Meath_(Dáil_constituency)
Meath (Dáil constituency)
Dáil constituency (1923–1937, 1948–2007)
For the 1801–1885 constituency, see Meath (UK Parliament constituency).
Meath was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1923 to 1937 and from 1948 to 2007. The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
Quick Facts Former constituency, Created ...
| Meath | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil constituency | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1923 |
| Abolished | 1937 |
| Seats | 3 |
| Local government areas | |
| Created from | |
| Replaced by | |
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Quick Facts Former constituency, Created ...
| Meath | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil constituency | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1948 |
| Abolished | 2007 |
| Seats |
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| Local government areas | |
| Created from | |
| Replaced by | |
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The constituency was first created under the Electoral Act 1923 for the 1923 general election, electing 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). It was abolished in 1937. It was recreated under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947 for the 1948 general election, again electing 3 deputies. It gained a fourth seat in 1977 and a fifth seat in 1981.
It was abolished for the 2007 general election, being divided into the two new 3-seat constituencies of Meath East and Meath West.
The constituency spanned the entire area of County Meath in Leinster, taking in Navan, Trim and Ashbourne. It also included small parts of County Kildare.[1]
TDs 1923–1937
More information Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Meath 1923–1937, Dáil ...
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Meath 1923–1937[2] | |||||||
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||
| 4th | 1923[3] | Patrick Mulvany (FP) |
David Hall (Lab) |
Eamonn Duggan (CnaG) | |||
| 5th | 1927 (Jun)[4] | Matthew O'Reilly (FF) | |||||
| 6th | 1927 (Sep)[5] | Arthur Matthews (CnaG) | |||||
| 7th | 1932[6] | James Kelly (FF) | |||||
| 8th | 1933[7] | Robert Davitt (CnaG) |
Matthew O'Reilly (FF) | ||||
| 9th | 1937 | Constituency abolished. See Meath–Westmeath | |||||
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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.
TDs 1948–2007
More information Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Meath 1948–2007, Dáil ...
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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.
2005 by-election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Shane McEntee | 34.1 | 16,964 | 17,083 | 18,214 | 24,047 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Shane Cassells | 32.4 | 16,117 | 16,230 | 17,480 | 21,178 | |
| Sinn Féin | Joe Reilly | 12.3 | 6,087 | 6,183 | 6,514 | ||
| Labour | Dominic Hannigan | 11.2 | 5,567 | 5,672 | 7,061 | ||
| Progressive Democrats | Sirena Campbell | 5.4 | 2,679 | 2,746 | |||
| Green | Fergal O'Byrne | 3.2 | 1,590 | 1,744 | |||
| Independent | Liam Ó Gogáin | 1.4 | 702 | ||||
| Electorate: 121,041 Valid: 49,706 Spoilt: 477 (0.9%) Quota: 24,854 Turnout: 50,183 (41.5%) | |||||||
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2002 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Noel Dempsey | 18.0 | 11,534 | |||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Wallace | 13.7 | 8,759 | 9,072 | 9,104 | 9,284 | 9,645 | 10,007 | 10,261 | 10,374 | 11,635 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Johnny Brady | 13.3 | 8,493 | 8,751 | 8,787 | 8,833 | 8,879 | 8,987 | 9,110 | 9,577 | 9,876 | |
