A Dáil by-election was held in the constituency of Wexford in the Irish Free State on Monday, 17 August 1936, to fill a vacancy in the 8th Dáil. It followed the death of Fine Gael TD Osmond Esmonde on 22 July 1936.
In 1936, Wexford was a five seat constituency comprising County Wexford. The writ of election to fill the vacancy was agreed by the Dáil on 30 July 1936. The by-election was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Denis Allen.
The surplus votes of the elected candidate Denis Allen, were distributed after being declared elected. This was because there was a possibility another candidate could have reached the threshold of a third of a quota which would have meant their election deposit was returned to them.
It was the last by-election held in the Irish Free state, as the Constitution of Ireland came into force on 29 December 1937, and the state become Ireland. The runner-up John Esmonde of Fine Gael was elected for Wexford at the 1937 general election.
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