1916, south, londonderry, election, held, 1916, election, held, resignation, incumbent, irish, unionist, john, gordon, irish, unionist, candidate, denis, henry, catholic, first, election, held, ireland, after, easter, rebellion, rebellion, discernible, impact,. The 1916 South Londonderry by election was held on 22 May 1916 The by election was held due to the resignation of the incumbent Irish Unionist MP John Gordon It was won by the Irish Unionist candidate Denis Henry 1 a Catholic It was the first by election to be held in Ireland after the Easter rebellion and the rebellion had had no discernible impact on the contest By election 1916 South Londonderry 2 Party Candidate Votes Irish Unionist Denis Henry 3 808 94 7 42 4 Ind Unionist Arthur Turnbull 214 5 3 New Majority 3 594 89 4 85 0 Turnout 4 022 47 8 43 6 Registered electors 8 416 Irish Unionist hold SwingReferences edit Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Walker B M ed 1978 Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland 1801 1922 Dublin Royal Irish Academy ISBN 0901714127 nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a by election to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Ireland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1916 South Londonderry by election amp oldid 1192396171, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
