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1917 North Roscommon by-election

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1820: 1825: 1830: 35:. The election took place nine months after the 1916 Rising. The election was contested by Thomas Devine, standing for the Irish Parliamentary Party, who was expected to win comfortably, and Jasper Tully, a local newspaper owner who was running as an independent. 1899: 1914: 58:, the curate of Crossna in North Roscommon. Fr. O'Flanagan was main organiser of the election, assisted by Larry Ginnell, and many others who came down from Dublin to take on the Irish Parliamentary Party. 304: 281: 1875: 1789: 1483: 1334: 274: 1784: 1779: 1774: 1769: 1764: 1759: 1754: 1749: 1744: 1739: 1734: 1729: 1724: 300: 259: 1677: 1124: 743: 311: 293: 267: 1868: 1904: 22: 1362: 409: 1499: 1794: 1861: 1134: 814: 454: 1160: 355: 1649: 922: 846: 618: 1436: 1023: 623: 334: 1612: 1462: 1404: 1000: 873: 526: 1442: 1260: 984: 689: 585: 61:
Though often credited as Sinn Féin's first victory in a Parliamentary election, Plunkett was not a member of Sinn Féin.
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was held on 3 February 1917. The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent
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By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Roscommon constituencies
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By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Irish constituency stubs
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An outsider candidate was proposed as an Independent candidate: Count
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North Roscommon
Irish Parliamentary
James Joseph O'Kelly
George Noble Plunkett
Joseph Plunkett
Easter Rising
John J. O'Kelly
Michael O'Flanagan
Sinn Féin
George Noble Plunkett
Irish Parliamentary
Independent
Turnout
Sinn Féin
Irish Parliamentary
Swing
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By-elections
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31st Parliament
Arfon
Cambridge University
Horncastle
Westbury
Forest of Dean
North East Lanarkshire

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