Leitrim-Sligo (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Leitrim-Sligo is a former parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. Covering the whole territory the two counties of Leitrim and part of Sligo, it existed from 1923 to 1937. It elected seven Teachtaí Dála (TDs) to the Dáil, using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History

The constituency was created for the 1923 general election, when the Electoral Act 1923 defined the constituencies to be used in Dáil elections, the first time that the Dáil had not used constituencies defined under British law. Leitrim Sligo replaced the old Leitrim-Roscommon North and Sligo-Mayo East constituencies, which had been created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920.

Under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, the Leitrim-Sligo constituency was abolished, and replaced for the 1937 general election by two separate three-seats constituencies: Sligo and Leitrim.

Boundaries

Some Dáil Éireann constituencies cross county boundaries, in order to ensure a reasonably consistent ratio of electors to TDs. However, the 1923 Act defined the boundaries of the Leitrim-Sligo constituency simply as:

"The administrative counties of Leitrim and Sligo."

TDs elected

TDs are listed in alphabetical order, not in order of election.

"Note: This list does not include the results of the three by-elections which were held in the Leitrim-Sligo constituency"

8th Dáil, 1933-1937

7th Dáil, 1932-1933

6th Dáil, September 1927-1932

5th Dáil, June 1927-September 1927

4th Dáil, 1923-June 1927

External links

* http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0
* http://acts.oireachtas.ie/

ee also

*County Leitrim
*County Sligo
*Leitrim (constituency): constituencies in County Leitrim
*Sligo (constituency): constituencies in County Sligo