1925 Elections in Europe - 1925 Elections in Germany, 1925 Elections in the United Kingdom, Irish Free State Seanad Election, 1925 (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 1925 Elections in Germany, 1925 Elections in the United Kingdom, Irish Free State Seanad Election, 1925, Oldham By-Election, 1925, German Presidential Election, 1925, Northern Ireland General Election, 1925, Stockport By-Election, 1925, Galloway By-Election, 1925, University of Oxford Chancellor Election, 1925, Eastbourne By-Election, 1925, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes Parliamentary Election, 1925. Excerpt: An election was held on 17 September 1925, for 19 of the 60 seats in Seanad ireann, the Senate of the Irish Free State. The election was by single transferable vote, with the entire state forming a single 19-seat electoral district. There were 76 candidates on the ballot paper, whom voters ranked by preference. Of the two main political parties, the larger (Cumann na nGaedhael) did not formally endorse any candidates, while the other (Sinn Fin, whose TDs were abstentionist) boycotted the election. Voter turnout was low and the outcome was considered unsatisfactory. Subsequently, senators were selected by the Oireachtas rather than the electorate. Under the provisions of the 1922 Constitution of the Irish Free State, Senators were to be elected for twelve-year terms, with the 60 Senators divided into four cohorts of 15, and an election every three years for one of the cohorts. As part of the initial transitional measures, 30 of the original 60 Senators in 1922 were selected by the Dil, of whom the last 15 to secure election formed the cohort whose term would end after the first triennial period. As well as this cohort, four further Senators were required to vacate their seats: these had been temporarily co-opted to fill casual vacancies which had arisen in previous years. There were three methods of being included on the ball... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=19906795