1945 Irish local elections

1945 Irish local elections
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The 1945 local elections in Ireland were held on 14 June 1945 to fill all council seats for most counties and county boroughs and municipal towns. The state was still under the Emergency of the Second World War. As a cost-saving measure, electoral law was amended to bring forward the date of the local elections a few weeks to coincide with the 1945 presidential election.[1]

Dublin County Council and Kerry County Council had been dissolved,[2] and no elections were held for their councils.[3] There was no poll for six urban district councils and four town commissioners because the number of candidates did not exceed the number of seats.[3]

  1. ^ "Presidential and Local Elections Bill, 1945—Second and Subsequent Stages". Seanad Éireann debates. Oireachtas. 25 April 1945. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.; "Presidential and Local Elections Act, 1945". Irish Statute Book. 1 May 1945. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  2. ^ Potter, Matthew (2011). The Municipal Revolution in Ireland: A Handbook of Urban Government in Ireland Since 1800. Irish Academic Press. pp. 444–445. ISBN 9780716530824.
  3. ^ a b "Written Answers — Voting Statistics". Dáil Éireann debate. Oireachtas. 2 December 1958. Archived from the original on 15 September 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.