An election to Belfast Corporation took place in 1914 as part of that year's Irish local elections. This would be the last election before the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1919, which would replace the traditional FPTP based ward system with an STV system based on proportional representation. The election saw Unionists continuing their dominance of the council, winning a massive majority of the council's seats.
Sixteen seats were up for election, with a total of forty-eight candidates nominated. Publican John Boston was nominated for every seat, in order to ensure that they would have a contest. The Falls and St Anne's wards had the most candidates, with seven each. Arthur Trew stood in both the Falls and Shankill wards."Municipal elections in the provinces", Irish Times, 10 January 1914
After the election Crawford McCullagh was elected by the new council as Lord Mayor of Belfast.
Council composition by party PartySeats± 52 8Totals60
Results by party PartySeats±Votes%±% 1412,94471.88 22,31612.86 01,2827.12John Boston01,2186.76 02471.37Totals1618,007100.00—
Ward results Clifton Ward
Cromac Ward
Court Ward
Dock Ward
Duncairn Ward
Falls Ward
Ormeau Ward
Pottinger Ward
St. Anne's Ward
Shankhill Ward
St George's Ward
Smithfield
Victoria Ward
Windsor Ward
Woodvale Ward
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