House of Commons
The House of Commons of Southern Ireland as established under the original version Fourth Home Rule Bill was intended as the sole chamber of the Parliament; however the final version of the bill established two chambers with the House of Commons as the lower house of the Parliament. It consisted of 128 members who were styled as being Members of Parliament and whose presiding officer was to be known as the Speaker of the House of Commons. The basic features of the House were constructed from those of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom which was structured in a similar manner. The voting method for the election of MPs was the Single transferable vote with the bill prescribing 16 members being elected from multimember borough constituencies, 104 from multimember county constituencies and 8 being elected from graduates of Irish Universities, with all members having equal standing in the eyes of the House. The borough and county constituencies replaced those used for Westminster elections with new multi-member ones. The University seats were broken down into 4 for the University of Dublin and 4 for the National University of Ireland.
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