| Fine Gael | John Bruton | 11.9 | 7,617 | 7,693 | 7,725 | 7,880 | 8,121 | 8,454 | 9,148 | 10,881 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Joe Reilly | 9.4 | 6,042 | 6,093 | 6,144 | 6,267 | 6,385 | 6,710 | 7,122 | 7,348 | 8,080 | |
| Fine Gael | Damien English | 9.3 | 5,958 | 6,019 | 6,071 | 6,139 | 6,265 | 6,639 | 7,376 | 8,725 | 10,154 | |
| Fine Gael | John V. Farrelly | 6.1 | 3,877 | 3,892 | 3,903 | 3,937 | 3,978 | 4,052 | 4,273 | |||
| Independent | Brian Fitzgerald | 5.8 | 3,722 | 3,751 | 3,807 | 3,920 | 4,105 | 4,464 | 5,139 | 5,258 | ||
| Labour | Peter Ward | 4.3 | 2,727 | 2,748 | 2,769 | 2,844 | 2,964 | 3,595 | ||||
| Green | Fergal O'Byrne | 3.7 | 2,337 | 2,353 | 2,406 | 2,630 | 2,830 | |||||
| Independent | Tom Kelly | 2.1 | 1,373 | 1,380 | 1,403 | 1,566 | ||||||
| Independent | Pat O'Brien | 1.9 | 1,199 | 1,202 | 1,244 | |||||||
| Independent | Jane Colwell | 0.4 | 263 | 265 | ||||||||
| Christian Solidarity | Michael Redmond | 0.3 | 180 | 181 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 108,717 Valid: 64,081 Spoilt: N/A[27] Quota: 10,681 Turnout: 64,081 (58.9%) | ||||||||||||
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1997 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
| Fine Gael | John Bruton | 23.0 | 13,037 | ||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Noel Dempsey | 15.4 | 8,701 | 8,970 | 9,009 | 9,105 | 9,253 | 9,377 | 9,518 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Wallace | 13.5 | 7,669 | 7,850 | 8,017 | 8,052 | 8,201 | 8,387 | 8,774 | 9,452 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Johnny Brady | 13.0 | 7,372 | 7,423 | 7,478 | 7,506 | 7,654 | 7,711 | 7,751 | 8,152 | 8,946 | 9,179 | |
| Fine Gael | John V. Farrelly | 9.4 | 5,348 | 7,167 | 7,290 | 7,385 | 7,519 | 7,654 | 7,930 | 8,122 | 8,339 | 10,892 | |
| Labour | Brian Fitzgerald | 6.5 | 3,695 | 4,148 | 4,208 | 4,408 | 4,461 | 4,694 | 4,923 | 4,983 | 5,267 | 5,870 | |
| Fine Gael | James Holloway | 4.5 | 2,548 | 3,102 | 3,206 | 3,359 | 3,461 | 3,575 | 3,663 | 3,801 | 4,092 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Joe Reilly | 3.5 | 2,000 | 2,020 | 2,041 | 2,166 | 2,228 | 2,344 | 2,424 | 2,485 | |||
| Progressive Democrats | Ronnie Owens | 2.4 | 1,344 | 1,379 | 1,417 | 1,441 | 1,493 | 1,610 | 1,700 | ||||
| Independent | Tom Kelly | 2.3 | 1,305 | 1,346 | 1,375 | 1,391 | 1,443 | 1,548 | |||||
| Green | Anne Kelly McCormack | 1.9 | 1,103 | 1,145 | 1,221 | 1,272 | 1,352 | ||||||
| Christian Solidarity | Brian Curran | 1.8 | 1,031 | 1,055 | 1,070 | 1,089 | |||||||
| Democratic Left | Christy Gorman | 1.4 | 798 | 848 | 871 | ||||||||
| Independent | Pauline Farrelly | 1.0 | 564 | 607 | |||||||||
| Independent | Jackie O'Connell | 0.3 | 152 | 157 | |||||||||
| Independent | Jim Tallon | 0.1 | 24 | 25 | |||||||||
| Electorate: 90,125 Valid: 56,691 Spoilt: 574 (1.0%) Quota: 9,449 Turnout: 57,265 (63.5%) | |||||||||||||
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1992 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Noel Dempsey | 18.0 | 9,196 | |||||||||||
| Labour | Brian Fitzgerald | 17.6 | 8,967 | |||||||||||
| Fine Gael | John Bruton | 16.5 | 8,402 | 8,455 | 8,584 | |||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Wallace | 12.0 | 6,132 | 6,284 | 6,328 | 6,336 | 6,412 | 6,494 | 6,636 | 6,727 | 6,884 | 7,746 | 8,126 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Colm Michael Hilliard | 11.4 | 5,813 | 6,160 | 6,189 | 6,192 | 6,305 | 6,347 | 6,531 | 6,676 | 6,786 | 7,638 | 8,101 | |
| Fine Gael | John V. Farrelly | 10.0 | 5,124 | 5,143 | 5,204 | 5,245 | 5,272 | 5,358 | 5,499 | 5,637 | 6,233 | 6,413 | 7,163 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Frances Monaghan | 3.7 | 1,885 | 1,952 | 1,959 | 1,960 | 1,985 | 2,006 | 2,059 | 2,095 | 2,185 | |||
| Independent | Jack Fitzsimons | 2.9 | 1,477 | 1,493 | 1,536 | 1,538 | 1,645 | 1,832 | 2,014 | 2,299 | 2,492 | 2,672 | ||
