Dublin St Patrick's (UK Parliament constituency)


Dublin St Patrick's, a division of Dublin, was a UK parliamentary constituency in Ireland. It returned one Member of Parliament to the British House of Commons from 1885 until 1922. It had three wards: Merchant's Quay, Usher's Quay and Wood Quay.
Prior to the 1885 general election, the city was the undivided two-member Dublin City constituency. In 1885, Dublin was divided into four constituencies: St Patrick's, Dublin College Green, Dublin Harbour and Dublin St Stephen's Green.
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 the southwest part of the city of Dublin, and was named after St Patrick's Cathedral.
1885–1918: The Merchants' Quay, Usher's Quay and Wood Quay wards of the borough of Dublin.
1918–1922: The Merchants' Quay and Wood Quay wards of the County Borough of Dublin.

Politics

Dublin St Patrick's in 1918 gave Sinn Féin 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.

Members of Parliament

Notes
  1. Anti-Parnellite Nationalist from December 1890.

    Elections

Elections in the 1880s

Elections in the 1890s

Elections in the 1900s

Elections in the 1910s