Galway East (Dáil constituency)
Galway East | |
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Dáil Éireann Parliamentary constituency | |
Current constituency | |
Created | 1977 |
Seats | 4 (1977–1981) 3 (1981–1997) 4 (1997–2016) 3 (2016–) |
TDs |
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County council | Galway County Council |
EP constituency | Midlands–North-West |
Galway East | |
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Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary constituency | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1937 |
Abolished | 1948 |
Seats | 4 |
County council | County Galway |
Galway East | |
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Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary constituency | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1961 |
Abolished | 1969 |
Seats | 5 |
County council | County Galway |
Galway East is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
History and boundaries
The constituency was created for the 1937 general election, under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, when the former Galway constituency was split into Galway East and Galway West. It was abolished in 1948 and recreated in 1961. It was abolished again in 1969 and recreated in its current form in 1977.
It spans the entire area of the eastern half of County Galway, taking in the towns of Ballinasloe, Tuam, Portumna and Loughrea and many other areas.[1]
The Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013 defines the constituency as:[2]
- "In the county of Galway the electoral divisions of:
- Abbeygormacan, Aughrim, Ballymacward, Clonfert, Kilconnell, Killaan, Killallaghtan, Killoran, Kilmacshane, Kiltormer, Laurencetown, Oatfield, in the former Rural District of Ballinasloe No. 1;
- Scregg, in the former Rural District of Glennamaddy;
- Ardamullivan, Ardrahan, Ballycahalan, Beagh, Cahermore, Cappard, Castletaylor, Doorus, Drumacoo, Gort, Kilbeacanty, Killeely, Killeenavarra, Killinny, Kiltartan, Kilthomas, Kinvarra, Rahasane, Skehanagh, in the former Rural District of Gort;
- Aille, Athenry, Ballynagar, Bracklagh, Bullaun, Cappalusk, Castleboy, Cloonkeen, Colmanstown, Craughwell, Derrylaur, Drumkeary, Graigabbey, Grange, Greethill, Kilchreest, Kilconickny, Kilconierin, Killimor, Killogilleen, Kilmeen, Kilreekill, Kilteskill, Kiltullagh, Lackalea, Leitrim, Loughatorick, Loughrea Rural, Loughrea Urban, Marblehill, Mountain, Movode, Raford, Tiaquin, Woodford, in the former Rural District of Loughrea;
- Annagh, Cooloo, Derryglassaun, Mount Bellew, Mounthazel, in the former Rural District of Mount Bellew;
- Abbeyville, Ballyglass, Coos, Derrew, Drummin, Eyrecourt, Killimor, Kilmalinoge, Kilquain, Meelick, Moat, Pallas, Portumna, Tiranascragh, Tynagh, in the former Rural District of Portumna;
- Abbey East, Abbey West, Addergoole, Annaghdown, Ballinderry, Ballinduff, Ballynapark, Beaghmore, Belclare, Carrownagur, Carrowrevagh, Claretuam, Clonbern, Cloonkeen, Cummer, Donaghpatrick, Doonbally, Dunmore South, Foxhall, Headford, Hillsbrook, Kilbennan, Kilcoona, Killeany, Killeen, Killererin, Killower, Killursa, Kilmoylan, Kilshanvy, Levally, Milltown, Monivea, Moyne, Ryehill, Tuam Rural, Tuam Urban, in the former Rural District of Tuam."