| Progressive Democrats | Caroline Mhic Daeid | 2.2 | 1,135 | 1,141 | 1,168 | 1,172 | 1,184 | 1,259 | 1,284 | 1,372 | ||||
| Independent | Brendan Cleary | 1.7 | 852 | 856 | 866 | 866 | 887 | 937 | ||||||
| Democratic Left | Christy Gorman | 1.6 | 809 | 816 | 874 | 881 | 959 | 1,058 | 1,086 | |||||
| Green | Anne McCormack | 1.3 | 650 | 657 | 692 | 695 | 773 | |||||||
| Sinn Féin | Joe Reilly | 1.3 | 641 | 645 | 655 | 656 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 78,083 Valid: 51,083 Spoilt: 698 (1.4%) Quota: 8,514 Turnout: 51,781 (66.3%) | ||||||||||||||
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1989 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Fine Gael | John Bruton | 18.5 | 9,371 | |||||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Colm Hilliard | 13.8 | 6,980 | 7,012 | 7,020 | 7,082 | 7,095 | 7,148 | 7,211 | 7,343 | 7,386 | 7,841 | 7,985 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Wallace | 13.3 | 6,726 | 6,757 | 6,766 | 6,777 | 6,800 | 6,828 | 6,870 | 6,969 | 7,409 | 8,195 | 8,374 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Lynch | 12.8 | 6,461 | 6,476 | 6,481 | 6,534 | 6,543 | 6,558 | 6,578 | 6,684 | 6,702 | 6,928 | 7,013 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Noel Dempsey | 12.3 | 6,237 | 6,270 | 6,275 | 6,314 | 6,325 | 6,355 | 6,445 | 6,536 | 6,580 | 7,003 | 7,180 | |
| Fine Gael | John V. Farrelly | 11.3 | 5,730 | 6,451 | 6,458 | 6,541 | 6,682 | 6,729 | 7,228 | 7,296 | 7,564 | 9,222 | ||
| Labour | Brian Fitzgerald | 9.2 | 4,625 | 4,669 | 4,701 | 4,732 | 4,767 | 5,043 | 5,136 | 5,345 | 5,558 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Joe Reilly | 2.0 | 1,002 | 1,005 | 1,022 | 1,032 | 1,039 | 1,148 | 1,161 | |||||
| Independent | Ailish Sherrard | 1.9 | 973 | 980 | 1,015 | 1,036 | 1,062 | 1,129 | 1,166 | 1,252 | ||||
| Workers' Party | Christy Gorman | 1.2 | 628 | 634 | 764 | 784 | 801 | |||||||
| Progressive Democrats | John Bird | 1.2 | 609 | 638 | 640 | 691 | 944 | 977 | ||||||
| Progressive Democrats | Joe Fernandez | 1.0 | 519 | 540 | 543 | 557 | ||||||||
| Independent | William Battersby | 0.8 | 412 | 416 | 417 | |||||||||
| Workers' Party | John King | 0.5 | 262 | 264 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 77,127 Valid: 50,535 Quota: 8,423 | ||||||||||||||
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1987 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Lynch | 15.8 | 8,712 | 8,716 | 8,718 | 8,743 | 8,746 | 8,776 | 8,981 | 9,001 | 9,130 | 9,349 | ||||
| Fine Gael | John Bruton | 14.7 | 8,084 | 8,086 | 8,126 | 8,176 | 8,411 | 8,449 | 8,490 | 8,691 | 9,124 | 9,846 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Colm Hilliard | 12.3 | 6,763 | 6,765 | 6,775 | 6,817 | 6,832 | 6,911 | 7,098 | 7,133 | 7,497 | 7,922 | 7,966 | 8,019 | 8,635 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Noel Dempsey | 11.9 | 6,538 | 6,542 | 6,556 | 6,594 | 6,601 | 6,636 | 6,749 | 6,785 | 7,017 | 7,513 | 7,558 | 7,595 | 8,256 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Wallace | 10.3 | 5,681 | 5,684 | 5,707 | 5,742 | 5,759 | 5,831 | 5,953 | 6,010 | 6,542 | 6,831 | 6,855 | 6,868 | 7,305 | |
| Fine Gael | John V. Farrelly | 9.7 | 5,345 | 5,347 | 5,365 | 5,395 | 5,740 | 5,772 | 5,795 | 5,866 | 6,009 | 6,472 | 6,805 | 6,828 | 9,165 | |
| Labour | Frank McLoughlin | 5.9 | 3,237 | 3,239 | 3,445 | 3,532 | 3,560 | 3,804 | 3,927 | 3,995 | 4,223 | |||||
| Progressive Democrats | Patrick Andrews | 5.9 | 3,227 | 3,227 | 3,246 | 3,322 | 3,352 | 3,402 | 3,456 | 4,628 | 4,892 | 5,528 | 5,643 | 5,659 | ||
| Independent | Gerard Marry | 4.3 | 2,393 | 2,393 | 2,403 | 2,450 | 2,466 | 2,545 | 2,645 | 2,681 | ||||||
| Progressive Democrats | Bryan Maher | 2.9 | 1,604 | 1,606 | 1,616 | 1,657 | 1,690 | 1,717 | 1,734 | |||||||
