1920 Kildare County Council election

1920 Kildare County Council election
4 June 1920
All 20 seats to Kildare County Council
11 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party Sinn Féin Labour Independent
Seats won 14 5 1
Council control after election

Sinn Féin

The 1920 Kildare County Council election was held on Friday, 4 June 1920.

Results by party

Party Seats ± First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Sinn Féin 14 4,637 53.96
Labour 5 2,405 27.99
Independent 1 1,551 18.05
Totals 20 8,593 100.00 —

Results by local electoral area

Athy

Athy - 4 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Labour C. J. Supple 504
Sinn Féin W. Mahon 312
Sinn Féin Patrick Dooley 205
Sinn Féin George Harbourne 177
Independent James Flynn 125
Labour M. Tomlinson 120
Sinn Féin W. Murray* 115
Sinn Féin J. J. Kehoe 103
Independent R. Wright* 94
Independent John Conlan* 84
Independent Thomas Hickey* 23
Electorate: 4,093   Valid: 1,862   Spoilt: 114   Quota: 373   Turnout: 1,976  

Kildare

Kildare - 5 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Sinn Féin E. Moran 547
Sinn Féin Nicholas Hanagan 415
Labour James Cregan 368
Labour Arthur Murphy 290
Independent Chas. Bergin* 249
Sinn Féin Francis Doran 224
Labour Chr. Kenny 211
Independent James Sunderland* 91
Electorate: 4,321   Valid: 2,395   Spoilt: 145   Quota: 400   Turnout: 2,540  

Naas

Naas - 5 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Sinn Féin Daniel Buckley 754
Sinn Féin James O'Connor 396 486
Sinn Féin T. Harris 360 542
Independent M. Fitzsimons 301 312 313
Sinn Féin John Lawler 210 215 228
Sinn Féin Nicholas Travers 198 220 248
Sinn Féin Mark Carroll 170 206 207
Labour J. J. J. Flanagan 147 155
Independent E. Farrell 50 62
Independent T. Lacy 50 52 53 (eliminated)
Electorate: 4,741   Spoilt: 140   Quota: 440   Turnout: 2,776  

Newbridge

Newbridge - 4 seats[1]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Michael Smyth 508
Sinn Féin Thomas Doran 313 329 337 347 347 454
Sinn Féin J. Fitzgerald 293 305 310 340 343 370
Labour Hugh Colohan 257 361 363 376
Independent Henry C. Fay* 152 155 168 196-elim
Independent George Wolfe* 137 138 159 196 197 221
Independent P. J. Doyle* 123 126 141-elim
Independent Joseph O'Connor* 72 75-elim
Electorate: 3,626   Valid: 1,700   Spoilt: 157   Quota: 372   Turnout: 1,857  

References

  1. ^ a b c d "The elections: Sinn Fein in power - Labours big representation - a sweeping change everywhere". Kildare Observer and Eastern Counties Advertiser. 12 June 1920. p. 4 of 6.(subscription required)


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