TDs
TDs 1937–1948
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Galway East 1937–1948[3] | |||||||||
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Key to parties
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | ||||
9th | 1937[4] | Frank Fahy[5] (Ceann Comhairle) |
Mark Killilea, Snr (FF) |
Patrick Beegan (FF) |
Seán Broderick (FG) | ||||
10th | 1938[6] | ||||||||
11th | 1943[7] | Michael Donnellan (CnaT) | |||||||
12th | 1944[8] | ||||||||
13th | 1948 | Constituency abolished. See Galway North and Galway South |
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 1961–1969
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Galway East 1961–1969[3] | |||||||||||
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Key to parties
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||||
17th | 1961[9] | Michael F. Kitt (FF) |
Michael Donnellan (CnaT) |
Anthony Millar (FF) |
Michael Carty (FF) |
Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins (FG) | |||||
1964 by-election[10] | John Donnellan (FG) | ||||||||||
18th | 1965[11] | ||||||||||
19th | 1969 | Constituency abolished. See Galway North–East and Clare–Galway South |
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 1977
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Galway East 1977–[3] | |||||||||||
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Key to parties
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | ||||||
21st | 1977[12] | Johnny Callanan (FF) |
Thomas Hussey (FF) |
Mark Killilea, Jnr (FF) |
John Donnellan (FG) | ||||||
22nd | 1981[13] | Michael P. Kitt (FF) |
Paul Connaughton, Snr (FG) |
3 seats 1981–1997 | |||||||
23rd | 1982 (Feb)[14] | ||||||||||
1982 by-election[15] | Noel Treacy (FF) | ||||||||||
24th | 1982 (Nov)[16] | ||||||||||
25th | 1987[17] | ||||||||||
26th | 1989[18] | ||||||||||
27th | 1992[19] | ||||||||||
28th | 1997[20] | Ulick Burke (FG) | |||||||||
29th | 2002[21] | Joe Callanan (FF) |
Paddy McHugh (Ind) | ||||||||
30th | 2007[22] | Michael P. Kitt (FF) |
Ulick Burke (FG) | ||||||||
31st | 2011[23] | Colm Keaveney (Lab) |
Ciarán Cannon (FG) |
Paul Connaughton, Jnr (FG) | |||||||
32nd | 2016[24] | Seán Canney (Ind) |
Anne Rabbitte (FF) |
3 seats since 2016 |
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
2016 general election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Independent | Seán Canney | 18.7 | 8,447 | 8,713 | 9,072 | 10,196 | 10,969 | 12,707 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Anne Rabbitte | 15.3 | 6,928 | 6,995 | 7,566 | 7,966 | 8,791 | 12,255 | ||
Fine Gael | Ciarán Cannon | 15.7 | 7,123 | 7,220 | 7,650 | 7,812 | 9,519 | 9,920 | 10,157 | |
Fine Gael | Paul Connaughton, Jnr | 14.3 | 6,474 | 6,536 | 6,689 | 6,812 | 7,866 | 8,361 | 8,853 | |
Fianna Fáil | Colm Keaveney | 12.0 | 5,436 | 5,511 | 5,823 | 6,127 | 6,700 | |||
Labour | Lorraine Higgins | 10.0 | 4,531 | 4,792 | 5,080 | 5,470 | ||||
Sinn Féin | Anne Marie Roche | 5.9 | 2,683 | 2,968 | 3,159 | |||||
Independent | Michael Fahy | 5.2 | 2,358 | 2,418 | ||||||
Green | Mairead Ni Chroinin | 1.7 | 769 | |||||||
Direct Democracy | Aengus Melia | 1.1 | 489 | |||||||
Electorate: 68,432 Valid: 45,238 Spoilt: 379 (0.8%) Quota: 11,310 Turnout: 45,617 (66.7%) |
