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1921 Northern Ireland General Election
The 1921 Northern Ireland general election was held on Tuesday, 24 May 1921. It was the first election to the Parliament of Northern Ireland. Ulster Unionist Party members won two-thirds of votes cast and more than three-quarters of the seats in the assembly. Sinn Féin in particular was shocked at the scale of the Unionist victory, having spent considerable resources on the campaign, and had expected to win between 1/3 and 1/2 of the seats. Sinn Féin and Nationalist Party candidates were successful in the joint County Tyrone/Fermanagh constituency with 54.71 percent of the vote. The election was conducted using the single transferable vote system. The election took place during the Irish War of Independence, on the same day as the election to the parliament of Southern Ireland. As the election in Southern Ireland was merely a formality, with all candidates being returned unopposed (and therefore guaranteeing Sinn Féin complete dominance), Sinn Féin was able to focus its r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Members Of The 1st House Of Commons Of Northern Ireland
The 1st House of Commons of Northern Ireland was elected at the 1921 Northern Ireland general election. All members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons are listed. Only Unionist members took their seats. Sinn Féin members sat instead in the republicans Second Dáil, alongside those elected to the Southern Ireland House of Commons; while Nationalist Party members refused to sit in either the Northern Ireland Parliament or the republican Dáil. Sir James Craig, (later Viscount Craigavon) was appointed Prime Minister of Northern Ireland on 7 June 1921. Members Notes * Joseph Devlin was elected for both Antrim and Belfast West, but did not take either seat in parliament. * Maj. Hon. Robert William O'Neill was Speaker of the House from 7 June 1921 to 2 May 1929. Changes * William Twaddell (UUP, Belfast West) was assassinated by the IRA on 22 May 1922. The resulting by-election was won by Philip James Woods (Independent Unionist). ReferencesBiographies of Members o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921 Irish Elections
The 1921 Irish elections took place in Ireland on 24 May 1921 to elect members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland. These legislatures had been established by the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which granted Home Rule to a partition of Ireland, partitioned Ireland within the United Kingdom. The Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) won a landslide majority in Northern Ireland. In the area designated as Southern Ireland (1921–1922), Southern Ireland, Sinn Féin candidates were elected unopposed in 124 of the 128 seats. Only the Northern Ireland House of Commons actually sat as a functional body; the Sinn Féin candidates elected across Ireland boycotted both institutions, and instead assembled as the Second Dáil. Background On 21 January 1919, the Sinn Féin MPs elected to the British House of Commons at the 1918 United Kingdom general election, 1918 general election met as Dáil Éireann and declared independence from the United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
General Elections To The Parliament Of Northern Ireland
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1921 Elections In The United Kingdom
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List Of Members Of The 1st Parliament Of Northern Ireland
The 1st House of Commons of Northern Ireland was elected at the 1921 Northern Ireland general election. All members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons are listed. Only Unionist members took their seats. Sinn Féin members sat instead in the republicans Second Dáil, alongside those elected to the Southern Ireland House of Commons; while Nationalist Party members refused to sit in either the Northern Ireland Parliament or the republican Dáil. Sir James Craig, (later Viscount Craigavon) was appointed Prime Minister of Northern Ireland on 7 June 1921. Members Notes * Joseph Devlin was elected for both Antrim and Belfast West, but did not take either seat in parliament. * Maj. Hon. Robert William O'Neill was Speaker of the House from 7 June 1921 to 2 May 1929. Changes * William Twaddell (UUP, Belfast West) was assassinated by the IRA on 22 May 1922. The resulting by-election was won by Philip James Woods (Independent Unionist). ReferencesBiographies of Members o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belfast North (Northern Ireland Parliament Constituency)
Belfast North was a borough constituency of the Parliament of Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1929. It returned four MPs, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote. Boundaries Belfast North was created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920 and contained the Clifton, Duncairn and Shankill wards of the County Borough of Belfast. The House of Commons (Method of Voting and Redistribution of Seats) Act (Northern Ireland) 1929 divided the constituency into four constituencies elected under first past the post: Belfast Clifton, Belfast Duncairn, Belfast Oldpark and Belfast Shankill constituencies. Second Dáil In May 1921, Dáil Éireann, the parliament of the self-declared Irish Republic run by Sinn Féin, passed a resolution declaring that elections to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland and the House of Commons of Southern Ireland would be used as the election for the Second Dáil The second (symbol: s) is a unit of time derived from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Irish General Election 1921
