Leinster_(European_Parliament_constituency)

Leinster (European Parliament constituency)

Leinster (European Parliament constituency)

Former constituency of the European Parliament

Leinster was a constituency of the European Parliament in Ireland between 1979 and 2004. It elected 3 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) in the 1979, 1984 and 1989 elections and 4 MEPs in the elections of 1994 and 1999 using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

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History and boundaries

The constituency was created in 1979 for the first direct elections to the European Parliament. It comprised the counties of Carlow, Kildare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Louth, Meath, Offaly, Westmeath, Wexford and Wicklow from the historic province of Leinster excluding the County Dublin area.[1] It was abolished under the European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2004 and succeeded by the new East constituency.[2]

MEPs

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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

1999 election

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    Alan Gillis lost his seat to his party running mate Avril Doyle.

    1994 election

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      Alan Gillis replaced his party colleague Patrick Cooney who had stepped down. The Green Party gained the additional seat.

      1989 election

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        Mark Clinton stepped down and was replaced by his party colleague Patrick Cooney.

        1984 election

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          Justin Keating lost his seat to Jim Fitzsimmons of Fianna Fáil.

          1979 election

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            See also

            References

            1. [1]
              "European Assembly Elections Act, 1977: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
            2. [2]
              "European Parliament Elections (Amendment) Act 2004: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
            3. [3]
              "1979 European Parliament election – Leinster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
            4. [4]
              Liam Kavanagh resigned on 7 July 1981 after becoming Minister for Labour and was substituted by Séamus Pattison (LAB / PES) on 9 July 1981. Séamus Pattison resigned on 15 December 1983 and was substituted by Justin Keating (LAB / PES) on 8 February 1984.
            5. [5]
              "1984 European Parliament election – Leinster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
            6. [6]
              "1989 European Parliament election – Leinster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
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              "1994 European Parliament election – Leinster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
            8. [8]
              "1999 European Parliament election – Leinster constituency". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
            9. [9]
              "Leinster: 1994 European Election Results, Counts, Transfers".
            10. [10]
              "1994 European Elections Results".
            11. [11]
              "1989 European Elections Results".
            12. [12]
              "Leinster: 1989 European Election Results, Counts, Transfers".
            13. [13]
              "1984 European Elections Results".
            14. [14]
              "Leinster: 1984 European Election Results, Counts, Transfers".
            15. [15]
              "1979 European Elections Results".
            16. [16]
              "Leinster: 1979 European Election Results, Counts, Transfers".
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