| Sinn Féin | Joe Reilly | 1.8 | 1,012 | 1,012 | 1,014 | 1,033 | 1,044 | 1,198 | ||||||||
| Workers' Party | Séamus McDonagh | 1.4 | 790 | 794 | 812 | 921 | 938 | |||||||||
| Fine Gael | Bernadette McMahon | 1.4 | 743 | 743 | 747 | 767 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Camella Cummins | 1.2 | 636 | 643 | 654 | |||||||||||
| Labour | Peter Archer | 0.7 | 394 | 395 | ||||||||||||
| Independent | Seán Gormley | 0.1 | 36 | |||||||||||||
| Electorate: 73,904 Valid: 55,195 Quota: 9,200 Turnout: 55,597 (75.2%) | ||||||||||||||||
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November 1982 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Fine Gael | John Bruton | 19.6 | 9,990 | ||||||
| Labour | Frank McLoughlin | 14.1 | 7,179 | 7,293 | 8,026 | 8,317 | 8,561 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Colm Hilliard | 14.0 | 7,133 | 7,168 | 7,230 | 7,312 | 7,369 | 8,617 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Lynch | 13.7 | 6,991 | 7,008 | 7,034 | 7,055 | 7,132 | 7,606 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Jim Fitzsimons | 12.0 | 6,133 | 6,158 | 6,209 | 6,292 | 6,347 | 8,652 | |
| Fine Gael | John V. Farrelly | 8.6 | 4,380 | 4,917 | 4,974 | 5,820 | 8,687 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Conway | 7.8 | 3,966 | 4,004 | 4,065 | 4,118 | 4,217 | ||
| Fine Gael | Laurence Clarke | 4.1 | 2,107 | 2,673 | 2,753 | 3,500 | |||
| Fine Gael | Tom Kelly | 4.0 | 2,013 | 2,121 | 2,180 | ||||
| Labour | Brian Fitzgerald | 2.2 | 1,105 | 1,155 | |||||
| Electorate: 67,214 Valid: 50,997 Quota: 8,500 Turnout: 75.9% | |||||||||
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February 1982 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Fine Gael | John Bruton | 25.0 | 12,272 | |||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Lynch | 16.4 | 8,033 | 8,099 | 8,106 | 8,225 | ||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Jim Fitzsimons | 12.2 | 5,994 | 6,095 | 6,101 | 6,383 | 6,440 | 6,452 | 6,505 | 6,542 | 6,932 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Colm Hilliard | 11.8 | 5,778 | 5,880 | 5,884 | 6,189 | 6,269 | 6,285 | 6,404 | 6,515 | 7,126 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Conway | 10.5 | 5,165 | 5,338 | 5,349 | 5,438 | 5,479 | 5,489 | 5,532 | 5,604 | 6,120 | |
| Fine Gael | John V. Farrelly | 8.2 | 4,023 | 6,570 | 6,579 | 6,708 | 6,870 | 6,871 | 10,025 | |||
| Fine Gael | Frank McDermott | 5.7 | 2,770 | 3,472 | 3,476 | 3,537 | 3,660 | 3,665 | ||||
| Labour | James Cudden | 4.1 | 1,999 | 2,235 | 2,251 | 2,359 | 3,666 | 3,669 | 3,805 | 5,432 | ||
| Labour | Seán O'Brien | 3.1 | 1,541 | 1,637 | 1,646 | 1,884 | ||||||
| Independent | Dermot Forde | 2.8 | 1,385 | 1,450 | 1,485 | |||||||
| Independent | John Gormley | 0.2 | 103 | 109 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 65,220 Valid: 49,063 Quota: 8,178 Turnout: 75.2% | ||||||||||||
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1981 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Fine Gael | John Bruton | 22.9 | 11,574 | ||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Brendan Crinion | 13.1 | 6,623 | 6,731 | 7,016 | 7,073 | 9,549 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Lynch | 12.2 | 6,164 | 6,200 | 6,458 | 6,660 | 7,180 | 7,383 | 7,709 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Jim Fitzsimons | 10.9 | 5,535 | 5,610 | 6,163 | 6,196 | 7,113 | 7,915 | 8,389 | 14,340 | |
| Labour | Frank McLoughlin | 8.6 | 4,328 | 4,477 | 4,795 | 4,938 | 5,043 | 5,060 | |||
| Labour | James Tully | 8.5 | 4,313 | 4,565 | 4,962 | 5,100 | 5,265 | 5,287 | 8,474 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Conway | 8.0 | 4,042 | 4,171 | 4,379 | 4,410 | |||||
| Fine Gael | John V. Farrelly | 6.6 | 3,331 | 5,127 | 5,277 | 7,435 | 7,566 | 7,630 | 8,217 | 8,798 | |
