Mayo East (Dáil Éireann constituency)

For the 1885–1922 constituency, see East Mayo (UK Parliament constituency).

Mayo East
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary constituency
1969–1997
Seats	3
County/City council	County Mayo

Mayo East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1969 to 1997. The constituency was served by 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 and boundaries

The constituency was created under the terms of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, taking in parts of the former Mayo North and Mayo South constituencies.^[1] It was abolished for the 1997 general election when it was combined with Mayo West to form the new 5 seat Mayo constituency.

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Mayo East 1969–1997[2]
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil ·   FG = Fine Gael
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
19th	1969[3]		Seán Flanagan (FF)		Martin Finn (FG)		Thomas O'Hara (FG)
20th	1973[4]						Seán Calleary (FF)
21st	1977[5]		P. J. Morley (FF)		Paddy O'Toole (FG)
22nd	1981[6]
23rd	1982 (Feb)[7]
24th	1982 (Nov)[8]
25th	1987[9]				Jim Higgins (FG)
26th	1989[10]
27th	1992[11]						Tom Moffatt (FF)
28th	1997	Constituency abolished. See Mayo

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

1992 general election

1992 general election: Mayo East[11]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Jim Higgins	7,631	26.1	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Moffatt	6,639	22.7	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Morley	5,693	19.4	3	3
	Fine Gael	Ernie Caffrey	5,733	19.6
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Oliver	2,514	8.6
	Independent	Mary Reilly	1,089	3.7
Electorate: 43,449   Valid: 29,299   Spoilt: 421 (1.4%)   Quota: 7,325   Turnout: 29,720 (68.4%)

1989 general election

1989 general election: Mayo East[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Jim Higgins	8,463	31.2	1
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Calleary	7,313	27.0	2
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Morley	6,579	24.3	3
	Fine Gael	Ernie Caffrey	4,758	17.6
Electorate: ?   Valid: 27,113   Quota: 6,779   Turnout:

1987 general election

1987 general election: Mayo East[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Calleary	6,779	21.9	1
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Morley	6,382	20.6	2
	Fine Gael	Jim Higgins	7,263	23.5	3
	Fine Gael	Paddy O'Toole	5,765	18.6
	Fianna Fáil	Padraic Gavin	4,063	13.1
	Sinn Féin	Joseph McHale	668	2.2
Electorate: ?   Valid: 30,920   Quota: 7,731   Turnout:

November 1982 general election

November 1982 general election: Mayo East[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Calleary	6,834	21.7	1
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Morley	6,507	20.7	2
	Fine Gael	Paddy O'Toole	6,427	20.4	3
	Fine Gael	Jim Higgins	5,120	16.3
	Fianna Fáil	John Bolingbrook	3,418	10.9
	Fine Gael	Seán McEvoy	2,745	8.7
	Independent	John Regan	451	1.4
Electorate: ?   Valid: 31,502   Quota: 7,876   Turnout:

February 1982 general election

February 1982 general election: Mayo East[7]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Calleary	22.1	6,876	6,927	8,672
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Morley	22.8	7,096	7,194	8,504
	Fine Gael	Paddy O'Toole	22.9	7,140	7,512	7,770
	Fine Gael	Jim Higgins	16.5	5,134	5,937	5,937†
	Fianna Fáil	John Bolingbrook	11.1	3,439	3,509
	Fine Gael	John Flannery	4.1	1,274
	Independent	Peter Keane	0.4	134
Electorate: 41,811   Valid: 31,093   Spoilt: 208 (0.7%)   Quota: 7,774   Turnout: 31,509 (75.4%)

^† The Irish Times does not give Higgins third count total.

1981 general election

1981 general election: Mayo East[6]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Calleary	22.4	7,248	8,916
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Morley	21.1	6,829	7,896	8,592
	Fine Gael	Paddy O'Toole	20.3	6,569	6,695	6,719	8,022
	Fine Gael	Martin Finn	13.9	4,509	4,798	4,873	7,371
	Fine Gael	Jim Higgins	11.8	3,829	3,987	4,020
	Fianna Fáil	John Bolingbrook	10.4	3,387
Electorate: 41,811   Valid: 32,351   Spoilt: 260 (0.8%)   Quota: 8,088   Turnout: 32,611 (78.0%)

1977 general election

1977 general election: Mayo East[5]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Calleary	23.9	7,858	8,074	9,749
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Morley	15.6	5,115	5,251	7,007	8,460
	Fine Gael	Paddy O'Toole	19.3	6,338	7,921	8,015	8,053	8,096
	Fine Gael	Martin Finn	18.8	6,203	7,694	7,932	7,969	8,033
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Flanagan	11.3	3,722	3,859
	Fine Gael	Seán McEvoy	11.1	3,646
Electorate: 43,888   Valid: 32,882   Spoilt: 267 (0.8%)   Quota: 8,221   Turnout: 33,149 (75.5%)

1973 general election

1973 general election: Mayo East[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Calleary	6,725	26.0	1	1
	Fine Gael	Martin Finn	5,842	22.6	2
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Flanagan	3,290	12.7	3
	Fine Gael	Thomas O'Hara	3,507	13.6
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Morley	3,218	12.4
	Fine Gael	Paddy O'Toole	1,850	7.2
	Labour Party	Thomas Dillon Leetch	1,432	5.5
Electorate: ?   Valid: 25,864   Quota: 6,467   Turnout:

1969 general election

1969 general election: Mayo East[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Flanagan	6,165	23.6	1
	Fine Gael	Thomas O'Hara	4,080	15.6	2
	Fine Gael	Martin Finn	4,852	18.6	3
	Fianna Fáil	John Garrett	4,087	15.6
	Fine Gael	Michael Browne	3,780	14.5
	Fianna Fáil	Kevin McLoughlin	2,292	8.8
	Labour Party	Gerald Boyle	869	3.3
Electorate: ?   Valid: 26,125   Quota: 6,532   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

1. ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1969: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1969/en/act/pub/0003/gen_1.html. Retrieved 12 February 2009. 
2. ^ Walker, Brian M, ed (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0 901714 96 8. ISSN 0332-0286. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "General election 1969: Mayo East". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1969&cons=173. Retrieved 24 September 2010. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "General election 1973: Mayo East". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1973&cons=173. Retrieved 24 September 2010. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "General election 1977: Mayo East". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1977&cons=173. Retrieved 24 September 2010. 
6. ^ ^{a b} "General election 1981: Mayo East". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1981&cons=173. Retrieved 24 September 2010. 
7. ^ ^{a b} "General election February 1982: Mayo East". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1982feb&cons=173. Retrieved 24 September 2010. 
8. ^ ^{a b} "General election November 1982: Mayo East". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1982nov&cons=173. Retrieved 24 September 2010. 
9. ^ ^{a b} "General election 1987: Mayo East". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1987&cons=173. Retrieved 24 September 2010. 
10. ^ ^{a b} "General election 1989: Mayo East". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1989&cons=173. Retrieved 24 September 2010. 
11. ^ ^{a b} "General election 1992: Mayo East". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1992&cons=173. Retrieved 13 February 2009. 

External links

• Oireachtas Members Database