Letter of application for the councillorship of the Fitzwilliam Ward /

John Simmons
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Simmons, John.
Summary:Manuscript annotation at top of sheet in black ink: "The "first" application of a Labour candidate for Corporation in Dublin". Prior to 1898, Irish local government was largely undemocratic; under the Municipal Corporations Reform (Ireland) Act 1840, the municipal vote was confined to ratepayers with a valuation of £10 or more (this was later reduced to £8) and was issued to freemen [descended from members of the defunct Dublin trade guilds]. Under the Representation of the People (Ireland) Act 1868, which specifically referred to towns (or ‘boroughs’) the rated occupier franchise was further reduced to £4 and a lodger franchise was introduced for the first time. The Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 enabled men over the age of 21 and women over the age of 30 to vote in local elections, if they were either householders or else lodgers occupying portion of a house. Ratepayers and freemen continued to have the vote as before in both local and parliamentary elections. In 1898, Dublin City Council began the process of registering local and parliamentary voters under the terms of the Local Government Act 1898. The first Dublin City Electoral List was issued on 31 December 1898, to take effect in 1899 (the first local election under the Act took place in March 1899). In the Republic of Ireland, urban Wards and rural District Electoral Divisions were renamed Electoral Divisions under the Local Government Act, 1994.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published / Created: Dublin : Doyle Trade Union Printer, 9 Upper Ormond Quay, 1895.
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Notes:This item is held in the Department of Ephemera.

Physical description: 1 sheet ; 26 x 21 cm.

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