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| ==History== | ==History== | ||
| The constituency was created under the terms of the ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1974/en/act/pub/0007/index.html |title=Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974 |work=Irish Statute Book database |accessdate=28 July 2010 }}</ref>, largely replacing the former ] constituency, as part of the redistribution of constituencies (also known as the ]) which attempted to secure the re-election of the outgoing ]–] government. It was |
The constituency was created under the terms of the ]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1974/en/act/pub/0007/index.html |title=Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974 |work=Irish Statute Book database |accessdate=28 July 2010 }}</ref>, largely replacing the former ] constituency, as part of the redistribution of constituencies (also known as the ]) which attempted to secure the re-election of the outgoing ]–] government. It was only used for the 1977 general election. The constituency was abolished in 1981 with much of it going into an expanded Dublin North Central constituency. Of the 15 wards in Dublin Artane, 11 went to ] for the 1981 general election, with two going to Dublin North East and two to ]. | ||
| ==Boundaries== | ==Boundaries== | ||
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Template:Dáil Éireann former constituency infobox Dublin Artane was a short-lived parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1977 to 1981, and elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known in English as TDs). The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
History
The constituency was created under the terms of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, largely replacing the former Dublin North East constituency, as part of the redistribution of constituencies (also known as the Tullymander) which attempted to secure the re-election of the outgoing Fine Gael–Labour Party government. It was only used for the 1977 general election. The constituency was abolished in 1981 with much of it going into an expanded Dublin North Central constituency. Of the 15 wards in Dublin Artane, 11 went to Dublin North Central for the 1981 general election, with two going to Dublin North East and two to Dublin North West.
Boundaries
It covered the north eastern parts of the city of Dublin, including the Artane area together with parts of Clontarf, Drumcondra and Santry. It consisted of the following wards of the county borough of Dublin: Artane A, Artane B, Artane C, Artane D, Artane E, Artane F, Artane G, Artane H, Clontarf East E, Clontarf West A, Clontarf West B, Drumcondra North A, Drumcondra North B, Drumcondra North C, Santry B.
TDs
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Artane 1977–1981 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
| |||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||
| 21st | 1977 | Charles Haughey (FF) |
Timothy Killeen (FF) |
Noël Browne (Ind) | |||
| 22nd | 1981 | Constituency abolished | |||||
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.
1977 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Charles Haughey | 36.7 | 11,041 | ||||||||||||
| Independent | Noël Browne | 18.6 | 5,601 | 5,910 | 5,934 | 6,084 | 6,169 | 6,224 | 6,264 | 6,379 | 6,947 | 7,243 | 8,634 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Timothy Killeen | 6.3 | 1,900 | 3,705 | 3,734 | 3,738 | 3,760 | 3,777 | 3,781 | 3,801 | 3,994 | 6,594 | 6,802 | 6,923 | |
| Fine Gael | Paddy Belton | 11.6 | 3,494 | 3,527 | 3,534 | 3,535 | 3,546 | 3,574 | 3,748 | 4,325 | 4,552 | 4,622 | 6,101 | 6,765 | |
| Labour | Paddy Dunne | 9.1 | 2,723 | 2,776 | 2,791 | 2,814 | 2,852 | 3,174 | 3,222 | 3,387 | 3,623 | 3,716 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Eugene Timmons | 5.9 | 1,777 | 2,963 | 2,986 | 2,994 | 3,041 | 3,056 | 3,065 | 3,078 | 3,237 | ||||
| Independent | Hannah Barlow | 4.1 | 1,238 | 1,299 | 1,338 | 1,360 | 1,402 | 1,408 | 1,435 | 1,494 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Brian Murray | 2.2 | 649 | 658 | 663 | 664 | 670 | 688 | 987 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | James Munro | 1.9 | 569 | 575 | 582 | 583 | 588 | 606 | |||||||
| Labour | Michael O'Halloran | 1.5 | 461 | 475 | 479 | 482 | 486 | ||||||||
| Independent | Philip Marsh | 0.8 | 245 | 266 | 270 | 285 | |||||||||
| Independent | Gerard McIntyre | 0.8 | 227 | 233 | 234 | ||||||||||
| Independent | Desmond Fox | 0.5 | 144 | 164 | |||||||||||
| Electorate: 39,439 Valid: 30,069 Spoilt: 222 (0.7%) Quota: 7,518 Turnout: 30,291 (76.8%) | |||||||||||||||
References
- "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974 – Schedule – Constituencies". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 28 July 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.
- ^ "General election 1977: Dublin Artane". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- The Irish Times, 20 June 1977, p7–10
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
External links
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