Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown (Dáil constituency)
Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown | |
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Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary constituency | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1948 |
Abolished | 1977 |
Seats | 3 (1948–1961) 4 (1961–1977) |
County/City council | County Dublin |
Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1948 to 1977. The constituency elected 3 (and later 4) deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
History
The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, for the 1948 general election to Dáil Éireann.[1] It initially returned 3 TDs but under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961, it was increased to 4 from 1961 onwards. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974 with effect from the 1977 general election, and replaced by the new constituency of Dún Laoghaire.
Boundaries
The constituency consisted of the borough of Dún Laoghaire and the District Electoral Divisions of Sallynoggin Ballybrack, Dundrum, Glencullen, Milltown, Rathfarnham, Rathmichael, Stillorgan and Whitechurch.[1]
TDs
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown 1948–1969[2] | |||||||||
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Key to parties
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | ||||
13th | 1948[3] | Seán Brady (FF) |
Joseph Brennan (CnaP) |
Liam Cosgrave (FG) |
3 seats until 1961 | ||||
14th | 1951[4] | H. Percy Dockrell (FG) | |||||||
15th | 1954[5] | ||||||||
16th | 1957[6] | Lionel Booth (FF) | |||||||
17th | 1961[7] | H. Percy Dockrell (FG) | |||||||
18th | 1965[8] | David Andrews (FF) | |||||||
19th | 1969[9] | Barry Desmond (Lab) | |||||||
20th | 1973[10] | ||||||||
21st | 1977 | Constituency abolished. See Dún Laoghaire |
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
1973 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fine Gael | Liam Cosgrave | 13,054 | 31.1 | 1 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | David Andrews | 10,926 | 26.0 | 2 | 1 | |
Labour | Barry Desmond | 5,768 | 13.7 | 3 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Neville Keery | 3,642 | 8.7 | |||
Fine Gael | Michael Carroll | 2,537 | 6.0 | |||
Fine Gael | H. Percy Dockrell | 2,206 | 5.3 | 4 | ||
Labour | Flor O'Mahony | 2,072 | 4.9 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Eric Leonard | 1,209 | 2.9 | |||
Independent | Vincent MacDowell | 591 | 1.4 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 42,005 Quota: 8,402 Turnout: |
1969 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fine Gael | Liam Cosgrave | 10,825 | 28.8 | 1 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | David Andrews | 10,292 | 27.4 | 2 | 1 | |
Labour | Barry Desmond | 2,870 | 7.7 | 4 | ||
Labour | Flor O'Mahony | 2,570 | 6.9 | |||
Fine Gael | H. Percy Dockrell | 2,252 | 6.0 | 3 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Neville Keery | 2,155 | 5.7 | |||
Fine Gael | Michael Carroll | 2,049 | 5.5 | |||
Independent | Proinsias Mac Aonghusa | 1,446 | 3.9 | |||
Labour | James Byrne | 1,386 | 3.7 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Carmel Gleeson | 1,097 | 2.9 | |||
Independent | James Guinan | 594 | 1.6 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 37,536 Quota: 7,508 Turnout: |
1965 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fine Gael | Liam Cosgrave | 9,696 | 25.7 | 1 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | David Andrews | 7,932 | 21.0 | 2 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Lionel Booth | 5,312 | 14.1 | 3 | ||
Labour | John Fitzgerald | 4,814 | 12.8 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Seán Brady | 4,680 | 12.4 | |||
Fine Gael | H. Percy Dockrell | 2,780 | 7.4 | 4 | ||
Fine Gael | James Guinan | 1,816 | 4.8 | |||
Independent | James Deegan | 707 | 1.9 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 37,737 Quota: 7,548 Turnout: |
1961 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fine Gael | Liam Cosgrave | 7,154 | 23.6 | 1 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Seán Brady | 4,994 | 16.6 | 2 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Lionel Booth | 4,859 | 16.0 | 4 | ||
Fine Gael | H. Percy Dockrell | 3,502 | 11.6 | 3 | ||
Fine Gael | Joseph Brennan | 2,926 | 9.7 | |||
Labour | John Fitzgerald | 2,925 | 9.6 | |||
Independent | Seamus Bohan | 2,005 | 6.6 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Slattery | 1,968 | 6.5 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 30,333 Quota: 6,067 Turnout: |
1957 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fine Gael | Liam Cosgrave | 11,107 | 30.8 | 1 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Lionel Booth | 8,852 | 24.6 | 2 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Seán Brady | 7,467 | 20.7 | 3 | ||
Labour | John Fitzgerald | 3,919 | 10.9 | |||
Fine Gael | H. Percy Dockrell | 2,924 | 8.1 | |||
Clann na Poblachta | Patrick Begley | 1,780 | 4.9 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 36,049 Quota: 9,013 Turnout: |
1954 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fine Gael | Liam Cosgrave | 13,609 | 36.4 | 1 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Lionel Booth | 5,941 | 15.9 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Seán Brady | 5,545 | 14.8 | 3 | ||
Labour | Joseph Brennan | 5,043 | 13.5 | |||
Fine Gael | H. Percy Dockrell | 4,221 | 11.3 | 2 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Matthew Cullen | 3,008 | 8.1 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 37,367 Quota: 9,342 Turnout: |
1951 general election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Fine Gael | Liam Cosgrave | 30.7 | 10,043 | |||||
Fianna Fáil | Seán Brady | 25.3 | 8,254 | |||||
Fine Gael | Henry Percy Dockrell | 13.8 | 4,505 | 6,145 | 6,147 | 6,212 | 8,807 | |
Labour | Joseph P. Brennan | 12.6 | 4,107 | 4,268 | 4,275 | 4,425 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Matthew Joseph Cullen | 11.6 | 3,800 | 3,845 | 3,905 | 5,654 | 6,811 | |
Fianna Fáil | Matthew Smith | 6.1 | 1,986 | 2,009 | 2,020 | |||
Electorate: 49,403 Valid: 32,695 Quota: 8,174 Turnout: 66.18% |
1948 general election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Fine Gael | Liam Cosgrave | 24.2 | 7,521 | 7,750 | 7,849 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Seán Brady | 22.0 | 6,823 | 6,960 | 9,610 | |||
Fine Gael | Henry M. Dockrell | 16.6 | 5,133 | 5,321 | 5,373 | 5,966 | 6,327 | |
Clann na Poblachta | Joseph Patrick Brennan | 12.3 | 3,811 | 4,204 | 4,326 | 4,832 | 8,112 | |
Clann na Poblachta | Noel Hartnett | 10.6 | 3,281 | 3,703 | 3,775 | 3,968 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Matt Cullen | 9.5 | 2,953 | 3,044 | ||||
Labour | Arnold Marsh | 4.8 | 1,502 | |||||
Electorate: 44,212 Valid: 31,024 Quota: 7,757 Turnout: 70.17% |
See also
- Dáil constituencies
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- Historic Dáil constituencies
- Elections in the Republic of Ireland
References
- ^ a b "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
- ^ Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
- ^ "General election 1948: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
- ^ "General election 1951: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
- ^ a b "General election 1954: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
- ^ a b "General election 1957: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
- ^ a b "General election 1961: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
- ^ a b "General election 1965: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
- ^ a b "General election 1969: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
- ^ a b "General election 1973: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
- ^ a b Gallagher, Michael (2009). Irish Elections 1948–77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2. Routledge. ISBN 9781138973343.
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