1920 Kildare County Council election
Appearance
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The 1920 Kildare County Council election was held on Friday, 4 June 1920.
Results by party
[edit]Party | Seats | ± | First Pref. votes | FPv% | ±% | |
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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
[edit]Athy
[edit]Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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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
[edit]Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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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
[edit]- ^ 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)
- Airdrie
- Aberdeen
- Annan
- Ayr
- Barrhead
- Bathgate
- Castle-Douglas
- Clydebank
- Crieff
- Cumnock
- Cupar
- Dalkeith
- Dumfries
- Dunbar
- Dundee
- Dunfermline
- Elgin
- Falkirk
- Forfar
- Fort William
- Gourock
- Govan
- Greenock
- Hamilton
- Inverness
- Irvine
- Kilcreggan and Cove
- Kilmarnock
- Kilsyth
- Kinning Park
- Kircaldy
- Kirriemuir
- Ladybank
- Leith
- Linlithgow
- Lochmaben
- Lockerbie
- Maybole
- Millport
- Milngavie
- Motherwell
- Newton-on-Ayr
- Newton-Stewart
- North Berwick
- Paisley
- Partick
- Perth
- Pollockshaws
- Port Glasgow
- Prestwick
- Renfrew
- Rothesay
- Rutherglen
- Sanquhar
- South Queensferry
- Stirling
- Stranraer
- St Andrews
- Whithorn
- Wishaw