Dublin County North (Dáil constituency)
| Dublin County North | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary constituency | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1969 |
| Abolished | 1981 |
| Seats | 4 (1969–1977) 3 (1977–1981) |
| County/City council | County Dublin |
Dublin County North was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1969 to 1981. The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
History
The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969 for the 1969 general election, electing 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, it was reduced to 3 seats from 1977 onwards. It was abolished by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980.
Boundaries
The constituency boundaries were defined as: "The administrative county of Dublin, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituency of Dublin County South and in the constituency of Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown and the Baldoyle ward in the county borough of Dublin."[1]
TDs
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin County North 1969–1981[2] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
| |||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | ||||
| 19th | 1969[3] | Justin Keating (Lab) |
Patrick Burke (FF) |
Desmond Foley (FF) |
Mark Clinton (FG) | ||||
| 20th | 1973[4] | Seán Walsh (FF) | |||||||
| 21st | 1977[5] | 3 seats 1977–1981 |
Ray Burke (FF) |
Joe Fox (FF) |
John Boland (FG) | ||||
| 22nd | 1981 | 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.
Elections
1977 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Ray Burke | 33.0 | 11,794 | |||||||
| Fine Gael | John Boland | 20.6 | 7,367 | 7,456 | 7,575 | 9,101 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Patricia McGill | 12.2 | 4,340 | 5,108 | 5,140 | 5,230 | 5,677 | 5,692 | 6,571 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Fox | 10.1 | 3,618 | 5,479 | 5,514 | 5,578 | 5,896 | 5,906 | 6,870 | |
| Labour | Patrick Murphy | 9.5 | 3,373 | 3,415 | 4,334 | 4,464 | 5,536 | 5,684 | ||
| Independent | Eamonn O'Brien | 6.1 | 2,189 | 2,226 | 2,337 | 2,364 | ||||
| Fine Gael | John Corry | 5.0 | 1,770 | 1,808 | 1,866 | |||||
| Labour | Seán Ryan | 3.5 | 1,260 | 1,291 | ||||||
| Electorate: 52,608 Valid: 35,711 Spoilt: 309 (0.9%) Quota: 8,928 Turnout: 36,020 (68.4%)[6] | ||||||||||
1973 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Ray Burke | 10,652 | 24.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fine Gael | Mark Clinton | 5,730 | 12.9 | 4 | ||
| Labour | Justin Keating | 5,570 | 12.6 | 2 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Walsh | 5,381 | 12.2 | 3 | ||
| Fine Gael | John Boland | 5,263 | 11.9 | |||
| Aontacht Éireann | Desmond Foley | 3,387 | 7.7 | |||
| Labour | Michael Gannon | 3,215 | 7.3 | |||
| Labour | Maire Walsh | 2,226 | 5.0 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Dungan | 1,588 | 3.6 | |||
| Fine Gael | Denis Farrell | 1,253 | 2.8 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 44,265 Quota: 8,854 Turnout: | ||||||
1969 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Burke | 8,050 | 21.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Desmond Foley | 5,231 | 14.2 | 3 | ||
| Labour | Justin Keating | 4,198 | 11.4 | 4 | ||
| Fine Gael | Mark Clinton | 4,050 | 11.0 | 2 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Walsh | 3,335 | 9.0 | |||
| Labour | Michael Gannon | 2,900 | 7.8 | |||
| Fine Gael | John Boland | 2,368 | 6.4 | |||
| Labour | Joseph Connolly | 2,281 | 6.2 | |||
| Fine Gael | Éamon Rooney | 2,092 | 5.7 | |||
| Labour | Patrick Murphy | 1,778 | 4.8 | |||
| Fine Gael | Anthony Butterley | 688 | 1.9 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 36,971 Quota: 7,395 Turnout: | ||||||
See also
- Dáil constituencies
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- Historic Dáil constituencies
- Elections in the Republic of Ireland
References
- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1969: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 31 August 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.
- ^ a b "General election 1969: Dublin County North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 1973: Dublin County North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 1977: Dublin County North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ The Irish Times, 20 June 1977, p7–10
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