| Independent | Dermot Forde | 4.9 | 2,481 | 2,555 | |||||||
| Fine Gael | Frank McDermott | 4.4 | 2,249 | 2,763 | 2,830 | ||||||
| Electorate: 65,220 Valid: 50,640 Quota: 8,441 Turnout: 77.6% | |||||||||||
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1977 general election
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Brendan Crinion | 11,398 | 24.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fine Gael | John Bruton | 8,091 | 17.6 | 3 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Jim Fitzsimons | 7,795 | 16.9 | 2 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Lynch | 5,891 | 12.8 | |||
| Labour | James Tully | 5,347 | 11.6 | 4 | ||
| Labour | Frank McLoughlin | 2,444 | 5.3 | |||
| Fine Gael | Michael Regan | 1,938 | 4.2 | |||
| Independent | Dermot Forde | 1,911 | 4.2 | |||
| Fine Gael | James Dorgan | 880 | 1.9 | |||
| Independent | Frank Godfrey | 187 | 0.4 | |||
| Independent | Edward McKeever | 158 | 0.3 | |||
| Electorate: 58,569 Valid: 46,040 Quota: 9,209 Turnout: 78.6% | ||||||
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1973 general election
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Brendan Crinion | 8,555 | 28.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fine Gael | John Bruton | 8,099 | 26.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| Labour | James Tully | 5,824 | 19.1 | 3 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Hilliard | 5,695 | 18.6 | |||
| Independent | Desmond Ferguson | 1,427 | 4.7 | |||
| Fine Gael | Denis Farrelly | 974 | 3.2 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 30,574 Quota: 7,644 Turnout: | ||||||
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1969 general election
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Hilliard | 6,143 | 21.3 | 1 | ||
| Labour | James Tully | 5,357 | 18.5 | 3 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Brendan Crinion | 4,637 | 16.1 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Gerard Marry | 3,392 | 11.7 | |||
| Fine Gael | John Bruton | 3,042 | 10.5 | 2 | ||
| Fine Gael | Denis Farrelly | 2,992 | 10.4 | |||
| Fine Gael | Willie Carey | 1,926 | 6.7 | |||
| Labour | John Fitzgerald | 1,408 | 4.9 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 28,897 Quota: 7,225 Turnout: ? | ||||||
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1965 general election
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Tully | 7,752 | 28.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Hilliard | 7,544 | 28.0 | 2 | 1 | |
| Fine Gael | Denis Farrelly | 5,271 | 19.6 | 3 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Gerard Marry | 2,706 | 10.1 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick McKenna | 2,577 | 9.6 | |||
| Fine Gael | Patrick Fullam | 1,077 | 4.0 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 26,927 Quota: 6,732 Turnout: | ||||||
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1961 general election
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Tully | 6,721 | 26.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Hilliard | 6,563 | 26.1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Fine Gael | Denis Farrelly | 3,008 | 12.0 | 3 | ||
| Fine Gael | Patrick O'Brien | 2,687 | 10.7 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Henry Johnston | 2,375 | 9.5 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Edward Daly | 2,314 | 9.2 | |||
| Independent | James Finn | 1,473 | 5.9 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 25,141 Quota: 6,286 Turnout: | ||||||
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1959 by-election
Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD James Griffin, a by-election was held on 22 July 1959. The seat was won by Fianna Fáil candidate Henry Johnston.
