Dublin County North (Dáil constituency)
Dublin County North was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 1969 to 1981. The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
| Dublin County North | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil constituency | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1969 |
| Abolished | 1981 |
| Seats |
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| Local government area | County Dublin |
| Created from | Dublin County |
| Replaced by | Dublin North |
History and boundaries
The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969 for the 1969 general election, electing 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, it was reduced to 3 seats from 1977 onwards. It was abolished by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980.
| Years | TDs | Boundaries | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969–1977 | 4 | County Dublin, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Dublin County South and Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown; | Created from Dublin County |
| 1977–1981 | 3 | In County Dublin, the district electoral divisions of
Balbriggan Rural, Balbriggan Urban, Ballyboghil, Balscadden, Clonmethan, Coolock, Donabate, Drumcondra Rural Number One, Drumcondra Rural Number Two, Finglas, Garristown, Hollywood, Holmpatrick, Kilsallaghan, Kinsaley, Lusk, Malahide, Rush, Skerries, Swords East, Swords West; and in the county borough of Dublin, the wards of Finglas East C, Santry A.[2] |
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| 1981 | — | Constituency abolished | See Dublin North |
TDs
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin County North 1969–1981[3] | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | ||||
| 19th | 1969[4] | Patrick Burke (FF) |
Des Foley (FF) |
Mark Clinton (FG) |
Justin Keating (Lab) | ||||
| 20th | 1973[5] | Seán Walsh (FF) | |||||||
| 21st | 1977[6] | Ray Burke (FF) |
Joe Fox (FF) |
John Boland (FG) |
3 seats 1977–1981 | ||||
| 22nd | 1981 | Constituency abolished. See Dublin North | |||||||
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
1977 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Ray Burke | 33.0 | 11,794 | |||||||
| Fine Gael | John Boland | 20.6 | 7,367 | 7,456 | 7,575 | 9,101 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Patricia McGill | 12.2 | 4,340 | 5,108 | 5,140 | 5,230 | 5,677 | 5,692 | 6,571 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Joe Fox | 10.1 | 3,618 | 5,479 | 5,514 | 5,578 | 5,896 | 5,906 | 6,870 | |
| Labour | Patrick Murphy | 9.5 | 3,373 | 3,415 | 4,334 | 4,464 | 5,536 | 5,684 | ||
| Independent | Eamonn O'Brien | 6.1 | 2,189 | 2,226 | 2,337 | 2,364 | ||||
| Fine Gael | John Corry | 5.0 | 1,770 | 1,808 | 1,866 | |||||
| Labour | Seán Ryan | 3.5 | 1,260 | 1,291 | ||||||
| Electorate: 52,608 Valid: 35,711 Spoilt: 309 (0.9%) Quota: 8,928 Turnout: 36,020 (68.4%)[7] | ||||||||||
1973 general election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Ray Burke | 10,652 | 24.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fine Gael | Mark Clinton | 5,730 | 12.9 | 4 | ||
| Labour | Justin Keating | 5,570 | 12.6 | 2 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Walsh | 5,381 | 12.2 | 3 | ||
| Fine Gael | John Boland | 5,263 | 11.9 | |||
| Independent | Des Foley | 3,387 | 7.7 | |||
| Labour | Michael Gannon | 3,215 | 7.3 | |||
| Labour | Maire Walsh | 2,226 | 5.0 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Dungan | 1,588 | 3.6 | |||
| Fine Gael | Denis Farrell | 1,253 | 2.8 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 44,265 Quota: 8,854 Turnout: | ||||||
1969 general election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Burke | 8,050 | 21.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Des Foley | 5,231 | 14.2 | 3 | ||
| Labour | Justin Keating | 4,198 | 11.4 | 4 | ||
| Fine Gael | Mark Clinton | 4,050 | 11.0 | 2 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Walsh | 3,335 | 9.0 | |||
| Labour | Michael Gannon | 2,900 | 7.8 | |||
| Fine Gael | John Boland | 2,368 | 6.4 | |||
| Labour | Joseph Connolly | 2,281 | 6.2 | |||
| Fine Gael | Éamon Rooney | 2,092 | 5.7 | |||
| Labour | Patrick Murphy | 1,778 | 4.8 | |||
| Fine Gael | Anthony Butterley | 688 | 1.9 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 36,971 Quota: 7,395 Turnout: | ||||||
See also
Notes, citations and sources
Citations
- Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, Schedule: Constituencies (No. 3 of 1969, Schedule). Enacted on 26 March 1969. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 14 May 2022.
- Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, Schedule: Constituencies (No. 7 of 1974, Schedule). Enacted on 7 May 1974. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 2 October 2022.
- Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
- "General election 1969: Dublin County North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- "General election 1973: Dublin County North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- "General election 1977: Dublin County North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- The Irish Times, 20 June 1977, p7–10
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