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| '''Dublin County West''' was a short-lived ] represented in ], the lower house of the Irish parliament or ] from 1977 to 1981. The constituency elected 3 deputies (], commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using |
'''Dublin County West''' was a short-lived ] represented in ], the lower house of the Irish parliament or ] from 1977 to 1981. The constituency elected 3 deputies (], commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using ] by means of the ] (PR-STV). | ||
| == History and boundaries == | == History and boundaries == | ||
Revision as of 06:15, 11 May 2022
| Dublin County West | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil constituency | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1977 |
| Abolished | 1981 |
| Seats | 3 |
| Local government area | County Dublin Dublin City County Kildare |
Dublin County West was a short-lived parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1977 to 1981. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
History and boundaries
The constituency was created by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, for the 1977 general election. It was abolished by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980. It became part of the Dublin West constituency, created for the 1981 general election.
It consisted of the following areas:
- "In the administrative county of Dublin, the district electoral divisions of:
- Blanchardstown, Castleknock, Clondalkin Number One, Clondalkin Number Two, Clonsilla, Lucan Number One, Lucan Number Two, Newcastle, Palmerston Number One, Palmerston Number Two, Rathcoole Saggart, Terenure Number One;
- and, in the administrative county of Kildare, the district electoral divisions of:
- and the following wards in the county borough of Dublin:
- Ballyfermot H, Crumlin F."
TDs
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin County West 1977–1981 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
| |||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||
| 21st | 1977 | Liam Lawlor (FF) |
Brian Lenihan (FF) |
Mark Clinton (FG) | |||
| 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% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Brian Lenihan | 10,010 | 27.6 | 1 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Liam Lawlor | 6,328 | 20.0 | 3 | ||
| Fine Gael | Mark Clinton | 7,255 | 17.5 | 2 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Terence Boylan | 4,287 | 11.8 | |||
| Labour | Justin Keating | 3,931 | 10.8 | |||
| Labour | Joseph Connolly | 2,769 | 7.6 | |||
| Fine Gael | Brian Fleming | 1,683 | 4.6 | |||
| Electorate: 49,829 Valid: 36,263 Quota: 9,066 Turnout: 72.8% | ||||||
See also
- Dáil constituencies
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- Historic Dáil constituencies
- Elections in the Republic of Ireland
References
- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1980: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ 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 County West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
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