Mayo North (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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

Mayo North
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1923
Abolished	1969
Seats	4 (1923–1937) 3 (1937–1969)
County/City council	County Mayo

Mayo North was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1923 to 1969. The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History

The constituency was created under the Electoral Act 1923 for the 1923 general election to Dáil Éireann, whose members formed the 4th Dáil.^[1]

From 1923 to 1937, Mayo North elected 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). Under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, this was reduced to 3 with effect from the 1937 general election.

It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, when it and Mayo South were replaced by the two new constituencies of Mayo East and Mayo West.

Boundaries

The constituency covered the county electoral areas of Ballina, Killala and Swinford, in the administrative county of Mayo.^[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Mayo North 1923–1969^[2]
Key to parties CnaG = Cumann na nGaedheal CnaT = Clann na Talmhan FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael Ind = Independent Rep = Republican SF = Sinn Féin
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
4th	1923^[3]		P. J. Ruttledge (Rep)		Joseph McGrath (CnaG)		Henry Coyle (CnaG)		John Crowley (Rep)
	1924 by-election^[4]				Joseph McGrath (CnaG)		John Madden (Rep)
	1925 by-election^[5]				Michael Tierney (CnaG)		John Madden (Rep)
5th	1927 (Jun)^[6]		P. J. Ruttledge (FF)		Michael Davis (CnaG)		John Madden (SF)		Mark Henry (CnaG)
6th	1927 (Sep)^[7]						Micheál Clery (FF)		Mark Henry (CnaG)
7th	1932^[8]								Patrick O'Hara (CnaG)
8th	1933^[9]								James Morrisroe (CnaG)
9th	1937^[10]				Patrick Browne (FG)		John Munnelly (FF)	3 seats 1937–1969
10th	1938^[11]						John Munnelly (FF)
11th	1943^[12]						James Kilroy (FF)
12th	1944^[13]
13th	1948^[14]
14th	1951^[15]						Thomas O'Hara (CnaT)
14th	1952 by-election^[16]		Phelim Calleary (FF)
15th	1954^[17]				Patrick Lindsay (FG)
16th	1957^[18]				Patrick Lindsay (FG)		Seán Doherty (FF)
17th	1961^[19]				Joseph Lenehan (Ind)		Michael Browne (FG)
18th	1965^[20]				Patrick Lindsay (FG)		Thomas O'Hara (FG)
19th	1969	Constituency abolished. See Mayo East and Mayo West

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

1965 general election

1965 general election: Mayo North^[20]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Phelim Calleary	4,748	21.7	1
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	3,598	16.4	2
	Fine Gael	Thomas O'Hara	3,933	18.0	3
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Lenehan	4,190	19.1
	Fine Gael	Michael Browne	3,350	15.3
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Corrigan	1,795	8.2
	Labour Party	Seán Davis	285	1.3
Electorate: ? Valid: 21,899 Quota: 5,475 Turnout:

1961 general election

1961 general election: Mayo North^[19]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Phelim Calleary	4,684	21.9	1
	Fine Gael	Michael Browne	3,294	15.4	2
	Independent	Joseph Lenehan	2,990	14.0	3
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	2,847	13.3
	Clann na Talmhan	Thomas O'Hara	2,846	13.3
	Fianna Fáil	John Garrett	2,647	12.4
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Cassidy	1,511	7.1
	Labour Party	John Reilly	531	2.5
Electorate: ? Valid: 21,350 Quota: 5,338 Turnout:

1957 general election

1957 general election: Mayo North^[18]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Phelim Calleary	6,415	27.7	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Doherty	3,648	15.8	2
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	3,880	16.8	3
	Fine Gael	Thomas O'Hara	3,656	15.8
	Fine Gael	Patrick Browne	2,892	12.5
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Lynchehaun	2,662	11.5
Electorate: ? Valid: 23,153 Quota: 5,789 Turnout:

