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For the 1885–1922 constituency, see South County Dublin (UK Parliament constituency).Template:Dáil Éireann former constituency infobox Dublin County South was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1969 to 1981. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known in English as TDs) to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
History
The constituency was created by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, and first used at the 1969 general election. It was abolished by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980, with effect from the 1981 general election.
Boundaries
In the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, the boundaries of Dublin County South are given as:
- The district electoral divisions (except any parts thereof comprised in the county borough of Dublin) of:
- Newcastle, Rathcoole, Saggart, in the former Rural District of Celbridge No. 2;
- Ballybrack (except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown), Dundrum (except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown), Glencullen, Milltown, Rathmichael except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Dún Laoghaire and Ratthdown), in the former Rural District of Rathdown No. 1;
- Rathfarnham, Tallaght, Whitechurch, and the townland of Kimmage (except the part thereof comprised in the county borough of Dublin) in the district electoral division of Terenure, in the former Rural District of Dublin South.
TDs
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin County South 1969–1981 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
| |||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||
| 19th | 1969 | Kevin Boland (FF) |
Tom O'Higgins (FG) |
Richard Burke (FG) | |||
| 20th | 1973 | Ruairí Brugha (FF) |
Larry McMahon (FG) | ||||
| 21st | 1977 | Niall Andrews (FF) |
John M. Kelly (FG) |
John Horgan (Lab) | |||
| 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.
Elections
1977 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Niall Andrews | 6,956 | 19.9 | 1 | ||
| Fine Gael | John M. Kelly | 5,355 | 15.3 | 2 | ||
| Labour | John Horgan | 4,673 | 13.4 | 3 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Ruairí Brugha | 4,037 | 11.6 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Jimmy Murphy | 3,902 | 11.2 | |||
| Independent | Nuala Fennell | 3,426 | 9.8 | |||
| Fine Gael | Seán Barrett | 3,331 | 9.5 | |||
| Fine Gael | Thomas Hand | 2,258 | 6.5 | |||
| Independent | Myles Tierney | 962 | 2.8 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 34,900 Quota: 8,726 Turnout: | ||||||
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
References
- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1969: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1980: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. 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 1969: Dublin County South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- "General election 1973: Dublin County South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ "General election 1977: Dublin County South". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
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