1918 Waterford City by-election

{{Short description|UK Parliamentary by-election}}

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The 1918 Waterford City by-election was held on 22 March 1918.{{cite book |last=Craig |first=F.W.S. |date=1987 |title=Chronology of British Parliamentary By-elections 1833–1987 |location=Chichester |publisher=Parliamentary Research Services |page=301}}{{cite book |last=Walker |first=Brian Mercer |title=Parliamentary Election Results in Ireland, 1801-1922 |location=Dublin |year=1978 |publisher=Royal Irish Academy |page=185 |isbn=0-901714-12-7 }}{{cite book |author= |date=1919 |title=The Constitutional Year Book for 1919 |url=https://archive.org/details/constitutional1919londuoft/ |location=London |publisher=National Unionist Association |page=339 |isbn=}}

The by-election was held due to the death of the incumbent Irish Parliamentary MP, John Redmond. The Irish Parliamentary candidate William Redmond,{{Rayment-hc|date=May 2021}} his son, defeated Vincent White, the Sinn Féin candidate, by 1,242 votes to 745.{{cite news|title=Waterford Election Result|work=Irish Times|date=30 March 1918}} Redmond had resigned his seat in East Tyrone to contest the seat.{{cite news|title=The Waterford Election|work=Cork Examiner|date=15 March 1918}}

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 Irish Parliamentary Party. Although he retained his seat in the general election of December that year, he did not take part in the First Dáil.

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|title=By-election 29 March 1918: Waterford City{{cite news|title=Waterford Election Result|work=Irish Times|date=30 March 1918}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Irish Parliamentary Party

|candidate = William Redmond

|votes = 1,242

|percentage = 62.5

|change = N/A

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|party = Sinn Féin

|candidate = Vincent White

|votes = 745

|percentage = 37.5

|change = New

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{{Election box majority|

|votes = 497

|percentage = 25.0

|change = N/A

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{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 1,987

|percentage = 66.9

|change = N/A

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{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Irish Parliamentary Party

|swing = N/A

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