1968 Wicklow by-election

1968 Wicklow by-election

← 1965 14 March 1968 1969 →
Turnout	26,293 (71.7%)
Timmins O'Neill Nominee Godfrey Timmins Nancy O'Neill Liam Kavanagh Party Fine Gael Fianna Fáil Labour First preferences 8,035 9,788 5,761 Percentage 30.6% 37.2% 21.9% Final count 12,596 12,050 –
TD before election James Everett Labour TD after election Godfrey Timmins Fine Gael

A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of Wicklow in Ireland on Thursday, 14 March 1968, to fill a vacancy in the 18th Dáil. It followed the death of Labour Teachta Dála (TD) James Everett on 18 December 1967.^[1]

The writ of election to fill the vacancy was agreed by the Dáil on 21 February 1968.^[2]

The by-election was won by the Fine Gael candidate Godfrey Timmins.^[3] It was held on the same day as the 1968 Clare by-election.