Leitrim–Sligo (Dáil constituency)
Leitrim–Sligo | |
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Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary constituency | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1923 |
Abolished | 1937 |
Seats | 7 |
County/City council | County Leitrim County Sligo |
Leitrim–Sligo was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1923 to 1937. The constituency elected 7 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 for the 1923 general election,[1] when the Electoral Act 1923 defined the constituencies to be used in Dáil elections, the first time that the Dáil had not used constituencies defined under British law. Leitrim–Sligo replaced the old Leitrim–Roscommon North and Sligo–Mayo East constituencies, which had been created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920.
Under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, the Leitrim–Sligo constituency was abolished, and replaced for the 1937 general election by two separate 3 seat constituencies: Sligo and Leitrim.
Boundaries
Some Dáil Éireann constituencies cross county boundaries, in order to ensure a reasonably consistent ratio of electors to TDs. However, the 1923 Act defined the boundaries of the Leitrim–Sligo constituency simply as:[1]
TDs
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Leitrim–Sligo 1923–1937[2] | |||||||||||||||
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Key to parties
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||||||
4th | 1923[3] | Frank Carty (Rep) |
Thomas Carter (CnaG) |
James Dolan (CnaG) |
Seán Farrell (Rep) |
John Hennigan (CnaG) |
Alexander McCabe (CnaG) |
Martin McGowan (Rep) | |||||||
1925 by-election[4] | Samuel Holt (Rep) |
Martin Roddy (CnaG) | |||||||||||||
5th | 1927 (Jun)[5] | Frank Carty (FF) |
Samuel Holt (FF) |
Michael Carter (FP) |
John Jinks (NL) | ||||||||||
6th | 1927 (Sep)[6] | Patrick Reynolds (CnaG) |
Bernard Maguire (FF) | ||||||||||||
1929 by-election[7] | Seán Mac Eoin (CnaG) | ||||||||||||||
7th | 1932[8] | Stephen Flynn (FF) |
William Browne (FF) |
Mary Reynolds (CnaG) | |||||||||||
8th | 1933[9] | Patrick Rogers (NCP) |
James Dolan (CnaG) | ||||||||||||
9th | 1937 | Constituency abolished. See Sligo and Leitrim |
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
1933 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fianna Fáil | Bernard Maguire | 8,861 | 15.5 | 1 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Frank Carty | 7,581 | 13.3 | 2 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Stephen Flynn | 5,731 | 10.0 | 3 | ||
Fianna Fáil | William Browne | 4,492 | 7.9 | 4 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | James Dolan | 5,114 | 8.9 | 5 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Martin Roddy | 6,173 | 10.8 | 6 | ||
National Centre Party | Patrick Rogers | 6,001 | 10.5 | 7 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | John Hennigan | 4,630 | 8.1 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Mary Reynolds | 4,555 | 8.0 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Andrew Conway | 3,185 | 5.6 | |||
Labour | Maurice O'Regan | 902 | 1.6 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 57,225 Quota: 7,154 Turnout: |
1932 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fianna Fáil | Frank Carty | 8,145 | 14.8 | 1 | 1 | |
Cumann na nGaedheal | Martin Roddy | 7,382 | 13.4 | 2 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Bernard Maguire | 7,356 | 13.4 | 3 | 1 | |
Cumann na nGaedheal | Mary Reynolds | 5,317 | 9.7 | 4 | ||
Fianna Fáil | William Browne | 3,490 | 6.3 | 5 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Stephen Flynn | 4,988 | 9.1 | 6 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | John Hennigan | 3,378 | 6.1 | 7 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | James Dolan | 3,699 | 6.7 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Thomas Armstrong | 3,266 | 5.9 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Eugene Gilbride | 2,979 | 5.4 | |||
Independent | Michael Carter | 1,984 | 3.6 | |||
Labour | Hugh O'Donnell | 1,934 | 3.5 | |||
Independent | Andrew Mooney | 1,190 | 2.2 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 55,108 Quota: 6,889 Turnout: |
1929 by-election
Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Samuel Holt, a by-election was held on 7 June 1929. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Seán Mac Eoin.
