Dublin County North (Dáil Éireann constituency)

For the 1885–1922 constituency, see North County Dublin (UK Parliament constituency).

Dublin County North
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1969
Abolished	1981
Seats	4 (1969–1977) 3 (1977–1981)
County/City council	County Dublin

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 the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History

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.

Boundaries

The constituency boundaries were defined as: "The administrative county of Dublin, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituency of Dublin County South and in the constituency of Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown and the Baldoyle ward in the county borough of Dublin."^[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin County North 1969–1981^[2]
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Lab = Labour Party
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
19th	1969^[3]		Patrick Burke (FF)		Mark Clinton (FG)		Desmond Foley (FF)		Justin Keating (Lab)
20th	1973^[4]		Patrick Burke (FF)		Mark Clinton (FG)		Seán Walsh (FF)		Justin Keating (Lab)
21st	1977^[5]		Ray Burke (FF)		John Boland (FG)		Joe Fox (FF)	3 seats 1977–1981
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.

Elections

1977 general election

1977 general election: Dublin County North^[5]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 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	Joe Fox	10.1	3,618	5,479	5,514	5,578	5,896	5,906	6,870
	Fianna Fáil	Patricia McGill	12.2	4,340	5,108	5,140	5,230	5,677	5,692	6,571
	Labour Party	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 Party	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%)^[6]

1973 general election

1973 general election: Dublin County North^[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Ray Burke	10,652	24.1	1	1
	Labour Party	Justin Keating	5,570	12.6	2
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Walsh	5,381	12.2	3
	Fine Gael	Mark Clinton	5,730	12.9	4
	Fine Gael	John Boland	5,263	11.9
	Aontacht Éireann	Desmond Foley	3,387	7.7
	Labour Party	Michael Gannon	3,215	7.3
	Labour Party	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

1969 general election: Dublin County North^[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Burke	8,050	21.8	1	1
	Fine Gael	Mark Clinton	4,050	11.0	2
	Fianna Fáil	Desmond Foley	5,231	14.2	3
	Labour Party	Justin Keating	4,198	11.4	4
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Walsh	3,335	9.0
	Labour Party	Michael Gannon	2,900	7.8
	Fine Gael	John Boland	2,368	6.4
	Labour Party	Joseph Connolly	2,281	6.2
	Fine Gael	Éamon Rooney	2,092	5.7
	Labour Party	Patrick Murphy	1,778	4.8
	Fine Gael	Anthony Butterley	688	1.9
Electorate: ? Valid: 36,971 Quota: 7,395 Turnout:

References

↑ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1969: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 31 August 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 1969: Dublin County North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
1 2 "General election 1973: Dublin County North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
1 2 "General election 1977: Dublin County North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
↑ The Irish Times, 20 June 1977, p7–10

External links

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