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Henry Johnston | 43.2 | 11,063 | 11,338 | 12,475 | |
| Labour | James Tully | 27.0 | 6,918 | 7,593 | 10,926 | |
| Fine Gael | Denis Farrelly | 22.5 | 5,751 | 6,100 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Leo Collins | 7.4 | 1,889 | |||
| Electorate: 37,686 Valid: 25,621 Quota: 12,811 Turnout: 67.99% | ||||||
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1957 general election
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Hilliard | 7,600 | 25.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fianna Fáil | James Griffin | 5,154 | 17.4 | 2 | ||
| Fine Gael | Patrick Giles | 5,006 | 16.9 | 3 | ||
| Labour | James Tully | 4,751 | 16.0 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Seán MacCormac | 2,658 | 9.0 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Henry Johnston | 2,521 | 8.5 | |||
| Fine Gael | Patrick Fullam | 1,938 | 6.5 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 29,628 Quota: 7,408 Turnout: | ||||||
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1954 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Hilliard | 27.1 | 8,246 | ||||||
| Labour | James Tully | 23.0 | 7,009 | 7,018 | 7,051 | 7,146 | 7,319 | 8,026 | |
| Fine Gael | Patrick Giles | 21.0 | 6,373 | 6,388 | 6,409 | 7,177 | 8,844 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Matthew O'Reilly | 18.7 | 5,691 | 5,697 | 6,278 | 6,328 | 6,438 | 6,648 | |
| Fine Gael | Denis Farrelly | 5.1 | 1,547 | 1,571 | 1,574 | 2,108 | |||
| Fine Gael | Patrick Dillon | 4.6 | 1,392 | 1,485 | 1,489 | ||||
| Independent | Matthew Cullen | 0.5 | 155 | ||||||
| Electorate: 39,598 Valid: 30,413 Quota: 7,604 Turnout: 76.8% | |||||||||
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1951 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Hilliard | 29.9 | 9,018 | |||
| Fine Gael | Patrick Giles | 22.7 | 6,838 | 6,878 | 9,717 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Matthew O'Reilly | 22.5 | 6,796 | 8,131 | ||
| Labour | James Tully | 13.6 | 4,113 | 4,148 | 4,569 | |
| Fine Gael | Patrick Oliver Meegan | 11.3 | 3,412 | 3,475 | ||
| Electorate: 39,694 Valid: 30,177 Quota: 7,545 Turnout: 76.02% | ||||||
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1948 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Hilliard | 29.7 | 8,929 | ||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Matthew O'Reilly | 21.6 | 6,501 | 7,781 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Patrick Giles | 19.2 | 5,774 | 5,812 | 6,298 | 6,403 | 6,614 | 7,322 | |
| Labour | John Fitzgerald | 6.5 | 1,943 | 1,969 | 1,998 | 2,060 | 3,048 | 3,480 | |
| Independent | Seán Doyle | 6.4 | 1,907 | 1,935 | 2,031 | 2,072 | 2,122 | ||
| Clann na Poblachta | James Hilliard | 5.4 | 1,620 | 1,644 | 1,660 | 2,529 | 2,724 | 3,022 | |
| Labour | Bernard Henry | 5.1 | 1,534 | 1,549 | 1,561 | 1,630 | |||
| Clann na Poblachta | Eamon Ginnell | 3.9 | 1,164 | 1,170 | 1,179 | ||||
| Fine Gael | George Ahern | 2.2 | 665 | 667 | |||||
| Electorate: 39,935 Valid: 30,037 Quota: 7,510 Turnout: 75.21% | |||||||||