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Seán O'Mahony
Seán O'Mahony (also John O'Mahoney) (20 October 1872 – 28 November 1934) was an Irish Sinn Féin politician and member of the First and Second Dáil. He was born as John Mahony in Logan Street, Thomastown, County Kilkenny, to James Mahony, a tailor, and Mary Cantwell. A successful businessman he was a tea merchant and a commercial traveller. His company, John O'Mahoney & Co., was located on Middle Abbey St., and was destroyed during the 1916 Easter Rising. It subsequently reestablished on Parnell Square. He subsequently purchased and ran Fleming's Hotel which was located at 31–32 Gardiner Place, Dublin. A close friend of Arthur Griffith, he became an organiser for Sinn Féin and was elected to Dublin Corporation for the party. He participated in the Easter Rising and was subsequently interned at Frongoch and Lincoln Gaol. He remained with Sinn Féin after it was re-constituted as a republican party at the 1917 Ardfheis. He was arrested during the German Plot of 1917 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eamon Donnelly
Eamon Donnelly (19 July 1877 – 29 December 1944) was an Irish politician. He was born in Middletown, County Armagh, the son of Francis Donnelly, a mason, and Catherine Donnelly (née Haggin). He was a member of the Irish Volunteers. Donnelly was among the group of Volunteers that assembled for the Easter Rising of 1916 in Coalisland, County Tyrone. In 1921 he joined Éamon de Valera's anti-treaty forces and worked to end partition until his death. In February 1923 Donnelly was interned by the Irish Free State military and released in August. Rearrested and again interned he joined the 1923 Irish hunger strikes, undergoing a forty-one day hunger strike. Upon his release Donnelly was appointed Chief Organiser of Sinn Féin. During the 1920s Donnelly worked with the Anti Partitionist Cahir Healy to establish a unified approach against partition. In his 1950 autobiography the Irish diplomat and a founder of ''The Irish Press'' newspaper Robert Brennan wrote that Donnelly felt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Antrim
County Antrim (named after the town of Antrim, County Antrim, Antrim, ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, located within the historic Provinces of Ireland, province of Ulster. Adjoined to the north-east shore of Lough Neagh, the county covers an area of and has a population of 651,321, as of the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census. County Antrim has a population density of 211 people per square kilometre or 546 people per square mile. It is also one of the thirty-two traditional Counties of Ireland, counties of Ireland. The Glens of Antrim offer isolated rugged landscapes, the Giant's Causeway is a unique landscape and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Bushmills, County Antrim, Bushmills produces whiskey, and Portrush is a popular seaside resort and night-life area. The majority of Belfast, the capital city of Northern Ireland, is in County Antrim, with the remainder being in County Down. According to the United Kingdom Census 2001, 2001, United Kingdom Census 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Ireland Act 1920
The Government of Ireland Act 1920 ( 10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 67) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act's long title was "An Act to provide for the better government of Ireland"; it is also known as the Fourth Home Rule Bill or (inaccurately) as the Fourth Home Rule Act and informally known as the Partition Act. The Act was intended to partition Ireland into two self-governing polities: the six north-eastern counties were to form "Northern Ireland", while the larger part of the country was to form " Southern Ireland". Both territories were to remain part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and provision was made for their future reunification through a Council of Ireland. The Act was passed by the British Parliament in November 1920, received royal assent in December and came into force on 3 May 1921. The smaller Northern Ireland was duly created with a devolved government and remained in the UK. The larger Southern Ireland was not recogni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Partition Of Ireland
The Partition of Ireland () was the process by which the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (UK) divided Ireland into two self-governing polities: Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland (the area today known as the Republic of Ireland, or simply Ireland). It was enacted on 3 May 1921 under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. The Act intended both territories to remain within the United Kingdom and contained provisions for their eventual reunification. The smaller Northern Ireland territory was duly created with a devolved government (Home Rule) and remained part of the UK. Although the larger Southern Ireland was also created, its administration was not recognised by most of its citizens, who instead recognised the self-declared 32-county Irish Republic. Ireland had a (largely Catholic) nationalist majority who wanted self-governance or independence. Prior to partition, the Irish Parliamentary Party used its control of the balance of power in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