2011 general election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Michael P. Kitt | 11.1 | 6,585 | 6,632 | 6,860 | 9,526 | 9,793 | 10,223 | 11,115 | 12,850 | ||
Fine Gael | Paul Connaughton, Jnr | 12.2 | 7,255 | 7,310 | 7,552 | 7,802 | 8,091 | 9,824 | 10,877 | 12,610 | ||
Fine Gael | Ciarán Cannon | 11.7 | 6,927 | 7,061 | 7,268 | 7,565 | 8,125 | 9,962 | 10,279 | 11,861 | ||
Labour | Colm Keaveney | 7.2 | 4,254 | 4,344 | 4,693 | 4,785 | 7,236 | 7,469 | 8,636 | 9,806 | 10,126 | |
Fine Gael | Tom McHugh | 9.8 | 5,832 | 5,868 | 5,950 | 6,034 | 6,125 | 6,736 | 8,371 | 8,665 | 8,848 | |
Independent | Tim Broderick | 8.7 | 5,137 | 5,242 | 6,278 | 6,516 | 6,846 | 7,641 | 8,365 | |||
Independent | Seán Canney | 9.4 | 5,567 | 5,645 | 5,940 | 6,127 | 6,341 | 6,431 | ||||
Fine Gael | Jimmy McClearn | 9.1 | 5,395 | 5,440 | 5,634 | 5,778 | 5,987 | |||||
Labour | Lorraine Higgins | 6.0 | 3,577 | 3,813 | 4,423 | 4,651 | ||||||
Fianna Fáil | Michael F. Dolan | 6.9 | 4,109 | 4,155 | 4,290 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Dermot Connolly | 6.1 | 3,635 | 3,723 | ||||||||
Independent | Emer O'Donnell | 1.0 | 601 | |||||||||
Green | Ciarán Kennedy | 0.7 | 402 | |||||||||
Electorate: 83,651 Valid: 59,276 Spoilt: 560 (0.9%) Quota: 11,856 Turnout: 59,836 (71.5%) |
2007 general election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Fine Gael | Paul Connaughton, Snr | 12.3 | 6,886 | 6,989 | 7,113 | 7,398 | 7,698 | 8,315 | 9,927 | 13,058 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Michael P. Kitt | 15.8 | 8,796 | 8,911 | 9,121 | 9,327 | 9,720 | 10,637 | 11,077 | 12,225 | ||
Fine Gael | Ulick Burke | 9.2 | 5,149 | 5,318 | 5,443 | 5,645 | 6,194 | 6,316 | 8,612 | 9,641 | 11,183 | |
Fianna Fáil | Noel Treacy | 13.5 | 7,524 | 7,668 | 7,817 | 7,943 | 8,895 | 9,399 | 9,805 | 10,316 | 10,591 | |
Fianna Fáil | Joe Callanan | 10.4 | 5,817 | 5,922 | 6,135 | 6,184 | 6,802 | 6,950 | 7,709 | 7,850 | 7,932 | |
Fine Gael | Tom McHugh | 8.8 | 4,881 | 4,958 | 5,019 | 5,529 | 5,584 | 6,710 | 6,936 | |||
Fine Gael | John Barton | 8.8 | 4,916 | 5,079 | 5,435 | 5,663 | 6,050 | 6,218 | ||||
Independent | Paddy McHugh | 5.8 | 3,224 | 3,382 | 3,602 | 4,051 | 4,212 | |||||
Progressive Democrats | Ciarán Cannon | 6.0 | 3,321 | 3,447 | 3,507 | 3,599 | ||||||
Labour | Colm Keaveney | 3.1 | 1,747 | 2,120 | 2,371 | |||||||
Sinn Féin | Jason Devlin | 3.2 | 1,789 | 1,953 | ||||||||
Green | Maíread Ní Chroínín | 1.9 | 1,057 | |||||||||
Independent | Adrian Feeney | 0.7 | 397 | |||||||||
Independent | Clare Flynn | 0.5 | 290 | |||||||||
Electorate: 81,684 Valid: 55,794 Spoilt: 480 (0.8%) Quota: 11,159 Turnout: 56,274 (68.9%) |
2002 general election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Fine Gael | Paul Connaughton, Snr | 17.5 | 8,635 | 8,766 | 8,984 | 13,971 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Joe Callanan | 15.9 | 7,898 | 7,963 | 8,315 | 9,414 | 10,366 | |
Independent | Paddy McHugh | 15.8 | 7,786 | 8,042 | 8,581 | 8,825 | 9,881 | |
Fianna Fáil | Noel Treacy | 15.7 | 7,765 | 7,847 | 8,091 | 8,726 | 9,253 | |
Fianna Fáil | Michael P. Kitt | 15.1 | 7,454 | 7,513 | 7,711 | 7,950 | 8,243 | |
Fine Gael | Ulick Burke | 14.0 | 6,941 | 7,152 | 7,445 | |||
Sinn Féin | Daithí Mac an Bháird | 3.7 | 1,828 | 2,068 | ||||
Green | Úna Ní Bhroin | 2.1 | 1,022 | |||||
