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1914 Dublin County Council election

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The 1914 Dublin County Council election was held on Monday, 8 June 1914.

Following the election P. J. O'Neill was elected Chairman. The election saw Nationalists take both divisions comprising Rathmines for the first time.

Council results

Party		Seats	±	Seats %	Votes	Votes %	±%
	Irish Nationalist	9	1	47.37	5,187	53.58
	Independent	8		31.58	717	7.41
	Irish Unionist	2	1	10.53	3,275	33.83
	Irish Labour	0		0.00	501	5.18
Totals		19		100.00	9,680	100.00	—

Division results

Balbriggan

Balbriggan Division
Electorate:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Mr Arohdale Graham	Unopposed

Blackrock

Blackrock Division
Electorate:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	William Field MP (incumbent)	965	72.89
	Irish Unionist	Frank Stokes	359	27.11
Majority			606	45.78
Turnout			1324
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Castleknock

Castleknock Division
Electorate:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Mr P. Baggot	Unopposed

Clondalkin

Clondalkin Division
Electorate:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Christopher Hanlon (incumbent)	390
	Irish Labour	Chas Loughlin	184
Majority			206
Turnout
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Coolock

Coolock Division
Electorate:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	Benjamin Newcombe	400	45.20
	Irish Nationalist	Joseph O'Neill (incumbent, Chairman of North Dublin RDC)	303	34.24
	Irish Labour	Michael Nolan	182	20.56
Majority			97
Turnout			885
	Irish Unionist gain from Irish Nationalist		Swing

Dalkey

Dalkey Division
Electorate:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Mr M. E. Judd (incumbent)	Unopposed

Donnybrook

Donnybrook Division
Electorate:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	C. P. O'Neill (incumbent, Chairman of Pembroke UDC)	734
	Irish Unionist	G. R. Goodfellow	653
Majority			81
Turnout			1387
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Dundrum

Dundrum Division
Electorate:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Mr James Collins (incumbent)	Unopposed

Finglas

Finglas Division
Electorate:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Mr P O'Reilly (incumbent)	Unopposed

Kingstown

Kingstown Division
Electorate:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Mr M. J. McAllister (incumbent)	Unopposed

Lucan

Lucan Division
Electorate:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Unionist	Captain Charles Nicholas Colthurst-Vesey (incumbent)	288	68.1
	Irish Labour	John Breen	135	31.9
Majority			153	36.2
Turnout			423
	Irish Unionist hold		Swing

Lusk

Lusk Division
Electorate:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		R. A. Butler (incumbent)	unopposed
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Pembroke West

Pembroke West Division
Electorate:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Mr James Mahoney (incumbent)	unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

Rathcoole

Rathcoole Division
Electorate:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		John Bagnall (incumbent)	543
		Timothy C. Muldoon	174
Majority			369
Turnout			717
			Swing

Rathfarnham

Rathfarnham Division
Electorate:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Mr Maurice Flood (incumbent)	unopposed
Majority
Turnout
			Swing

Rathmines East

Rathmines East Division
Electorate:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	Michael L. Hearn	900	51.2
	Irish Unionist	J. C. Anderson	857	48.8
Majority			43	2.4	N/A
Turnout			1,757
	Irish Nationalist gain from Irish Unionist		Swing

Rathmines West

Rathmines West Division
Electorate:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	William McCabe	968	57.4
	Irish Unionist	Francis McBride (incumbent)	718	42.6
Majority			250	14.8	N/A
Turnout			1,686
	Irish Nationalist gain from Irish Unionist		Swing

Stillorgan

Stillorgan Division
Electorate:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Mr A. K. O'Farrell (incumbent)	Unopposed

Swords

Swords Division
Electorate:
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Irish Nationalist	P. J. O'Neill (incumbent)	927	73.05
	Irish Labour	Thomas McLean	342	26.95
Majority			585	46.10
Turnout			1,269
	Irish Nationalist hold		Swing

References

"Dublin County Council". Dublin Daily Express. 11 September 1914. p. 2 of 8.(subscription required)
"Dublin Co. Council - Results of elections". Dublin Evening Telegraph. 9 June 1914. p. 3 of 6.(subscription required)
^ "Local Government Elections: Dublin County Council". Drogheda Independent. 13 June 1914. p. 8 of 8.(subscription required)

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