1953 Wicklow by-election
By-election to the 14th Dáil
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A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of Wicklow in Ireland on Thursday, 18 June 1953, to fill a vacancy in the 14th Dáil. It followed the death of Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) Thomas Brennan on 22 January 1953.[1]
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18 June 1953
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| Turnout | 27,897 (74.5%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The writ of election to fill the vacancy was agreed by the Dáil on 27 May 1953.[2]
The by-election was won by the Fine Gael candidate Mark Deering.[3] It was held on the same day as the 1953 Cork East by-election. Both by-elections were won by Fine Gael candidates.
The runner-up Paudge Brennan of Fianna Fáil, was elected for Wicklow at the 1954 general election.
Result
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Paudge Brennan | 27.9 | 7,788 | 8,314 | 9,261 | 9,630 | 10,852 | |
| Labour | James J. McCrea | 24.8 | 6,915 | 7,020 | 7,537 | 8,792 | ||
| Fine Gael | Mark Deering | 23.1 | 6,433 | 7,382 | 7,607 | 8,833 | 14,672 | |
| Clann na Poblachta | William Clarke | 9.2 | 2,568 | 2,804 | 3,125 | |||
| Independent | William Lawless | 7.8 | 2,164 | 2,256 | ||||
| Independent | Elizabeth Bobbett | 7.3 | 2,029 | |||||
| Electorate: 37,470 Valid: 27,897 Quota: 13,949 Turnout: 74.5% | ||||||||