Parliament of Southern Ireland | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Type | |
| Houses | Senate, House of Commons |
| History | |
| Established | 1920 |
| Disbanded | 27 May 1922 |
| Preceded by | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Succeeded by | Provisional Parliament[1] |
| Leadership | |
Sir John Ross (last) | |
Speaker of the House of Commons | Gerald Fitzgibbon (first & last) |
| Seats | 64 Senators 128 members of parliament (MPs) |
| Elections | |
House of Commons voting system | STV |
Last House of Commons election | 1921 Irish elections (first & last) |
| Meeting place | |
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| The Royal College of Science for Ireland Location for the first official meeting of both Houses. Now Government Buildings | |
| Footnotes | |
| See also: Parliament of Northern Ireland | |
The Parliament of Southern Ireland was a Home Rule legislature established by the British Government during the Irish War of Independence under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. It was designed to legislate for Southern Ireland,[2][3] a political entity[a] which was created by the British Government to solve the issue of rising Irish nationalism and the issue of partitionism, while retaining the whole of Ireland as part of the United Kingdom.
The parliament was bicameral, consisting of a House of Commons (the lower house) with 128 seats and a Senate (the upper house) with 64 seats.[4] The parliament as two houses sat only once, in the Royal College of Science for Ireland in Merrion Street. Due to the low turnout of members attending, the parliament was adjourned sine die and was later officially disbanded by the Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922.
- ^ Irish Free State (Agreement) Act 1922- Section 2 thereof provides that "For the purpose of giving effect to article 17 of the Anglo-Irish Treaty... as soon as may be and not later than four months after the passing of this Act the Parliament of Southern Ireland shall be dissolved and such steps shall be taken as may be necessary for holding, in accordance with the law now in force with respect to the franchise number of members and method of election and holding of elections to that Parliament, an election of members for the constituencies which would have been entitled to elect members to that Parliament, and the members so elected shall constitute the House of the Parliament to which the Provisional Government shall be responsible, and that Parliament shall, as respects matters within the jurisdiction of the Provisional Government, have power to make laws in like manner as the Parliament of the Irish Free State when constituted.
- ^ Order in Council under the Government of Ireland Act, 1920 Fixing Appointed Days for Certain Purposes. (SR&O 1921/533)
- ^ Jackson (2004), p. 198
- ^ "Government of Ireland Act 1920: Provisions as to Parliaments of Southern and Northern Ireland".
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