Christian Solidarity | Manus Mac Meanamáin | 0.2 | 93 | |||||
Electorate: 73,659 Valid: 49,422 Spoilt: 452 (0.9%) Quota: 9,885 Turnout: 49,874 (67.7%) |
1997 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fine Gael | Paul Connaughton, Snr | 6,445 | 15.0 | 1 | 5 | |
Fine Gael | Ulick Burke | 6,931 | 16.2 | 2 | 5 | |
Fianna Fáil | Michael P. Kitt | 5,436 | 12.7 | 3 | 5 | |
Fianna Fáil | Noel Treacy | 6,531 | 15.2 | 4 | 5 | |
Fianna Fáil | Joe Callanan | 6,221 | 14.5 | |||
Labour | Colm Keaveney | 3,400 | 7.9 | |||
Progressive Democrats | Joe Burke | 3,182 | 7.4 | |||
Fine Gael | Patrick Finnegan | 2,670 | 6.2 | |||
Independent | Pat Hynes | 1,298 | 3.0 | |||
Independent | Sheila Ganly | 705 | 1.6 | |||
Natural Law | Paul Campbell | 98 | 0.2 | |||
Electorate: 61,075 Valid: 42,917 Spoilt: 451 (1.0%) Quota: 8,584 Turnout: 43,368 (71.0%) |
1992 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fianna Fáil | Michael P. Kitt | 6,062 | 20.9 | 1 | 4 | |
Fine Gael | Paul Connaughton, Snr | 6,339 | 21.8 | 2 | 5 | |
Fianna Fáil | Noel Treacy | 5,834 | 20.1 | 3 | 6 | |
Progressive Democrats | Joe Burke | 3,882 | 13.4 | |||
Fine Gael | Michael Mullins | 2,864 | 9.9 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Patrick Finnegan | 2,198 | 7.6 | |||
Labour | Pat Hynes | 1,586 | 5.5 | |||
Sinn Féin | Dermot Connolly | 306 | 1.1 | |||
Electorate: 42,672 Valid: 29,071 Spoilt: 463 (1.6%) Quota: 7,268 Turnout: 29,534 (69.2%) |
1989 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fine Gael | Paul Connaughton, Snr | 8,593 | 29.5 | 1 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Michael P. Kitt | 7,573 | 26.0 | 2 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Noel Treacy | 7,030 | 24.1 | 3 | ||
Fine Gael | Michael Finnerty | 2,800 | 9.6 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Patrick Finnegan | 2,721 | 9.3 | |||
Independent | Pádraig Ó Ceallaigh | 412 | 1.4 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 29,129 Quota: 7,283 Turnout: |
1987 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fianna Fáil | Michael P. Kitt | 6,831 | 20.7 | 1 | ||
Fine Gael | Paul Connaughton, Snr | 6,719 | 20.4 | 2 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Noel Treacy | 6,762 | 20.5 | 3 | ||
Progressive Democrats | Joe Burke | 5,463 | 16.6 | |||
Fine Gael | Ulick Burke | 3,700 | 11.2 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Thomas Hussey | 3,463 | 10.5 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 32,938 Quota: 8,235 Turnout: |
November 1982 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fianna Fáil | Michael P. Kitt | 6,208 | 18.9 | 1 | ||
Fine Gael | Paul Connaughton, Snr | 6,563 | 20.0 | 2 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Noel Treacy | 5,785 | 17.6 | 3 | ||
Fine Gael | Ulick Burke | 5,220 | 11.2 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Thomas Hussey | 4,909 | 14.9 | |||
Fine Gael | Joe Burke | 3,040 | 9.3 | |||
Labour | Kevin Dwyer | 926 | 2.8 | |||
Independent | Brian Parker | 164 | 0.5 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 32,815 Quota: 8,204 Turnout: |
July 1982 by-election
Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Johnny Callanan, a by-election was held on 20 July 1982. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Noel Treacy.
