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1918 Waterford City by-election

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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
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By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Waterford constituencies
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candidate, by 1,242 votes to 745. Redmond had resigned his seat in
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The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent
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Waterford City
Irish Parliamentary
John Redmond
Irish Parliamentary
William Redmond
Vincent White
Sinn Féin
East Tyrone
Irish Parliamentary Party
general election of December that year
First Dáil
Irish Parliamentary
William Redmond
Sinn Féin
Vincent White
Turnout
Irish Parliamentary
Swing
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The Constitutional Year Book for 1919
Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs
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29th Parliament
By-elections
30th Parliament of the United Kingdom
31st Parliament
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