Famously Redmond campaigned in his army uniform and wearing a black armband. His victory was the second defeat of Sinn Féin at by-elections and gave a big, albeit temporary, boost to the morale of supporters of the Irish Parliamentary Party. Although he retained his seat in the general election of December that year, he did not take part in the First Dáil.
1918, waterford, city, election, held, march, 1918, election, held, death, incumbent, irish, parliamentary, john, redmond, irish, parliamentary, candidate, william, redmond, defeated, vincent, white, sinn, féin, candidate, votes, redmond, resigned, seat, east,. The 1918 Waterford City by election was held on 29 March 1918 The by election was held due to the death of the incumbent Irish Parliamentary MP John Redmond The Irish Parliamentary candidate William Redmond 1 his son defeated Vincent White the Sinn Fein candidate by 1 242 votes to 764 2 Redmond had resigned his seat in East Tyrone to contest the seat 3 Famously Redmond campaigned in his army uniform and wearing a black armband His victory was the second defeat of Sinn Fein at by elections and gave a big albeit temporary boost to the morale of supporters of the Irish Parliamentary Party Although he retained his seat in the general election of December that year he did not take part in the First Dail By election 29 March 1918 Waterford City 4 Party Candidate Votes Irish Parliamentary William Redmond 1 242 61 9Sinn Fein Vincent White 764 38 1 NewMajority 478 23 8Turnout 2 006Irish Parliamentary hold SwingReferences Edit Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Waterford Election Result Irish Times 30 March 1918 The Waterford Election Cork Examiner 15 March 1918 Waterford Election Result Irish Times 30 March 1918 This by elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Ireland related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1918 Waterford City by election amp oldid 1081826449, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
