- Dublin Ballyfermot (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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Dublin Ballyfermot Former Dáil Éireann
Parliamentary constituency1977–1981 Seats 3 County/City council County Dublin Dublin Ballyfermot was a short-lived parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1977 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).
Contents
History
The constituency was created in 1977, under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974[1], taking in parts of the former Dublin South West constituency, as part of the redistribution of constituencies (also known as the Tullymander) which attempted to secure the re-election of the outgoing Fine Gael/Labour government. The constituency was abolished in 1981 with most of it becoming part of the new constituency of Dublin West.
Boundaries
It covered Ballyfermot, together with most of the Crumlin and Kilmainham areas of Dublin city. It consisted of the following wards of the county borough of Dublin: Ballyfermot A, Ballyfermot B, Ballyfermot C, Ballyfermot D, Ballyfermot E, Ballyfermot F, Ballyfermot G, Crumlin A, Crumlin B, Crumlin C, Crumlin E, Kilmainham A, Kilmainham C.[2]
TDs
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Ballyfermot 1977–1981[3] Key to partiesDáil Election Deputy
(Party)Deputy
(Party)Deputy
(Party)21st 1977[4] John O'Connell
(Lab)Eileen Lemass
(FF)Jim Mitchell
(FG)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.
1977 general election
1977 general election: Dublin Ballyfermot[3][4] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Labour Party John O'Connell 8,308 32.7 1 Fine Gael Jim Mitchell 4,223 16.6 2 Fianna Fáil Eileen Lemass 4,253 16.7 3 Fianna Fáil Joseph Dowling 3,414 13.4 Fianna Fáil Lauri Corcoran 2,778 10.9 Sinn Féin (Workers' Party) Tomás Mac Giolla 1,385 5.4 Fine Gael William Brady 689 2.7 Independent John Montgomery 317 1.3 Independent James McKenna 78 0.3 Electorate: 37,427 Valid: 25,445 Quota: 6,362 Turnout: 68.0% 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, 1974". Irish Statute Book database. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1974/en/act/pub/0007/index.html. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974 – Constituencies". Irish Statute Book database. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1974/en/act/pub/0007/gen_1.html. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
- ^ a b 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 1977: Dublin Ballyfermot". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1977&cons=83. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
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