Sligo County Council election, 1920
Sligo County Council election, 1920
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Map showing the area of Sligo County Council |
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Council control after election
Sinn Féin
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An election to Sligo County Council took place on 4 June 1920 as part of that year's Irish local elections. 20 councillors were elected from 5 electoral divisions by PR-STV voting for a five-year term of office.
Sinn Féin won every seat for election, and also won a massive majority of the vote.[1]
Results by party
Results by Electoral Area
Ballymote
Tubbercurry
Carrickon-Shannon - 4 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 |
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Sinn Féin |
John P. Brennan |
Unopposed |
Unopposed |
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Sinn Féin |
James Gilligan |
Unopposed |
Unopposed |
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Sinn Féin |
John Mullarkey |
Unopposed |
Unopposed |
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Sinn Féin |
Thomas Murricane |
Unopposed |
Unopposed |
Electorate: 5,378 Valid: Quota: Turnout: |
Dromore
Ballinamore - 4 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 |
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Sinn Féin |
Michael J. Hanley |
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1,194 |
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Sinn Féin |
John C. Clancy |
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914 |
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Sinn Féin |
Dudley M. Hanley |
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818 |
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Sinn Féin |
Daniel Kilcullen |
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687 |
1,086 |
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Independent |
A. J. Crichton |
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148 |
155 |
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Independent Nationalist |
Peter Cawley |
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129 |
138 |
Electorate: 5,302 Valid: 3,890 (73.37%) Spoilt: 106 Quota: 779 Turnout: 3,996 (75.37%) |
Sligo
Ballinamore - 6 seats |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 |
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Sinn Féin |
John Hennigan |
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1,256 |
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Sinn Féin |
Patrick J. Rooney |
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957 |
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Sinn Féin |
John Lynch |
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957 |
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Sinn Féin |
Denis Leonard |
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876 |
Elected |
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Sinn Féin |
Laurence McHugh |
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707 |
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Elected |
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Sinn Féin |
James McGowan |
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705 |
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Elected |
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Independent |
John Jinks |
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302 |
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Sligo Ratepayers Association |
Percy Kerr |
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186 |
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Sligo Ratepayers Association |
Henry Wood-Martin |
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126 |
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Sligo Ratepayers Association |
Patrick Jordan |
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76 |
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Electorate: 8,077 Valid: 6,148 (76.12%) Spoilt: 203 Quota: 879 Turnout: 6,351 (78.63%) |
References
Preceded by Sligo County Council election, 1914 |
Sligo County Council elections |
Succeeded by Sligo County Council election, 1925 |
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