Dún_Laoghaire_and_Rathdown_(Dáil_constituency)

Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown
Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1948
Abolished	1977
Seats	3 (1948–1961); 4 (1961–1977);
Local government area	County Dublin
Created from	Dublin County
Replaced by	Dún Laoghaire

Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown (Dáil constituency)

Dáil constituency (1948–1977)

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, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

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Years	TDs	Boundaries	Notes
1948–1961	3	The borough of Dún Laoghaire; and the district electoral divisions of Ballybrack, Dundrum, Glencullen, Milltown, Rathfarnham, Rathmichael, Stillorgan and Whitechurch.^[1]	Created from the Dublin County
1961–1969	4	The borough of Dún Laoghaire; and the district electoral divisions of Ballybrack, Rathmichael and Stillorgan; and the townlands of Mountanville, Mountmerrion or Callary, Mountmerrion South, Roebuck and Trimleston or Owenstown in the district electoral division of Dundrum and the townlands of Farranboley, Friarland, Rathmines Great and Rathmines Little in the district electoral division of Milltown, in the former rural district of Rathdown No. 1.^[2]	Transfer of the Rathfarnham South ward and the district electoral divisions of Glencullen, Rathfarnham and Whitechureh and the southern parts of the district electoral divisions of Dundrum and Milltown to the constituency of Dublin County; transfer of Rathmichael (Bray) to the constituency of Wicklow following alteration of county boundary.^[3]^[4]
1969–1977	4	The borough of Dún Laoghaire; the district electoral divisions of Stillorgan; and the townlands of Blackthorn, Brenanstown, Bullock, Carmanhall, Carmanhall and Leopardstown, Carrickmines Little, Kerrymount, Kilbogget, Loughlinstown, Rochestown, Rochestown Domain, Thomastown, in the district electoral division of Ballybrack; Mount Merrion South, in the district electoral division of Dundrum; Shanganagh, in the district electoral division of Rathmichael; in the former rural district of Rathdown No. 1.^[5]	Transfer of territory to Dublin County South
1977	—	Constituency abolished^[6]	See Dún Laoghaire

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown 1948–1969^[7]
Key to parties CnaP = Clann na Poblachta FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Lab = Labour
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
13th	1948^[8]		Seán Brady (FF)		Joseph Brennan (CnaP)		Liam Cosgrave (FG)	3 seats until 1961
14th	1951^[9]				Percy Dockrell (FG)
15th	1954^[10]				Percy Dockrell (FG)
16th	1957^[11]				Lionel Booth (FF)
17th	1961^[12]								Percy Dockrell (FG)
18th	1965^[13]		David Andrews (FF)
19th	1969^[14]				Barry Desmond (Lab)
20th	1973^[15]				Barry Desmond (Lab)
21st	1977	Constituency abolished. See Dún Laoghaire

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fine Gael	Liam Cosgrave	31.1	13,054
	Fianna Fáil	David Andrews	26.0	10,926
	Labour	Barry Desmond	13.7	5,768	6,560	6,663	6,921	8,821
	Fianna Fáil	Neville Keery	8.7	3,642	3,686	5,599	6,984	7,090	7,222
	Fine Gael	Michael Carroll	6.0	2,537	3,823	3,885	3,958	4,116
	Fine Gael	Percy Dockrell	5.3	2,206	4,584	4,631	4,734	4,932	8,448
	Labour	Flor O'Mahony	4.9	2,072	2,187	2,213	2,465
	Fianna Fáil	Eric Leonard	2.9	1,209	1,229	1,596
	Independent	Vincent MacDowell	1.4	591	608	614
Electorate: 56,151 Valid: 42,005 Quota: 8,402 Turnout: 74.81%

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Fine Gael	Liam Cosgrave	28.8	10,825
	Fianna Fáil	David Andrews	27.4	10,292
	Labour	Barry Desmond	7.7	2,870	2,972	3,037	3,118	3,924	4,326	4,406	4,680	7,437
	Labour	Flor O'Mahony	6.9	2,570	2,623	2,666	2,712	3,126	3,413	3,468	3,585
	Fine Gael	Percy Dockrell	6.0	2,252	4,282	4,337	4,443	4,524	4,837	4,879	7,516
	Fianna Fáil	Neville Keery	5.7	2,155	2,179	3,161	3,234	3,257	3,454	5,851	5,936	6,166
	Fine Gael	Michael Carroll	5.5	2,049	3,005	3,057	3,149	3,216	3,376	3,427
	Independent	Proinsias Mac Aonghusa	3.9	1,446	1,505	1,567	1,665	1,709
	Labour	James Byrne	3.7	1,386	1,421	1,483	1,510
	Fianna Fáil	Carmel Gleeson	2.9	1,097	1,122	2,551	2,642	2,668	2,855
	Independent	James Guinan	1.6	594	627	661
Electorate: 52,394 Valid: 37,536 Quota: 7,508 Turnout: 71.64%

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	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	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:

Dún_Laoghaire_and_Rathdown_(Dáil_constituency)

Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown (Dáil constituency)

History and boundaries

TDs

Elections

1973 general election

1969 general election

1965 general election

1961 general election

1957 general election

1954 general election

1951 general election

1948 general election

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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	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:

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	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	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: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown^[10]^[16]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Liam Cosgrave	36.4	13,609
	Fianna Fáil	Lionel Booth	15.9	5,941	5,970	6,942	7,401	7,868
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Brady	14.8	5,545	5,603	7,319	8,236	8,788
	Labour	Joseph Brennan	13.5	5,043	5,338	5,547
	Fine Gael	Percy Dockrell	11.3	4,221	8,020	8,178	11,653
	Fianna Fáil	Matthew Cullen	8.0	3,008	3,094
Electorate: 56,943 Valid: 37,367 Quota: 9,342 Turnout: 65.6%

1951 general election: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown^[16]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	Liam Cosgrave	30.7	10,043
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Brady	25.3	8,254
	Fine Gael	Percy Dockrell	13.8	4,505	6,145	6,147	6,212	8,807
	Labour	Joseph Brennan	12.6	4,107	4,268	4,275	4,425
	Fianna Fáil	Matthew 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: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown^[16]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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	Percy Dockrell	16.6	5,133	5,321	5,373	5,966	6,327
	Clann na Poblachta	Joseph 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%