Seats vacant on dissolution Eight seats were vacant when Parliament was dissolved prior to the
1922 general election: •
Tipperary East--
Pierce McCan (Sinn Féin) died 6 March 1919 •
Cork Mid--
Terence MacSwiney (Sinn Féin) died 25 October 1920 •
Dublin North--
Frank Lawless (Sinn Féin) died 16 April 1922 •
Longford--
Joseph McGuinness (Sinn Féin) died 31 May 1922 •
County Waterford--
Cathal Brugha (Sinn Féin) died 7 July 1922 •
Roscommon South--
Harry Boland (Sinn Féin) died 2 August 1922 •
Cavan East--
Arthur Griffith (Sinn Féin) died 12 August 1922 •
Cork South--
Michael Collins (Sinn Féin) died 22 August 1922 These 5 seats formed part of
Southern Ireland, envisaged by the
Government of Ireland Act 1920, and were to be part of the forthcoming
Irish Free State, as envisaged by the
Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, and thus were not part of the 1922 House of Commons election. •
Tyrone North-West--
Arthur Griffith (Sinn Féin) died 12 August 1922 – seat replaced by
Fermanagh and Tyrone for the House of Commons 1922 election. == Changes ==