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1933 general election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | James Kelly | 29.0 | 9,044 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Matthew O'Reilly | 26.9 | 8,399 | ||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Robert Davitt | 23.3 | 7,289 | 7,474 | 7,550 | 8,095 | |
| National Centre Party | Duc George De Stacpoole | 18.8 | 5,873 | 6,444 | 6,801 | 7,016 | |
| Independent | Thomas Bowers | 2.0 | 615 | 1,097 | 1,257 | ||
| Electorate: 37,120 Valid: 31,220 Quota: 7,806 Turnout: 84.1% | |||||||
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1932 general election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | James Kelly | 33.7 | 9,283 | ||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Eamonn Duggan | 30.6 | 8,428 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Matthew O'Reilly | 22.2 | 6,110 | 8,436 | |
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Arthur Matthews | 13.4 | 3,690 | 3,769 | |
| Electorate: 36,706 Valid: 27,511 Quota: 6,878 Turnout: 75.0% | |||||
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September 1927 general election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Eamonn Duggan | 34.3 | 8,971 | ||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Matthew O'Reilly | 25.5 | 6,661 | ||||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Arthur Matthews | 12.0 | 3,146 | 5,301 | 5,304 | 5,463 | 5,772 | 6,464 | |
| Fianna Fáil | James Kelly | 11.7 | 3,053 | 3,144 | 3,251 | 3,378 | 3,697 | 5,349 | |
| Labour | Cathal O'Shannon | 10.5 | 2,735 | 2,827 | 2,840 | 2,874 | 3,222 | ||
| National League | Richard McDonnell | 4.4 | 1,142 | 1,195 | 1,201 | 1,235 | |||
| Independent | Christopher Black | 1.6 | 415 | 464 | 465 | ||||
| Electorate: 37,709 Valid: 26,123 Quota: 6,531 Turnout: 69.3% | |||||||||
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June 1927 general election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Eamonn Duggan | 24.9 | 6,371 | 6,481 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Matthew O'Reilly | 17.3 | 4,416 | 4,544 | 6,502 | ||||
| Labour | David Hall | 15.0 | 3,828 | 4,813 | 5,198 | 5,247 | 5,305 | 5,983 | |
| Farmers' Party | John Quinn | 13.5 | 3,452 | 3,501 | 3,599 | 3,617 | 3,643 | ||
| National League | William Fallon | 13.4 | 3,420 | 3,519 | 3,625 | 3,639 | 3,665 | 5,844 | |
| Fianna Fáil | James Kelly | 10.0 | 2,556 | 2,667 | |||||
| Labour | Christopher Matthews | 5.9 | 1,521 | ||||||
| Electorate: 37,709 Valid: 25,564 Quota: 6,392 Turnout: 67.8% | |||||||||
Close
1923 general election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Eamonn Duggan | 35.6 | 8,262 | |||||
| Farmers' Party | Patrick Mulvany | 17.1 | 3,974 | 4,642 | 4,688 | 4,933 | 6,393 | |
| Republican | John J. O'Kelly | 16.9 | 3,926 | 3,948 | 3,988 | 4,218 | 4,271 | |
| Labour | David Hall | 14.2 | 3,288 | 3,588 | 3,621 | 4,936 | 5,571 | |
| Labour | Christopher Matthews | 8.4 | 1,952 | 2,192 | 2,210 | |||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Thomas Clinton | 7.0 | 1,633 | 2,832 | 2,862 | 3,004 | ||
| Independent | Patrick White | 0.8 | 183 | 211 | ||||
| Electorate: 37,300 Valid: 23,218 Quota: 5,805 Turnout: 62.3% | ||||||||
Close
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