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Template:Dáil Éireann constituency infobox Dublin Central (Irish: Baile Atha Cliath Lár) is a parliamentary constituency in Ireland which is represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It is located in the north inner city and suburbs of Dublin. The constituency has an electorate of 62,180 and at present is served by 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known in English as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

A Dublin Central constituency was created for the first time in 1969 and used in the 1969 and 1973 general elections. However it was abolished in 1977. In its current incarnation, the seat was created in 1980, taking in most of the abolished Dublin Cabra constituency together with the inner half of Dublin North Central and smaller parts of the abolished Dublin Finglas.

Details

The Dublin Central constituency encompasses an area to the north side of the river Liffey including:

It comprises the local government wards of:

  • North Inner City and
  • Cabra Glasnevin.

The most high profile TD in the constituency is the former Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern. The death of sitting TD Tony Gregory on 2 January 2009 has precipitated a by-election, which is expected to be held later in 2009.

TDs

TDs 1969–1977

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Central 1969–1977[1]
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
19th 1969 Vivion de Valera
(FF) 		Frank Cluskey
(Lab) 		Maurice E. Dockrell
(FG) 		Thomas J. Fitzpatrick
(FF)
20th 1973
21st 1977 Constituency abolished

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.

TDs since 1981

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Central 1981–[1]
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
22nd 1981 Bertie Ahern
(FF) 		Michael Keating
(FG) 		George Colley
(FF) 		Alice Glenn
(FG) 		Michael O'Leary
(Lab)
23rd 1982 (Feb) Tony Gregory
(Ind)
24th 1982 (Nov) Alice Glenn
(FG)
1983 by-election Tom Leonard
(FF)
25th 1987[2] Michael Keating
(PDs) 		Dermot Fitzpatrick
(FF) 		John Stafford
(FF)
26th 1989[3] Pat Lee
(FG)
27th 1992[4] Jim Mitchell
(FG) 		Joe Costello
(Lab) 		4 seats
from 1992
28th 1997[5] Marian McGennis
(FF)
29th 2002[6] Joe Costello
(Lab) 		Dermot Fitzpatrick
(FF)
30th 2007[7] Cyprian Brady
(FF)
2009 by-election Maureen O'Sullivan
(Ind)

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.

Elections

2009 by-election

Main article: Dublin Central by-election, 2009

Following the death of Tony Gregory, a by-election was held on 5 June 2009. It was won by Independent candidate Maureen O'Sullivan.

Dublin Central by-election, 2009[8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Maureen O'Sullivan[9] 26.9 7,639 7,711 7,862 8,105 8,341 9,352 11,062 13,739
Fine Gael Paschal Donohoe[10] 22.7 6,439 6,461 6,488 6,578 6,737 7,412 7,880 10,198
Labour Ivana Bacik[11] 17.3 4,926 4,931 5,008 5,073 5,338 5,774 6,537  
Sinn Féin Christy Burke[12] 13.3 3,770 3,780 3,902 3,990 4,042 4,420    
Fianna Fáil Maurice Ahern[13] 12.3 3,483 3,512 3,526 3,564 3,621      
Green David Geary[10] 2.9 819 829 849 893        
Immigration Control Patrick Talbot[14] 2.2 614 636 676          
Workers' Party of Ireland Malachy Steenson[15] 1.8 519 528            
Christian Solidarity Paul O'Loughlin[16] 0.7 203              
Electorate: 62,141   Valid: 28,412   Spoilt: 391   Quota: 14,207   Turnout: 46.3%  