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fianna Fáil | Noel Treacy | 16,337 | 50.2 | 1 | 1 | |
Fine Gael | Ulick Burke | 13,610 | 41.8 | |||
Labour | Kevin Dwyer | 1,741 | 5.4 | |||
Independent | Norman Morgan | 675 | 2.1 | |||
Independent | Brian Parker | 177 | 0.5 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 32,540 Quota: 16,271 Turnout: |
February 1982 general election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Fine Gael | Paul Connaughton, Snr | 21.9 | 7,014 | 7,303 | 8,250 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Michael P. Kitt | 19.3 | 6,182 | 6,305 | 6,386 | 6,786 | 11,167 | |
Fianna Fáil | Johnny Callanan | 18.7 | 6,015 | 6,042 | 6,257 | 7,466 | 8,788 | |
Fianna Fáil | Thomas Hussey | 17.1 | 5,500 | 5,689 | 5,743 | 6,212 | ||
Fine Gael | Ulick Burke | 12.6 | 4,037 | 4,150 | 5,383 | |||
Fine Gael | Joseph Brennan | 7.5 | 2,403 | 2,566 | ||||
Labour | Kevin Dwyer | 2.9 | 946 | |||||
Electorate: 41,655 Valid: 32,097 Spoilt: 250 (0.8%) Quota: 8,025 Turnout: 32,347 (77.7%) |
1981 general election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Fine Gael | Paul Connaughton, Snr | 22.6 | 7,487 | 9,287 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Michael P. Kitt | 17.2 | 5,681 | 5,890 | 5,951 | 10,185 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Johnny Callanan | 19.1 | 6,326 | 6,441 | 6,457 | 7,582 | 9,370 | |
Fine Gael | Ulick Burke | 13.0 | 4,301 | 5,559 | 6,420 | 6,709 | 6,833 | |
Fianna Fáil | Thomas Hussey | 16.6 | 5,502 | 5,850 | 5,929 | |||
Fine Gael | Joe Burke | 11.5 | 3,793 | |||||
Electorate: 41,666 Valid: 33,090 Spoilt: 272 (0.8%) Quota: 8,273 Turnout: 33,362 (80.1%)[25] |
1977 general election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Johnny Callanan | 19.8 | 8,835 | 8,849 | 9,487 | |||||
Fianna Fáil | Thomas Hussey | 14.2 | 6,345 | 6,398 | 6,641 | 6,737 | 6,959 | 9,881 | ||
Fine Gael | John Donnellan | 13.4 | 5,985 | 6,156 | 6,415 | 8,855 | 8,911 | 9,082 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Mark Killilea, Jnr | 12.8 | 5,714 | 5,855 | 5,928 | 5,962 | 6,021 | 7,963 | 8,872 | |
Fine Gael | Paul Connaughton, Snr | 13.3 | 5,914 | 6,241 | 6,499 | 7,477 | 7,534 | 7,960 | 8,010 | |
Fianna Fáil | Michael P. Kitt | 12.0 | 5,361 | 5,389 | 5,571 | 5,640 | 5,780 | |||
Fine Gael | Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins | 7.5 | 3,353 | 3,401 | 3,867 | |||||
Independent | Norman Morgan | 5.0 | 2,225 | 2,281 | ||||||
Labour | Harold Campbell | 2.0 | 876 | |||||||
Electorate: 56,064 Valid: 44,608 Spoilt: 304 (0.7%) Quota: 8,922 Turnout: 44,912 (80.1%)[26] |
1965 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fine Gael | John Donnellan | 11,109 | 26.6 | 1 | ||
Fine Gael | Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins | 4,309 | 10.3 | 2 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Michael F. Kitt | 5,458 | 13.1 | 3 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Anthony Millar | 5,790 | 13.9 | 4 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Carty | 4,656 | 11.2 | 5 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Thomas Hussey | 4,276 | 10.3 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Patrick Fahey | 2,468 | 5.9 | |||
Independent | Pádraig Ó Ceallaigh | 1,607 | 3.9 | |||
Fine Gael | Sean Purcell | 1,381 | 3.3 | |||
Fine Gael | Gus Hynes | 650 | 1.6 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 41,704 Quota: 6,951 Turnout: |
1964 by-election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fine Gael | John Donnellan | 20,920 | 49.8 | 1 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Thomas Hussey | 19,612 | 46.6 | |||
Sinn Féin | Pádraig Ó Ceallaigh | 1,497 | 3.6 | |||
Electorate: 53,823 Valid: 42,029 Quota: 21,015 Turnout: 78.1% |
1961 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fianna Fáil | Michael F. Kitt | 5,750 | 14.4 | 1 | ||
Clann na Talmhan | Michael Donnellan | 5,903 | 14.7 | 2 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Anthony Millar | 6,325 | 15.8 | 3 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Carty | 6,266 | 15.7 | 4 | ||
Fine Gael | Brigid Hogan-O'Higgins | 4,988 | 12.5 | 5 | ||
Fine Gael | Sean Purcell | 3,729 | 9.3 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Mark Killilea, Snr | 5,714 | 12.8 | |||
Sinn Féin | Pádraig Ó Ceallaigh | 3,478 | 8.7 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 39,986 Quota: 6,665 Turnout: |
1944 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Ceann Comhairle | Frank Fahy | Automatically returned | N/A | 1 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Patrick Beegan | 11,475 | 35.2 | 2 | ||
