain and Ireland, at the first election where women were allowed to be candidates.

In common with other Sinn Féin members, elected in 1918, the MP did not take her seat at Westminster but instead participated in the revolutionary Dáil Éireann

First Dáil

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.

Members of Parliament

From	To	Name	Party		Born	Died
1885	1892	William Martin Murphy William Martin Murphy William Martin Murphy was an Irish nationalist journalist, businessman and politician. A Member of Parliament representing Dublin from 1885 to 1892, he was dubbed 'William Murder Murphy' among Dublin workers and the press due to the Dublin Lockout of 1913...		Nationalist (IPP Irish Parliamentary Party The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at... )¹	November 21, 1844	26 June 1919
1892	1918 Irish (UK) general election, 1918 The Irish general election of 1918 was that part of the 1918 United Kingdom general election that took place in Ireland. It is seen as a key moment in modern Irish history...	William Field William Field (Irish politician) William Field was an Irish butcher from Dublin, and a nationalist politician. From 1892 to 1918 he was Member of Parliament for Dublin St Patrick's, taking his seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.His father was a supporter of Young Ireland...		Parnellite Nationalist (IPP Irish Parliamentary Party The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at... )	June 1843	29 April 1935
1918 Irish (UK) general election, 1918 The Irish general election of 1918 was that part of the 1918 United Kingdom general election that took place in Ireland. It is seen as a key moment in modern Irish history...	1922 Irish general election, 1922 The Irish general election of 1922 took place in Southern Ireland on 16 June 1922, under the provisions of the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty to elect a constituent assembly paving the way for the formal establishment of the Irish Free State...	Constance Markievicz		Sinn Féin Sinn Féin Sinn Féin is a left wing, Irish republican political party in Ireland. The name is Irish for "ourselves" or "we ourselves", although it is frequently mistranslated as "ourselves alone". Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970...	4 February 1868	15 July 1927

Notes

1. Anti-Parnellite Nationalist
   Irish National Federation
   The Irish National Federation was a nationalist political party in Ireland. It was founded in March 1891 by former members of the Irish National League who had left the Irish Parliamentary Party in protest when Charles Stewart Parnell refused to resign the party leadership as a result of his...
   
    (IPP
   Irish Parliamentary Party
   The Irish Parliamentary Party was formed in 1882 by Charles Stewart Parnell, the leader of the Nationalist Party, replacing the Home Rule League, as official parliamentary party for Irish nationalist Members of Parliament elected to the House of Commons at...
   
   ) from December 1890.

Election

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

• 1918 (14 December) general election
• 18,785 electors; 11,899 voted; turnout 63.34%
• Constance Georgine, Countess Markievicz (SF) 7,835 (65.85%)
• William Field (N) 3,752 (31.53%)
• James Joseph Kelly (Ind N) 312 (2.62%)
• Majority 4,083 (34.31%)