Dublin Harbour (UK Parliament constituency)

Dublin Harbour
Former Borough constituency
for the House of Commons
Dublin Harbour constituency within Dublin, as it existed from 1885 to 1918.
1885–1922
Number of members 1
Created from Dublin

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

Prior to the 1885 general election, the city was the undivided two member Dublin City constituency. In 1885, Dublin was divided into four constituencies: the Harbour, Dublin College Green, Dublin St Patrick's and Dublin St Stephen's Green constituencies.

In 1918, the city was allocated seven seats: in addition to the four existing constituencies, the new divisions were Dublin Clontarf, Dublin St James's and Dublin St Michan's.

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. It included the port and red light district of Dublin and was one of the poorest constituencies in Ireland.

In 1921, for the elections to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland, Dublin was divided into three multi-member constituencies. This constituency became part of Dublin Mid.

Politics

Dublin Harbour was a very heavily Nationalist area. The Irish Parliamentary Party only lost political control of the district following the Easter Rising in 1916. The area was a hotbed of Sinn Féin and Irish Republican Army activity. Local publican Phil Shanahan, who had participated in the Easter Rising, was elected in 1918. The man he defeated, the incumbent UK Member of Parliament Alfie Byrne, was a formidable politician. Byrne was successful in Dublin and Irish politics for almost half a century. The fact that Shanahan could beat him demonstrates how strongly the constituency was attracted by Sinn Féin's ideas.

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

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1885 Timothy Harrington Irish Parliamentary
1891 Parnellite Nationalist
1897 Independent Nationalist
1900 Irish Parliamentary
1910 William Abraham Irish Parliamentary
1915 Alfie Byrne Irish Parliamentary
1918 Philip Shanahan Sinn Féin
1922 constituency abolished

Elections

Elections in the 1880s

General Election 1885: Dublin Harbour[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Parliamentary Timothy Harrington 6,717 80.5 N/A
Liberal Rowland Blennerhassett 1,628 19.5 N/A
Majority 5,089 61.0 N/A
Turnout 8,345 74.0 N/A
Registered electors 11,282
Irish Parliamentary win (new seat)
General Election 1886: Dublin Harbour[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Parliamentary Timothy Harrington Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold

Elections in the 1890s

General Election 1892: Dublin Harbour[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish National League Timothy Harrington 4,482 76.5 N/A
Irish National Federation James McDonnell 1,376 23.5 N/A
Majority 3,106 53.0 N/A
Turnout 5,858 51.5 N/A
Registered electors 11,370
Irish National League gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A
General Election 1895: Dublin Harbour[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish National League Timothy Harrington Unopposed
Irish National League hold

Elections in the 1900s

General Election 1900: Dublin Harbour[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Parliamentary Timothy Harrington Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold
General Election 1906: Dublin Harbour[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Parliamentary Timothy Harrington 3,638 80.7 N/A
Liberal Unionist John Lincoln Mahon 872 19.3 N/A
Majority 2,766 61.3 N/A
Turnout 4,510 51.2 N/A
Registered electors 8,813
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing N/A

Elections in the 1910s

General Election January 1910: Dublin Harbour[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Parliamentary Timothy Harrington Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold
By-election, 1910: Dublin Harbour[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Parliamentary William Abraham Unopposed
Irish Parliamentary hold
General Election December 1910: Dublin Harbour[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Parliamentary William Abraham 3,244 83.7 N/A
All-for-Ireland James Brady 631 16.3 N/A
Majority 2,613 67.4 N/A
Turnout 3,875 42.9 N/A
Registered electors 9,038
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing N/A
By-election 1915: Dublin Harbour[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Irish Parliamentary Alfie Byrne 2,208 58.1 −25.6
Irish Nationalist Pierce O'Mahony 913 24.0 N/A
Irish Nationalist John Joseph Farrell 677 17.8 N/A
Majority 1,295 34.1 −33.3
Turnout 3,798 43.3 +0.4
Registered electors 8,780
Irish Parliamentary hold Swing N/A
General Election 1918: Dublin Harbour[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Sinn Féin Philip Shanahan 7,708 58.9 N/A
Irish Parliamentary Alfie Byrne 5,386 41.1 −42.6
Majority 2,322 17.7 N/A
Turnout 13,094 67.1 +24.2
Registered electors 19,520
Sinn Féin gain from Irish Parliamentary Swing N/A

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Walker, B.M., ed. (1978). Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0901714127.
  • Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801–1922, edited by B.M. Walker (Royal Irish Academy 1978)
  • Boundary Commission (Ireland) established in 1917 to redistribute seats in the House of Commons under the terms of the Representation of the People Bill, 1917 (1917). "Schedule 10 : Parliamentary borough of Dublin" (PDF). Report (PDF)|format= requires |url= (help). CSO/RP/1917/29520/36. National Archives of Ireland.
  • Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 1)
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