1899 Dublin County Council election

1899 Dublin County Council election
6 April 1899
20 of 29 seats on Dublin County Council; 15 seats needed for a majority
	Map of the results by electoral division.
	Elected Council control ; Irish Nationalist;

The 1899 Dublin County Council election was held on 6 April 1899. The election was peaceful, however rain prevented many voters from travelling to polling stations.^[1] The election was held alongside other local elections across Ireland.

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Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes
	Irish Nationalist	11	N/A	N/A	N/A	55.0	51.0	9,254
	Irish Unionist	6	N/A	N/A	N.A	30.0	38.0	6,904
	Land and Labour League (Ireland)	2	N/A	N/A	N/A	10.0	7.5	1,365
	Parnellite	1	N/A	N/A	N/A	5.0	3.5	636
Total		20						18,159

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Land and Labour League	William Field	738	62.2
	Irish Unionist	John Byrne	449	37.8
Majority			289	24.2
Turnout			1,179	82.2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Joseph Mooney	90	62.9
	Irish Nationalist	William Walsh	53	37.1
Majority			37	25.8
Turnout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Land and Labour League	James J. Flood	429	61.4
	Irish Nationalist	Joseph O'Neill	270	38.6
Majority			159	22.8
Turnout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Unionist	Robert K. Clay	675	50.1
	Irish Nationalist	W. A. Maxwell	673	49.9
Majority			2	0.2
Turnout

1899 Dublin County Council election

Aggregate results

Ward results

Balbriggan

Blackrock

Castleknock

Coolock

Dalkey

Donnybrook

Drumcondra

Dundrum

Howth

Kingstown

Lucan

Lusk

New Kilmainham

Pembroke West

Rathcoole

Rathfarnham

Rathmines East

Rathmines West

Stillorgan

Swords

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Unionist	Samuel Worthington	557	54.8
	Irish Nationalist	George R. Peart	459	45.2
Majority			102	10.0
Turnout			1016	47.3

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Unionist	Henry Gore Lindsay	637	57.5
	Irish Nationalist	Francis Keegan	471	42.5
Majority			166	15.0
Turnout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	William A. Rafferty	382	46.9
	Irish Unionist	Isaac W. Usher	218	26.7
	Irish Nationalist	Peter J. MacCabe	215	26.4
Majority			164	20.2
Turnout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	James McKenna	507	53.7
	Irish Unionist	Edward Vernon	438	46.3
Majority			69	7.4
Turnout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Thomas Brown	813	57.1
	Irish Unionist	Adam S. Findlater	612	42.9
Majority			201	21.8
Turnout			1,425	69.6

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Unionist	Charles Nicholas Colthurst-Vesey	272	41.3
	Land and Labour League	John Godley	198	30.0
	Irish Nationalist	John Brennan	97	14.7
	Irish Nationalist	William Bobbett	92	14.0
Majority			74	11.3
Turnout			659	71.5

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Edward Rooney	635	82.1
	Irish Unionist	Edward H. Woods	138	17.9
Majority			497	64.2
Turnout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Parnellite	Andrew C. Tynan	636	62.5
	Irish Nationalist	John Joseph Lawler	381	37.5
Majority			255	25.0
Turnout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	James Mahony	651	53.4
	Irish Unionist	Robert W. Jackson	568	46.6
Majority			83	6.8
Turnout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Robert Boardman	265	36.9
	Irish Nationalist	John Molloy	178	24.8
	Irish Nationalist	James H. McGrane	171	23.8
	Irish Unionist	John Kennedy	105	14.6
Majority			87	12.1
Turnout

Rathfarnham^[6]
Electorate: 966
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Michael Flannigan	490	70.1
	Irish Unionist	Hercules L. B. Rowley	209	29.9
Majority			281	40.2
Turnout

Swords^[5]
Electorate: 995
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick J. O'Neill	528	55.1
	Ind. Nationalist	Thomas Aungier	430	44.9
Majority			98	10.2
Turnout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Unionist	Vere Ward Brown	974	65.7
	Irish Nationalist	Patrick Greaves	508	34.3
Majority			466	31.4
Turnout			1,482	46.9

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Unionist	Edward M. Hodgson	662	62.9
	Irish Nationalist	John Joseph Crooks	390	37.1
Majority			272	25.8
Turnout

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Irish Nationalist	John Joseph Reilly	505	56.4
	Irish Unionist	Lewis John Ball	390	45.6
Majority			115	10.8
Turnout