Cavan (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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Cavan was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1921 to 1977 returned deputies (Teachtaí Dála or TDs) to Dáil Éireann, the lower house of parliament in the Republic of Ireland. The method of election was the Single Transferable Vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

From 1921 to 1923, Cavan elected three deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known in English as TDs). This was increased to with effect four from 1923 general election, and reduced to three with effect from the 1961 general election to 1977.

At the 1977 general election, the Cavan constituency was combined with Monaghan to form the new five-seat Cavan–Monaghan constituency.

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 TDs 3 Elections 3.1 1973 general election 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency spanned most of the area of County Cavan.

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[edit] TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cavan 1921–1977[1]
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
2nd	1921		Arthur Griffith (SF)		Peter Galligan (SF)		Seán Milroy (SF)	3 seats 1921–1923
3rd	1922		Arthur Griffith (Pro-Treaty)		Walter Cole (Pro-Treaty)		Seán Milroy (Pro-Treaty)
4th	1923		Paddy Smith (SF)		John Cole (Ind)		Seán Milroy (CnaG)		Patrick Baxter (FP)
	1925 by-election						John Joe O'Reilly (CnaG)
5th	1927 (Jun)		Paddy Smith (FF)		John O'Hanlon (Ind)
6th	1927 (Sep)								John Cole (Ind)
7th	1932								Michael Sheridan (FF)
8th	1933				Patrick McGovern (NCP)
9th	1937				Patrick McGovern (FG)		John Cole (Ind)
10th	1938
11th	1943				Patrick O'Reilly (CnaT)
12th	1944						Tom O'Reilly (Ind)
13th	1948				John Tully (CnaP)		Patrick O'Reilly (Ind)
14th	1951						Patrick O'Reilly (FG)
15th	1954
16th	1957
17th	1961				Séamus Dolan (FF)			3 seats 1961–1977
18th	1965				Tom Fitzpatrick (FG)		John Tully (CnaP)
19th	1969						Patrick O'Reilly (FG)
20th	1973						John P. Wilson (FF)
21st	1977	Constituency abolished: see Cavan–Monaghan

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

[edit] Elections

[edit] 1973 general election

1973 General Election: Cavan[1][2]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Tom Fitzpatrick	7,276	28.14	1	0
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Smith	5,979	23.12	2	0
	Fianna Fáil	John Wilson	3,846	14.87	3	0
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Reilly	3,459	13.38
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Dolan	3,231	12.49
	Independent	James Kelly	2,068	8.00

[edit] See also

• Cavan–Monaghan constituency
• Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
• List of historic Dáil Éireann constituencies
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland
• List of Irish by-elections
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Oireachtas Members Database

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