Clann na Talmhan | Michael Donnellan | 10,235 | 31.4 | 3 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Mark Killilea, Snr | 8,449 | 25.9 | 4 | ||
Independent | Edward Stankard | 2,484 | 7.6 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 32,643 Quota: 8,161 Turnout: |
1943 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Ceann Comhairle | Frank Fahy | Automatically returned | N/A | 1 | ||
Clann na Talmhan | Michael Donnellan | 9,226 | 25.6 | 2 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Patrick Beegan | 8,638 | 23.9 | 3 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Mark Killilea, Snr | 7,424 | 20.6 | 4 | ||
Labour | Robert Burke | 5,029 | 13.9 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Stephen Jordan | 1,745 | 4.84 | |||
Fine Gael | Seán Broderick | 1,729 | 4.8 | |||
Fine Gael | Patrick Cawley | 1,127 | 3.1 | |||
Independent | Sean O'Kelly | 1,101 | 3.1 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 36,019 Quota: 9,005 Turnout: |
1938 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Ceann Comhairle | Frank Fahy | Automatically returned | N/A | 1 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Mark Killilea, Snr | 9,526 | 27.2 | 2 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Patrick Beegan | 8,804 | 25.1 | 3 | ||
Fine Gael | Seán Broderick | 6,339 | 18.1 | 4 | ||
Fine Gael | Patrick Cawley | 4,140 | 11.8 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Martin Regan | 3,468 | 9.9 | |||
Labour | Robert Burke | 2,753 | 7.9 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 35,030 Quota: 8,758 Turnout: |
1937 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Ceann Comhairle | Frank Fahy | Automatically returned | N/A | 1 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Patrick Beegan | 7,978 | 23.5 | 2 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Mark Killilea, Snr | 8,067 | 23.80 | 3 | ||
Fine Gael | Seán Broderick | 5,867 | 17.3 | 4 | ||
Fine Gael | Patrick Cawley | 4,275 | 12.6 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Stephen Jordan | 4,033 | 11.9 | |||
Labour | Robert Burke | 3,672 | 10.8 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 33,892 Quota: 8,474 Turnout: |
See also
- Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
- 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
References
- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 29 September 2010.
- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) (Dáil Constituencies) Act 2013: Schedule". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 4 February 2016.
- ^ a b c 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 1937: Galway East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ As Ceann Comhairle, Frank Fahy was returned automatically in each of the four elections held in Galway South from 1937 to 1944.
- ^ a b "General election 1938: Galway East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 1943: Galway East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 1944: Galway East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 1961: Galway East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ a b "By-election 1964: Galway East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 1965: Galway East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 1977: Galway East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 1981: Galway East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ a b "General election February 1982: Galway East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ a b "By-election 1982: Galway East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ a b "General election November 1982: Galway East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 1987: Galway East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 1989: Galway East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 1992: Galway East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 1997: Galway East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 2002: Galway East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 2007: Galway East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 24 February 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 2011: Galway East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
- ^ a b "General election 2016: Galway East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 February 2016.
- ^ The Irish Times, 15 June 1981, p10–14
- ^ The Irish Times, 20 June 1977, p7–10
External links
- Dáil Éireann constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
- Politics of County Galway
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