Belfast North (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Coordinates: 54°39′47″N 5°57′54″W / 54.663°N 5.965°W / 54.663; -5.965 Belfast North, was a former potential Dáil Éireann parliamentary constituency located in Northern Ireland despite being outside the Dáil's jurisdiction. It was a Dáil constituency from 1921 to 1922.

Representation

The constituency was, in Irish republican theory, entitled to return four Teachtaí Dála (known in English as Deputies) in 1921 to serve in the Irish Republic's Second Dáil. None took their seat in the Dáil.

The First Dáil, passed a motion at its last meeting on 10 May 1921, the first three parts of which make explicit the republican view.

Sinn Féin used the elections in 1921 to elect the Dáil. The Second Dáil first met on 16 August 1921. It last met on 8 June 1922.

From the Third Dáil onwards the Dáil represented only the twenty-six counties which formed the Irish Free State.

Belfast North is also a United Kingdom Parliament constituency. It has been represented by one member from 1922. The constituency sent four MPs to the Northern Ireland House of Commons 1921-1929.

Politics

Even in a proportional representation election the Unionists won all four seats. The Nationalists and Sinn Féin combined could not accumulate a quota of more than one-fifth of the votes.

Of the four Unionist MPs, Campbell and McKeown were businessmen whilst Grant and McGuffin were founder members of the Ulster Unionist Labour Association.

TDs

Election Member
(Party)
Member
(Party)
Member
(Party)
Member
(Party)
TDs
(1921)
Lloyd Campbell
(Ulster Unionist Party)
Samuel McGuffin
(Ulster Unionist Party)
William Grant
(Ulster Unionist Party)
Robert McKeown
(Ulster Unionist Party)

Elections

In 1921 parliamentary representatives of the constituency were elected using the single transferable vote method of proportional representation.

24 May 1921 General Election: Belfast North (4 seats)
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3
UUP Lloyd Campbell 12,875    
UUP Samuel McGuffin 11,596    
UUP William Grant 6,148 9,880  
UUP Robert McKeown 3,562 4,676 8,263
Sinn Féin M. Carolan 3,235 3,268 3,275
Nationalist F. P. Harkin 1,509 1,516 1,519
Independent J. B. Wallace 926 944 972
Electorate: 43,194   Valid: 39,851   Quota: 7,971   Turnout: 92.3%

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