2007 general election

2007 General Election: Dublin Central[7]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Bertie Ahern 12,734 36.8 1 1
Independent Tony Gregory 4,649 13.4 2 6
Labour Joe Costello 4,353 12.6 3 8
Fianna Fáil Cyprian Brady 939 2.7 4 8
Fine Gael Paschal Donohoe 3,302 9.5
Sinn Féin Mary Lou McDonald 3,182 9.2
Green Patricia McKenna 1,995 5.8
Fianna Fáil Mary Fitzpatrick 1,725 5.0
Independent Cieran Perry 952 2.7
Christian Solidarity Paul O'Loughlin 260 0.8
Immigration Control Patrick Talbot 239 0.7
Progressive Democrats Jerry Hannon 193 0.6
Fathers Rights Alan Beirne 116 0.3

2002 general election

2002 General Election: Dublin Central[6]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Bertie Ahern 10,896 31.97 1 1
Independent Tony Gregory 5,675 16.65 2 4
Labour Joe Costello 4,149 12.17 3 7
Fianna Fáil Dermot Fitzpatrick 2,592 7.61 4 7
Sinn Féin Nicky Kehoe 4,979 14.61    
Fine Gael Jim Mitchell 3,798 11.06    
Green Tommy Simpson 1,470 4.31    
Christian Solidarity Paul O'Loughlin 366 1.07    
Independent Tom Prendeville 97 0.28    
Independent Patrick O'Donnell 89 0.26    

February 1982 general election

23rd Irish General Election– 18 February 1982
Candidate Party Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10
style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Bertie Ahern Fianna Fáil 8570
style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | Michael Keating Fine Gael 8000
style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | George Colley Fianna Fáil 7542 8174
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | Michael O'Leary Labour Party 5042 5063 5137 5151 5183 5210 5320 5715 6012 6511
style="background-color: Template:Independent politician (Ireland)/meta/color" | Tony Gregory Independent 4703 4730 4752 4768 4815 4861 5414 6458 6555 7737
style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Tom Leonard Fianna Fáil 2990 3131 3137 3551 3558 4113 4276 4485 4525
style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | Alice Glenn Fine Gael 2971 2991 3164 3168 3180 3193 3239 3337 5061 5412
style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | Luke Belton Fine Gael 2023 2046 2138 2140 2147 2162 2187 2246
style="background-color: Template:Workers Party (Ireland)/meta/color" | Michael White Sinn Féin the Workers Party 1672 1678 1681 1684 1710 1740 2084
style="background-color: Template:Sinn Féin/meta/color" | Christy Burke Sinn Féin 1458 1472 1475 1479 1485 1505
style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | Michael Ward Fianna Fáil 611 670 672 764 776
style="background-color: Template:Independent politician (Ireland)/meta/color" | Leo Martin Independent 160 163 164 165
Electorate=74713, Valid=45742, Spoilt=438, Quota=7624

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918-92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0 901714 96 8. ISSN 0332-0286.
  2. ^ "General election 1987: Dublin Central". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  3. ^ "General election 1989: Dublin Central". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  4. ^ "General election 1992: Dublin Central". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  5. ^ "General election 1997: Dublin Central". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  6. ^ a b "General election 2002: Dublin Central". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  7. ^ a b "General election 2007: Dublin Central". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
  8. ^ "Dublin Central". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 7 June 2009.
  9. ^ "FF to press ahead with poll despite Ahern's resistance". Irish Independent. 3 March 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
  10. ^ a b "By-elections: events to date". The Irish Times. 5 May 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  11. ^ "RTÉ's Lee to stand for FG in Dublin South". RTÉ News. 5 May 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
  12. ^ "Christy Burke to run for Sinn Féin". The Irish Times. 11 May 2009. Retrieved 11 May 2009.
  13. ^ "Parties select bye-election candidates". RTÉ News. 6 May 2009. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
  14. ^ "Patrick Talbot". ICP website. Retrieved 10 May 2009.
  15. ^ "Press release". 7 April 2009. Retrieved 7 April 2009.
  16. ^ "Paul O'Loughlin". Candidate Debate on Vincent Browne - Nightly News (TV3) - Air Date: Tuesday 19th May 2009. Retrieved 22 May 2009.

External links

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