Galway North East (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Galway North East is a former parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which was represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. Covering the northern part of County Galway, it existed from 1969–1977. It elected three Teachtaí Dála (TDs) to the Dáil, using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representation (PR-STV).

Boundaries

It comprised the administrative county of Galway, except the parts thereof which were comprised in the constituencies of Clare-Galway South and Galway West, and a small part of County Roscommon. [http://acts.oireachtas.ie/zza3y1969.2.html]

History

The constituency was created in 1969, under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, for the 1969 general election to Dáil Éireann. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974.

ee also

*List of Dáil Éireann constituencies in Ireland (historic)
*Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland

External links

* [http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0 Oireachtas Members Database]
* [http://acts.oireachtas.ie/ Acts of the Oireachtas]