1899 Limerick Municipal Council election

An election for Limerick Municipal Council was held in 1899 as part of the wider 1899 Irish local elections. Following the reforms of the 1898 Act Limerick's franchise had increased from 709 to 5,521.[1]

A total of 79 candidates contested the 40 seats; with 27 of the outgoing councillors putting themselves forward for re-election, 34 Laborites putting themselves forward, 18 Merchants and large rate-payers.

The election saw Labour winning control of the council, with 24 of the councils 40 seats. Hand in hand with Labor's victory, went the victory of the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Of the 40 councillors, 21 were members of the IRB. Of these 21 IRB members, 18 were Laborites.

Aggregate results
Limerick Municipal Council election, 1899[1]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour Electoral Association 24 53.22 9070
  Re-elect 11 27.21 4637
  Merchant 5 19.58 3337

The result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:

Party Previous council New council
Cllr Ald Cllr Ald
Independent 32 8 12 4
Labour 0 0 20 4
Total 32 8 32 8
40 40
Working majority  32   8   8   0 
 40   8 

Ward results
Abbey Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Re-elect M. McDonnell 403
Labour Electoral Association W. Fitzgerald 356
Labour Electoral Association J. O'Brien 342
Labour Electoral Association M. Murphy 332
Labour Electoral Association P. Moloney 324
Re-elect J.J. Cleary J.P 205
Re-elect J. Kivlehan 179
Merchant W. Holliday 86
Merchant J. Power 54
Turnout
Castle Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Electoral Association D. Gilligan 345
Labour Electoral Association J. Hassett 325
Labour Electoral Association J. Connery 318
Labour Electoral Association J. Vaughan 311
Re-elect T. Donnellan 290
Re-elect A. Hall J.P. 231
Re-elect R. Nash 156
Re-elect W. O'Connell 131
Merchant W. McDonnell 82
Turnout
Custom House Ward
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Electoral Association M. Joyce 276
Labour Electoral Association J. Kett 264
Independent T. Cleeve J.P 225
Independent S. Quin J.P 224
Independent L. Carr 197
Labour Electoral Association J. Maloney 194
Labour Electoral Association J. O'Neill 172
Independent R. Gleeson 102
Independent W. Frost 72
Independent D. Nelson 68
Independent J. McMahon 30
Turnout

References
  1. http://www.limerickcity.ie/media/Media,4126,en.pdf
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