Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1948
Abolished	1977
Seats	3 (1948–1961) 4 (1961–1977)
County/City council	County Dublin

Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1948 to 1977. The constituency elected 3 (and later 4) 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 under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, for the 1948 general election to Dáil Éireann.^[1] It initially returned 3 TDs but under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961, it was increased to 4 from 1961 onwards. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974 with effect from the 1977 general election, and replaced by the new constituency of Dún Laoghaire.

Boundaries

The constituency consisted of the borough of Dún Laoghaire and the district electoral divisions of Ballybrack, Dundrum, Glencullen, Milltown, Rathfarnham, Rathmichael, Stillorgan and Whitechurch.^[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown 1948–1969^[2]
Key to parties CnaP = Clann na Poblachta FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Lab = Labour Party
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
13th	1948^[3]		Seán Brady (FF)		Joseph Brennan (CnaP)		Liam Cosgrave (FG)	3 seats until 1961
14th	1951^[4]				H. Percy Dockrell (FG)
15th	1954^[5]				H. Percy Dockrell (FG)
16th	1957^[6]				Lionel Booth (FF)
17th	1961^[7]								H. Percy Dockrell (FG)
18th	1965^[8]		David Andrews (FF)
19th	1969^[9]				Barry Desmond (Lab)
20th	1973^[10]				Barry Desmond (Lab)
21st	1977	Constituency abolished. See Dún Laoghaire

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

1973 general election

1973 general election: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown^[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Liam Cosgrave	13,054	31.1	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	David Andrews	10,926	26.0	2	1
	Labour Party	Barry Desmond	5,768	13.7	3
	Fine Gael	H. Percy Dockrell	2,206	5.3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Neville Keery	3,642	8.7
	Fine Gael	Michael Carroll	2,537	6.0
	Labour Party	Flor O'Mahony	2,072	4.9
	Fianna Fáil	Eric Leonard	1,209	2.9
	Independent	Vincent MacDowell	591	1.4
Electorate: ? Valid: 42,005 Quota: 8,402 Turnout:

1969 general election

1969 general election: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown^[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Liam Cosgrave	10,825	28.8	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	David Andrews	10,292	27.4	2	1
	Fine Gael	H. Percy Dockrell	2,252	6.0	3
	Labour Party	Barry Desmond	2,870	7.7	4
	Labour Party	Flor O'Mahony	2,570	6.9
	Fianna Fáil	Neville Keery	2,155	5.7
	Fine Gael	Michael Carroll	2,049	5.5
	Independent	Proinsias Mac Aonghusa	1,446	3.9
	Labour Party	James Byrne	1,386	3.7
	Fianna Fáil	Carmel Gleeson	1,097	2.9
	Independent	James Guinan	594	1.6
Electorate: ? Valid: 37,536 Quota: 7,508 Turnout:

1965 general election

1965 general election: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown^[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Liam Cosgrave	9,696	25.7	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	David Andrews	7,932	21.0	2	1
	Fianna Fáil	Lionel Booth	5,312	14.1	3
	Fine Gael	H. Percy Dockrell	2,780	7.4	4
	Labour Party	John Fitzgerald	4,814	12.8
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Brady	4,680	12.4
	Fine Gael	James Guinan	1,816	4.8
	Independent	James Deegan	707	1.9
Electorate: ? Valid: 37,737 Quota: 7,548 Turnout:

1961 general election

1961 general election: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown^[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Liam Cosgrave	7,154	23.6	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Brady	4,994	16.6	2
	Fine Gael	H. Percy Dockrell	3,502	11.6	3
	Fianna Fáil	Lionel Booth	4,859	16.0	4
	Fine Gael	Joseph Brennan	2,926	9.7
	Labour Party	John Fitzgerald	2,925	9.6
	Independent	Seamus Bohan	2,005	6.6
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Slattery	1,968	6.5
Electorate: ? Valid: 30,333 Quota: 6,067 Turnout:

1957 general election

1957 general election: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown^[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Liam Cosgrave	11,107	30.8	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Lionel Booth	8,852	24.6	2
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Brady	7,467	20.7	3
	Labour Party	John Fitzgerald	3,919	10.9
	Fine Gael	H. Percy Dockrell	2,924	8.1
	Clann na Poblachta	Patrick Begley	1,780	4.9
Electorate: ? Valid: 36,049 Quota: 9,013 Turnout:

1954 general election

1954 general election: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown^[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Liam Cosgrave	13,609	36.4	1	1
	Fine Gael	H. Percy Dockrell	4,221	11.3	2
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Brady	5,545	14.8	3
	Fianna Fáil	Lionel Booth	5,941	15.9
	Labour Party	Joseph Brennan	5,043	13.5
	Fianna Fáil	Matthew Cullen	3,008	8.1
Electorate: ? Valid: 37,367 Quota: 9,342 Turnout:

1951 general election

1951 general election: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown^[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Liam Cosgrave	10,043	30.7	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Brady	8,254	25.3	2	1
	Fine Gael	H. Percy Dockrell	4,505	13.8	3
	Labour Party	Joseph Brennan	4,107	12.6
	Fianna Fáil	Matthew Cullen	3,800	11.6
	Fianna Fáil	Matthew Smith	1,986	6.1
Electorate: ? Valid: 32,695 Quota: 8,174 Turnout:

1948 general election

1948 general election: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown^[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Brady	6,823	22.0	1
	Fine Gael	Liam Cosgrave	7,521	24.2	2
	Clann na Poblachta	Joseph Brennan	3,811	12.3	3
	Fine Gael	H. Percy Dockrell	5,133	16.6
	Clann na Poblachta	Noel Hartnett	3,281	10.6
	Fianna Fáil	Matthew Cullen	2,953	9.5
	Labour Party	Arnold Marsh	1,502	4.8
Electorate: 44,212 Valid: 31,024 Quota: 7,757 Turnout: 70.2%

References

1 2 "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
↑ 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 1948: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1951: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1954: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1957: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1961: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1965: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1969: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
1 2 "General election 1973: Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 8 September 2010.

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