Subsequent President of the Executive Council
W. T. Cosgrave
Cumann na nGaedhael
The Irish general election of 1923 was held on 27 August 1923. The newly elected members of the 4th Dáil assembled at Leinster House on 19 September when the new President of the Executive Council and Executive Council of the Irish Free State were appointed. The election was held just after the end of the Irish Civil War. Many of the Republican TDs, who represented the losing, anti-Treaty side, were still imprisoned during and after the election. Cumann na nGaedhael, who represented the winning side in the war, also won the election and formed the government.[1]
Result
4th Irish general election – 27 August 1923[2][3] Party Leader Seats ± % of seats First Pref votes % FPv ±%Cumann na nGaedhael W. T. Cosgrave 63[4] +5 41.2 409,876 39.0
Republican Éamon de Valera 44[4] +8 28.7 275,007 27.4
Farmers' Party Denis Gorey 15 +8 9.8 12.1
Labour Party Thomas Johnson 14 –2 9.2 130,654 10.6
Businessmen's Party N/A 3[5] +3 1.9
Independent N/A 14 +4 9.2
Total 153 +25 100 1,053,668 100 —
- Cumann na nGaedhael minority government formed.
Most parties made gains, in part because the total number of seats in the Dáil was increased by 25 from 128 to 153. Cumann na nGaedhael were able to form a minority government while Republicans (Anti-Treaty) abstained from taking their seats in the Dáil.
Lax electoral practices were tightened up beforehand by the new "The Prevention of Electoral Abuses Act, 1923".[6]
First time TDs
- Frank Aiken
- Patrick Baxter
- Dan Breen
- John Cole
- Margaret Collins-O'Driscoll
- Cornelius Connolly
- Edward Doyle
- Peadar Doyle
- Seán Gibbons
- Patrick McFadden
- Michael Skelly
- Paddy Smith
Outgoing TDs
- Joseph Whelehan (Retired)
See also
References
- ^ Hopkinson, Michael (1988). Green Against Green: The Irish Civil War. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan. p. 262. ISBN 0717137600. "Despite the absence of many Sinn Féin candidates and workers in jail, the results were surprising good for the Republicans. Cumann na nGaedhael, the newly formed government party, had 63 candidates elected, compared with 44 Republicans."
- ^ "4th Dáil 1923 General Election". ElectionsIreland.org. http://electionsireland.org/results/general/04dail.cfm. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
- ^ "Dáil elections since 1918". ARK Northern Ireland. http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/gdala.htm. Retrieved 13 April 2009.
- ^ a b Cumann na nGaedhael's results are compared with those of the Pro-Treaty faction of Sinn Féin in the previous general election. Results given for Republicans here are compared to those won by the Anti-Treaty faction in the previous election.
- ^ Andrew O'Shaughnessy was elected under the label of Cork Progressive Association, a group associated with the Businessmen's Party.
- ^ "The Prevention of Electoral Abuses Act, 1923". Office of the Attorney General of Ireland. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1923/en/act/pub/0038/sec0001.html. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
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