Dublin Ballyfermot (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Dublin Ballyfermot
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1977
Abolished	1981
Seats	3
County/City council	Dublin City

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 as TDs) to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

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 which attempted to secure the re-election of the outgoing Fine Gael–Labour Party 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.^[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Ballyfermot 1977–1981^[2]
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Lab = Labour Party
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
21st	1977^[3]		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^[2]^[3]
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%

References

1 2 "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
1 2 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 1977: Dublin Ballyfermot". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 6 March 2009.

External links

Oireachtas Members Database

Parliamentary constituencies in Dublin City and County

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Dublin City (1264–1800) Dublin County (????–1800) Dublin University (1613–1800) Newcastle (c.1613–1800) Swords (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Dublin City (1801–85) Dublin County (1801–85) Dublin University (1801–1922) Dublin County South (1885–1922) Dublin County North (1885–1922) Dublin College Green (1885–1922) Dublin Harbour (1885–1922) Dublin St Patrick's (1885–1922) Dublin St Stephen's Green (1885–1922) Dublin Clontarf (1918–22) Dublin St James's (1918–22) Dublin St Michan's (1918–22) Dublin Pembroke (1918–22) Dublin Rathmines (1918–22)

Dáil Éireann (Former)	Dublin Artane (1977–81) Dublin Ballyfermot (1977–81) Dublin Cabra (1977–81) Dublin Central (1969–77) Dublin Clontarf (1977–81) Dublin County (1921–69) Dublin County Mid (1977–81) Dublin County North (1969–81) Dublin County South (1969–81) Dublin County West (1977–81) Dublin Finglas (1977–81) Dublin Mid (1921–23) Dublin North (1923–37, 1981–2016) Dublin North–Central (1948–2016) Dublin North–East (1937–77, 1981–2016) Dublin North–West (1921–23, 1937–77) Dublin Rathmines West (1977–81) Dublin South (1921–48, 1981–2016) Dublin South–East (1948–2016) Dublin South–West (1948–77) Dublin Townships (1937–48) Dublin University (1918–37) Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown (1948–77)

Dáil Éireann (Current)	Dublin Bay North (2016–) Dublin Bay South (2016–) Dublin Central (1981–) Dublin Fingal (2016–) Dublin Mid–West (2002–) Dublin North–West (1981–) Dublin Rathdown (2016–) Dublin South–Central (1948–) Dublin South–West (1981–) Dublin West (1981–) Dún Laoghaire (1977–)

Seanad Éireann 1937–present	Dublin University (1937–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Dublin (1979–)

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