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1920 Pembroke Urban District Council election

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Elections to the Pembroke Urban District Council took place on Thursday 15 January 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections.[1]

Four candidates, including Dench (previously a nationalist councillor), and Forsyth (a Protestant Home Ruler, and the incumbent council Chairman) ran on a Ratepayers Association ticket, which was silent on the national question. Along with keeping rates down, the grouping was committed to improved housing accommodation for the working classes, extending facilities to plotholders, better street lighting, the erection of a Free Carnegie Library, improved technical education, and providing wash houses where necessary.[2]

Results by party

style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #9999FF;" data-sort-value="Irish Unionist Alliance" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #dddddd;" data-sort-value="Ratepayers Association" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #CC0000;" data-sort-value="Irish Labour Party" | style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DCDCDC;" data-sort-value="Independent (politician)" |
Party Seats ± Candidates First Pref. votes FPv% ±%
Irish Unionist 6 Steady 7
Sinn Féin 6 Increase 11
Ratepayers 3 4
Irish Labour 0 4
Independent 0 1
Totals 15 27 7,487 (70.84%) 100% —
Source: Irish Independent[3]

[3]

Results by electoral area

East Ward

East Ward - 7 seats[1][4][5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Irish Unionist John Good (incumbent) 19.60 667
Sinn Féin James Maguire 14.28 486
Irish Unionist Charles R. Dunbar (incumbent) 467
Irish Unionist William McMillan - - - - - - - - - 444
Sinn Féin Joseph Curran - - - - - - - - - - - 466
Ratepayers Thomas Ryan - - - - - - - - - - - 426
Sinn Féin Denis Byrne - - - - - - - - - - - - 424
Irish Labour Thomas Doyle - - - - - - - - - - - - 329 - Eliminated
Sinn Féin Christopher O'Kelly (brother of Seán T. O'Kelly) - - - - - - - - - - - 302 - Eliminated
Ratepayers G. W. Dench J.P. (incumbent) - - - - - - - - - 196 - Eliminated
Sinn Féin Alice Ginnell - - - - - - - - 179 - Eliminated
Irish Labour Helen Sophia Chenevix - - - - - - - 147 - Eliminated
Sinn Féin Alfred McGloughlin - - - - - - 118 - Eliminated
Independent John O'Brien - - - - - 95 - Eliminated
Irish Labour Diarmid Joseph O'Leary - - - 51 - Eliminated
Electorate: 4,693   Valid: 3,403   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 426   Turnout: 3,464  

West Ward

West Ward - 8 seats[1][3][4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Irish Unionist William Beckett (incumbent) 19.27 787
Ratepayers Michael Fannin (incumbent) 16.06 656
Irish Unionist John Wesley Brittain 10.40 425 665
Irish Unionist George Robert Goodfellow 9.50 388
Sinn Féin Mary S. Humphreys 9.50 388
Sinn Féin Michael Greene 8.69 355
Sinn Féin Bartholomew O'Connor 7.91 323
Irish Unionist Sir Gabriel Stokes 7.74 316
Sinn Féin Michael Stafford 5.70 233
Irish Labour J. Edward Nolan 5.56 227
Ratepayers William Mills Forsyth J.P. (incumbent council Chairman) 5.02 205
Sinn Féin Fergus O'Connor 1.79 73 - - - Eliminated
Electorate: 5,876   Valid: 4,085   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 454   Turnout: 4,156  

References

  1. ^ a b c "Municipal elections: Dublin Townships". Dublin Evening Telegraph. Dublin. 19 January 1920. pp. 1–3.
  2. ^ "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
  3. ^ a b c "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
  4. ^ a b "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
  5. ^ "Register | British Newspaper Archive". www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk.
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