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Cumann na nGaedheal | Seán Mac Eoin | 28,598 | 53.7 | 1 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Eamon Donnelly | 24,621 | 46.3 | |||
Electorate: 72,573 Valid: 53,219 Quota: 26,610 Turnout: 73.3% |
September 1927 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Cumann na nGaedheal | Martin Roddy | 7,829 | 15.1 | 1 | 1 | |
Cumann na nGaedheal | John Hennigan | 3,336 | 6.4 | 2 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | James Dolan | 5,500 | 10.6 | 3 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Frank Carty | 5,162 | 10.0 | 4 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Samuel Holt | 4,883 | 9.4 | 5 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Bernard Maguire | 3,826 | 7.4 | 6 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Patrick Reynolds | 3,958 | 7.6 | 7 | ||
Farmers' Party | Michael Carter | 3,479 | 6.7 | |||
Farmers' Party | Albert Robinson | 3,107 | 6.0 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | James Gilligan | 2,948 | 5.7 | |||
Fianna Fáil | William Browne | 2,550 | 4.9 | |||
Labour | Archibald Heron | 2,163 | 4.2 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Edward Hannon | 1,601 | 3.1 | |||
Independent | John Jinks | 1,506 | 2.9 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 51,848 Quota: 6,482 Turnout: |
June 1927 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Cumann na nGaedheal | Martin Roddy | 7,677 | 15.4 | 1 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Frank Carty | 4,958 | 9.9 | 2 | 5 | |
Cumann na nGaedheal | James Dolan | 4,383 | 8.8 | 3 | 11 | |
Cumann na nGaedheal | John Hennigan | 2,943 | 5.9 | 4 | 12 | |
Farmers' Party | Michael Carter | 4,081 | 8.2 | 5 | 14 | |
Fianna Fáil | Samuel Holt | 2,384 | 4.8 | 6 | 15 | |
National League | John Jinks | 2,224 | 4.5 | 7 | 15 | |
Sinn Féin | Seán Farrell | 3,455 | 6.9 | |||
Farmers' Party | Albert Robinson | 2,956 | 5.9 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Patrick Briody | 2,434 | 4.9 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Bernard Maguire | 2,398 | 4.8 | |||
Labour | Archibald Heron | 2,171 | 4.4 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | James Gilligan | 2,154 | 4.3 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Andrew Mooney | 1,939 | 3.9 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Eugene Gilbride | 1,770 | 3.6 | |||
Independent | James McGowan | 1,359 | 2.7 | |||
Clann Éireann | W. J. Tolan | 523 | 1.1 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 49,809 Quota: 6,227 Turnout: |
1925 by-election
Following the resignations of Cumann na nGaedheal TDs Thomas Carter and Alexander McCabe, a by-election for both seats was held on 11 March 1925. The first seat was won by the Republican candidate Samuel Holt, and the second seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Martin Roddy.
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Republican | Samuel Holt | 10,062 | 20.3 | 1 | 2 | |
Cumann na nGaedheal | Martin Roddy | 16,332 | 32.9 | 2 | 2 | |
Cumann na nGaedheal | Andrew Mooney | 14,054 | 28.3 | |||
Republican | Frank O'Beirne | 9,232 | 18.6 | |||
Electorate: 79,234 Valid: 49,680 Quota: 16,561 Turnout: 62.7% |
1923 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Cumann na nGaedheal | Alexander McCabe | 8,087 | 17.7 | 1 | 1 | |
Cumann na nGaedheal | James Dolan | 5,556 | 12.2 | 2 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Thomas Carter | 4,505 | 9.9 | 3 | ||
Republican | Frank Carty | 5,197 | 11.4 | 4 | ||
Republican | Seán Farrell | 5,014 | 11.0 | 5 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | John Hennigan | 2,431 | 5.3 | 6 | ||
Republican | Martin McGowan | 3,756 | 8.2 | 7 | ||
Republican | Liam Pilkington | 2,089 | 4.6 | |||
Labour | John Lynch | 1,470 | 3.2 | |||
Farmers' Party | Martin Roddy | 1,470 | 3.2 | |||
Farmers' Party | James Gilligan | 1,286 | 2.8 | |||
Farmers' Party | James O'Rourke | 901 | 2.0 | |||
Farmers' Party | Laurence Hayden | 745 | 1.6 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Jeremiah O'Connell | 740 | 1.6 | |||
Independent | Henry Depew | 735 | 1.6 | |||
Farmers' Party | Patrick O'Neill | 679 | 1.5 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Thomas O'Donnell | 562 | 1.2 | |||
Republican | Denis Mulcahy | 423 | 0.9 | |||
Electorate: 81,432 Valid: 45,646 Quota: 5,706 Turnout: 56.1% |
See also
- Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of historic Dáil Éireann constituencies
- Elections in the Republic of Ireland
References
- ^ a b "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1923: (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 16 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.
- ^ a b "General election 1923: Leitrim–Sligo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ a b "By-election 1925: Leitrim–Sligo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ a b "General election June 1927: Leitrim–Sligo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ a b "General election September 1927: Leitrim–Sligo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ a b "By-election 1929: Leitrim–Sligo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 1932: Leitrim–Sligo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 1933: Leitrim–Sligo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
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