1920 Pembroke Urban District Council election

An election to all 15 seats on Pembroke Urban District Council took place on Thursday 15 January 1920 as part of the 1920 Irish local elections.[1] Pembroke was divided into two district electoral areas to elect councillors for a three-year term of office. This term was later extended to 1925.

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

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Party Seats ± Candidates 1st pref FPv% ±%
Irish Unionist 6 Steady 7
Sinn Féin 6 Increase 11
Ratepayers 3 4
Labour 0 4
Independent 0 1
Total 15 27 7,487 100% —
Source: Irish Independent[3] Turnout: 70.84%

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Results by local electoral area

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^ *: Outgoing councillor.

East Ward

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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[*] 19.60 667
Sinn Féin James Maguire 14.28 486
Irish Unionist Charles R. Dunbar[*] 467
Irish Unionist William McMillan - - - - - - - - - 444
Sinn Féin Joseph Curran - - - - - - - - - - - 466
Ratepayers Thomas Ryan - - - - - - - - - - - 426
Sinn Féin Denis Byrne - - - - - - - - - - - - 424
Labour Thomas Doyle - - - - - - - - - - - - 329
Sinn Féin Christopher O'Kelly[a] - - - - - - - - - - - 302
Ratepayers G. W. Dench, J.P.[*] - - - - - - - - - 196
Sinn Féin Alice Ginnell - - - - - - - - 179
Labour Helen Sophia Chenevix - - - - - - - 147
Sinn Féin Alfred McGloughlin - - - - - - 118
Independent John O'Brien - - - - - 95
Labour Diarmid Joseph O'Leary - - - 51
Electorate: 4,693   Valid: 3,403   Spoilt: 61   Quota: 426   Turnout: 3,464  

West Ward

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West Ward: 8 seats[1][3][4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Irish Unionist William Beckett[*] 19.27 787
Ratepayers Michael Fannin[*] 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
Labour J. Edward Nolan 5.56 227
Ratepayers William Mills Forsyth, J.P.[*] 5.02 205
Sinn Féin Fergus O'Connor 1.79 73 - - -
Electorate: 5,876   Valid: 4,085   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 454   Turnout: 4,156  

Notes

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  1. ^ Brother of Seán T. O'Kelly.

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Municipal elections: Dublin Townships". Dublin Evening Telegraph. Dublin. 19 January 1920. pp. 1–3.
  2. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002093/19200108/038/0002 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ a b c https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001715/19200119/137/0006 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ^ a b https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001715/19200117/140/0005 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ^ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0002093/19200115/043/0004 – via British Newspaper Archive. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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