Athlone–Longford (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Athlone–Longford
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1937
Abolished	1948
Seats	3
County/City council	County Longford County Roscommon County Westmeath

Athlone–Longford was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1937 to 1948. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History

The constituency was created for the 1937 general election under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935,^[1] replacing the old Longford–Westmeath constituency.

Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, the constituency was abolished, and the Longford–Westmeath constituency was re-created for the 1948 general election.^[2]

Boundaries

The constituency consisted of all of County Longford and parts of counties Roscommon and Westmeath. In the 1935 Act, its boundaries were defined as:^[1]

"The administrative County of Longford,

The District electoral divisions of:

Athlone West Rural, Ballydangan, Ballynamona, Caltragh, Carnagh, Carrowreagh, Castlesampson, Cloonburren, Cloonown, Crannagh, Creagh, Culliagh, Drumlosh, Dysart, Kilcar, Kiltoom, Lecarrow, Moore, Rockhill, Taghboy, Taghma-connell, Thomastown and Turrock in the administrative County of Roscommon; and

The District Electoral Divisions of:

Ardnagragh, Athlone East Rural, Auburn, Carn, Castledaly, Doonis, Glassan, Killinure, Mount Temple, Moydrum, Muckanagh, Noughaval and Tubbrit and the Urban District of Athlone in the administrative County of Westmeath."

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Athlone–Longford 1937–1948^[3]
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
9th	1937^[4]		Seán Mac Eoin (FG)		Matthew Davis (FF)		James Victory (FF)
10th	1938^[5]				Erskine H. Childers (FF)		James Victory (FF)
11th	1943^[6]						Thomas Carter (FF)
12th	1944^[7]						Thomas Carter (FF)
13th	1948	Constituency abolished. See Longford–Westmeath

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

1944 general election

1944 general election: Athlone–Longford^[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Seán Mac Eoin	6,235	23.6	1
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Carter	6,501	24.6	2
	Fianna Fáil	Erskine H. Childers	4,716	17.8	3
	Labour Party	Martin Timlin	3,266	12.3
	Fianna Fáil	James Victory	3,110	11.8
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Meara	2,646	10.0
Electorate: ? Valid: 26,474 Quota: 6,619 Turnout: ?

1943 general election

1943 general election: Athlone–Longford^[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Seán Mac Eoin	6,979	24.4	1
	Fianna Fáil	Erskine H. Childers	4,180	14.6	2
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Carter	4,041	14.1	3
	Fianna Fáil	James Victory	4,010	14.0
	Labour Party	Martin Timlin	3,119	10.9
	Fine Gael	William Finnerty	3,012	10.5
	Labour Party	Henry Broderick	2,055	7.2
	Independent	Thomas Murray	1,216	4.3
Electorate: ? Valid: 28,612 Quota: 7,154 Turnout:

1938 general election

1938 general election: Athlone–Longford^[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Seán Mac Eoin	6,936	23.8	1
	Fianna Fáil	James Victory	6,107	21.0	2
	Fianna Fáil	Erskine H. Childers	4,885	16.8	3
	Fianna Fáil	Matthew Davis	4,418	15.2
	Fine Gael	William Finnerty	4,183	14.4
	Labour Party	Martin Timlin	2,570	8.8
Electorate: ? Valid: 29,099 Quota: 7,275 Turnout:

1937 general election

1937 general election: Athlone–Longford^[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Seán Mac Eoin	7,587	25.8	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	James Victory	4,565	15.5	2
	Fianna Fáil	Matthew Davis	4,132	14.0	3
	Fine Gael	William Finnerty	3,556	12.1
	Labour Party	Henry Broderick	3,018	10.3
	Independent	Seán Lynch	1,929	6.6
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Killion	1,808	6.1
	Independent	Joseph Burke	1,159	3.9
	Independent	Hubert Wilson	1,031	3.5
	Independent	Seán Duffy	662	2.3
Electorate: ? Valid: 29,447 Quota: 7,362 Turnout:

References

1 2 "Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act, 1935: First Schedule (Revised constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
↑ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947: First Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
↑ Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
1 2 "General election 1937: Athlone–Longford". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1938: Athlone–Longford". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1943: Athlone–Longford". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1944: Athlone–Longford". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 11 September 2010.

External links

Oireachtas Members Database

Parliamentary constituencies in County Longford

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Granard (1679–1800) Lanesborough (1642–1800) Longford Borough (1669–1800) Longford County (????–1800) St Johnstown (1628–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Longford (1801–85) North Longford (1885–1918) South Longford (1885–1918) Longford (1918–22)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Longford–Westmeath (1921–37, 1948–92, 2007–) Athlone–Longford (1937–48) Longford–Roscommon (1992–2007)

European Parliament 1979–present	Leinster (1979–2004) East (2004–09) North-West (2009–14) Midlands–North-West (2014–)

Irish counties: Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow

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