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East Cavan by-election, 1918 : ウィキペディア英語版 | East Cavan by-election, 1918
The East Cavan by-election, 1918 was a parliamentary by-election held for the United Kingdom House of Commons constituency of East Cavan on 20 June 1918. The election was caused by the death of the sitting member, Samuel Young of the Irish Parliamentary Party.〔Michael Laffan, ''The Resurrection of Ireland'', (Cambridge University Press, 1999) page 147-9.〕 ==Background== It was clear for a long time that a by-election was likely, as Young was 96 years old and had been in poor health; Sinn Féin's preparations had begun as long as a year in advance. Within days of his death, the party's founder and former leader, Arthur Griffith, was nominated as its candidate.〔 The political climate was tense. Having won four by-elections in 1917 - in North Roscommon, South Longford, East Clare and Kilkenny City - Sinn Féin had appeared to be winning a majority of support of the Nationalist population. But since the beginning of the year, the Irish Parliamentary Party had won three seats - South Armagh, Waterford City and East Tyrone - in by-elections. With the Irish Convention, boycotted by Sinn Féin, about to present its report on proposals for implementing self-government for Ireland, there was a possibility that Sinn Féin support might be receding. At this point, the British government made what is now generally regarded as a catastrophic misjudgement.〔Diarmaid Ferriter, ''The Transformation of Ireland 1900-2000'' (Profile Books, 2004), pages 181-183.〕 With losses mounting on the Western Front, Prime Minister Lloyd George decided to tie proposals for self-government to the extension of conscription to Ireland. The backlash among the Nationalist population was strong. On the day of Young's death, an Anti-Conscription Committee was formed in Dublin, which included Griffith and John Dillon, newly elected leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party. The next day, Sinn Féin took the seat of Tullamore in an uncontested by-election, the Irish Parliamentary Party candidate having withdrawn in the interest of national unity. On 23 April, a one-day general strike brought the country to a halt.
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