Leitrim was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish parliament) from 1937 to 1948. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
| Leitrim | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil constituency | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1937 |
| Abolished | 1948 |
| Seats | 3 |
| Local government areas | |
| Created from | Leitrim–Sligo |
| Replaced by | Sligo–Leitrim |
History
editThe constituency was created for the 1937 general election, when the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 split the old Leitrim–Sligo constituency, with County Sligo being represented from 1937 through the new Sligo constituency.[1]
Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, the Leitrim constituency was abolished, and the Sligo–Leitrim constituency was created for the 1948 general election.[2]
Boundaries
editSome Dáil constituencies cross county boundaries, in order to ensure a reasonably consistent ratio of electors to TDs. The 1935 Act defines the boundaries of the Leitrim constituency as being:
"The administrative County of Leitrim and The District Electoral Divisions of: Ballintogher East, Ballynakill, Ballynashee, Cliffony North, Cliffony South, Drumcolumb, Killadoon, Kilmactranny, Rossinver East and Shancough in the administrative County of Sligo."[1]
TDs
edit| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Leitrim 1937–1948[3] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
| |||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||
| 9th | 1937[4] | Stephen Flynn (FF) |
Bernard Maguire (FF) |
Mary Reynolds (FG) | |||
| 10th | 1938[5] | ||||||
| 11th | 1943[6] | Bernard Maguire (Ind) | |||||
| 12th | 1944[7] | ||||||
| 13th | 1948 | Constituency abolished. See Sligo–Leitrim | |||||
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
edit1944 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Independent | Bernard Maguire | 27.8 | 6,597 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Stephen Flynn | 26.8 | 6,347 | ||
| Fine Gael | Mary Reynolds | 24.5 | 5,815 | 6,136 | |
| Clann na Talmhan | James Reynolds | 20.8 | 4,935 | 5,287 | |
| Electorate: 35,677 Valid: 23,694 Quota: 5,924 Turnout: 66.4% | |||||
1943 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Independent | Bernard Maguire | 20.2 | 5,502 | 5,621 | 5,725 | 5,931 | 6,309 | 6,566 | 6,654 | 7,610 | |
| Fine Gael | Mary Reynolds | 19.4 | 5,290 | 5,384 | 5,499 | 5,568 | 5,842 | 7,440 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Stephen Flynn | 15.3 | 4,175 | 4,226 | 4,567 | 5,199 | 6,156 | 6,321 | 6,370 | 6,979 | |
| Independent | Patrick Carey | 9.7 | 2,642 | 2,724 | 2,807 | 2,889 | 3,110 | 3,171 | 3,203 | ||
| Fine Gael | Michael McGowan | 8.8 | 2,409 | 2,459 | 2,550 | 2,613 | 2,629 | ||||
| Independent | Joseph Mooney | 6.9 | 1,896 | 2,057 | 2,329 | 2,536 | 2,671 | 3,051 | 3,498 | 4,068 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Burke | 6.6 | 1,812 | 1,872 | 1,882 | 2,122 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Edward Boles | 5.7 | 1,558 | 1,684 | 1,709 | ||||||
| Independent | James McHugh | 3.9 | 1,072 | 1,197 | |||||||
| Labour | James Gilhooly | 3.4 | 939 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 35,677 Valid: 27,295 Quota: 6,824 Turnout: 76.5% | |||||||||||
1938 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Bernard Maguire | 31.3 | 8,481 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Stephen Flynn | 29.4 | 7,958 | |||
| Fine Gael | Mary Reynolds | 21.3 | 5,778 | 6,090 | 6,188 | |
| Fine Gael | Andrew Mooney | 18.0 | 4,862 | 4,987 | 5,099 | |
| Electorate: 35,568 Valid: 27,079 Quota: 6,770 Turnout: 76.1% | ||||||
1937 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Bernard Maguire | 28.5 | 7,755 | |||||
| Fianna Fáil | Stephen Flynn | 22.5 | 6,129 | 6,942 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Mary Reynolds | 19.5 | 5,296 | 5,357 | 5,909 | 5,976 | 6,653 | |
| Independent | James Dolan | 9.2 | 2,508 | 2,522 | 2,568 | 2,598 | 2,947 | |
| Fine Gael | John Travers | 7.6 | 2,070 | 2,079 | 2,169 | 2,193 | 2,993 | |
| Fine Gael | John Hennigan | 7.6 | 2,057 | 2,065 | 2,090 | 2,104 | ||
| Independent | Patrick Tubman | 5.2 | 1,411 | 1,454 | ||||
| Electorate: 36,368 Valid: 27,226 Quota: 6,807 Turnout: 74.9% | ||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act, 1935: First Schedule (Revised constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947: First 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.
- ^ a b "General election 1937: Leitrim". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 1938: Leitrim". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 1943: Leitrim". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 1944: Leitrim". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ a b c d Gallagher, Michael (1993). Irish Elections 1922-44: Results and Analysis. PSAI Press. ISBN 0951974815.
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