1954 general election

1954 general election: Mayo North^[17]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Phelim Calleary	5,874	23.5	1
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	3,277	13.1	2
	Fine Gael	Thomas O'Hara	3,552	14.2	3
	Fine Gael	Patrick Browne	3,272	13.1
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kilroy	2,868	11.5
	Fianna Fáil	John Garrett	2,039	8.2
	Clann na Poblachta	Martin McGrath	1,678	6.7
	Clann na Poblachta	Denis Gallagher	1,318	5.3
	Independent	James Ginnelly	1,151	4.6
Electorate: ? Valid: 25,029 Quota: 6,258 Turnout:

1952 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD P. J. Ruttledge, a by-election was held on 26 June 1952. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Phelim Calleary.

1952 by-election: Mayo North^[16]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Phelim Calleary	11,782	48.3	1	2
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	5,468	22.4
	Clann na Poblachta	Martin McGrath	4,743	19.4
	Clann na Talmhan	Frank Devanny	2,407	9.9
Electorate: 36,165 Valid: 24,400 Quota: 12,201 Turnout: 67.5%

1951 general election

1951 general election: Mayo North^[15]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Patrick Browne	3,867	15.6	1
	Fine Gael	Thomas O'Hara	3,600	14.5	2
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	5,348	21.5	3
	Fianna Fáil	James Kilroy	4,259	17.1
	Clann na Poblachta	Martin McGrath	3,131	12.6
	Fine Gael	Joseph Lenehan	2,981	12.0
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Moran	1,663	6.7
Electorate: ? Valid: 24,849 Quota: 6,213 Turnout:

1948 general election

1948 general election: Mayo North^[14]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Patrick Browne	4,281	17.0	1
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	5,320	21.1	2
	Fianna Fáil	James Kilroy	3,992	15.8	3
	Clann na Poblachta	Michael Hardy	2,220	8.8
	Clann na Talmhan	James Forde	1,709	6.8
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Lynchehaun	1,655	6.6
	Clann na Poblachta	Martin McGrath	1,541	6.1
	Clann na Poblachta	Michael Hefferon	1,469	5.8
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	1,302	5.2
	Clann na Talmhan	James Ginnelly	1,211	4.8
	Independent	John Clarke	499	2.0
Electorate: ? Valid: 25,199 Quota: 6,300 Turnout:

1944 general election

1944 general election: Mayo North^[13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	6,818	27.9	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	James Kilroy	4,602	18.7	2
	Fine Gael	Patrick Browne	4,875	19.9	3
	Independent	Thomas O'Hara	3,748	15.3
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Lynchehaun	2,597	10.6
	Fine Gael	Joseph Lenehan	1,917	7.8
Electorate: ? Valid: 24,557 Quota: 6,140 Turnout:

1943 general election

1943 general election: Mayo North^[12]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	5,602	22.7	1
	Fianna Fáil	James Kilroy	3,525	14.3	2
	Fine Gael	Patrick Browne	3,789	15.4	3
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Hardy	3,446	14.0
	Independent	Thomas O'Hara	2,785	11.3
	Independent	Niall McCormack	2,315	9.4
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	1,936	7.9
	Independent	Pádraig McAndrew	1,247	5.1
Electorate: ? Valid: 24,645 Quota: 6,162 Turnout:

1938 general election

1938 general election: Mayo North^[11]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	8,277	31.4	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	John Munnelly	5,353	20.3	2
	Fine Gael	Patrick Browne	6,060	23.0	3
	Fianna Fáil	Timothy Jordan	3,749	14.2
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	2,896	11.0
Electorate: ? Valid: 26,335 Quota: 6,584 Turnout:

1937 general election

1937 general election: Mayo North^[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	7,934	31.3	1	1
	Fine Gael	Patrick Browne	4,481	17.7	2
	Fianna Fáil	John Munnelly	4,497	17.7	3
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kilroy	3,504	13.8
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Hara	3,019	11.9
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	1,940	7.7
Electorate: ? Valid: 25,375 Quota: 6,344 Turnout:

1933 general election

1933 general election: Mayo North^[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	8,430	24.9	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Clery	6,311	18.7	2
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Davis	6,172	18.2	3
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James Morrisroe	5,434	16.1	4
	Fianna Fáil	John Munnelly	4,914	14.5
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Corcoran	2,575	7.6
Electorate: ? Valid: 33,836 Quota: 6,768 Turnout:

1932 general election

1932 general election: Mayo North^[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	8,690	27.5	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Clery	5,433	17.2	2
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick O'Hara	5,853	18.5	3
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Davis	5,809	18.4	4
	Fianna Fáil	John Munnelly	3,704	11.7
	Cumann na nGaedheal	T. J. O'Reilly	2,088	6.6
Electorate: ? Valid: 31,577 Quota: 6,316 Turnout:

September 1927 general election

September 1927 general election: Mayo North^[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	8,560	28.6	1	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Davis	7,464	24.9	2	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Mark Henry	5,550	18.5	3
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Clery	3,062	10.2	4
	Fianna Fáil	John Munnelly	2,727	9.1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	T. J. O'Reilly	2,615	8.7
Electorate: ? Valid: 29,978 Quota: 5,996 Turnout:

June 1927 general election

June 1927 general election: Mayo North^[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Davis	6,643	22.9	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	6,020	20.8	2	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Mark Henry	3,787	13.1	3
	Sinn Féin	John Madden	3,550	12.3	4
	Independent	Patrick O'Hara	3,237	11.2
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Clery	3,043	10.5
	Cumann na nGaedheal	T. J. O'Reilly	2,024	7.0
	Labour Party	Terence Waldron	683	2.4
Electorate: ? Valid: 28,987 Quota: 5,798 Turnout:

1925 by-election

Following the resignation of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Joseph McGrath, a by-election was held on 11 March 1925. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Michael Tierney.

1925 by-election: Mayo North^[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Tierney	18,385	57.7	1	1
	Republican	Thomas Derrig	13,458	42.3
Electorate: 46,134 Valid: 31,843 Quota: 15,922 Turnout: 69.0%

1924 by-election

Following the disqualification of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Henry Coyle, a by-election was held on 18 November 1924. The seat was won by the Republican candidate John Madden.

1924 by-election: Mayo North^[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Republican	John Madden	14,628	51.5	1	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Tierney	13,758	48.5
Electorate: 46,134 Valid: 28,386 Quota: 14,194 Turnout: 61.5%

1923 general election

1923 general election: Mayo North^[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Republican	P. J. Ruttledge	8,997	34.3	1	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Joseph McGrath	8,011	30.5	2	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Henry Coyle	2,997	11.4	3
	Republican	John Crowley	832	3.2	4
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick O'Hara	2,097	8.0
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Ruane	1,002	3.8
	Farmers' Party	Charles Flynn	793	3.0
	Labour Party	Archibald Heron	647	2.5
	Republican	Joseph Kelly	478	1.8
	Farmers' Party	Timothy O'Sullivan	151	0.6
	Republican	Michael Keaveney	137	0.5
	Independent	Oliver O'Connor	99	0.4
Electorate: 53,719 Valid: 26,241 Quota: 5,249 Turnout: 48.9%

References

1 2 "Electoral Act, 1923: (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 16 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 1923: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
1 2 "By-election 1924: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
1 2 "By-election 1925: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
1 2 "General election June 1927: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
1 2 "General election September 1927: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1932: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1933: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1937: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1938: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1943: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1944: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1948: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1951: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
1 2 "By-election 1952: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1954: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1957: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1961: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1965: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.

External links

Oireachtas Members Database

Parliamentary constituencies in County Mayo

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Castlebar (1614–1800) Mayo (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Mayo (1801–85) East Mayo (1885–1922) North Mayo (1885–1922) South Mayo (1885–1922) West Mayo (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Mayo North and West (1921–23) Mayo South–Roscommon South (1921–23) Sligo–Mayo East (1921–23) Mayo North (1923–69) Mayo South (1923–69) Mayo East (1969–97) Mayo West (1969–97) Mayo (1997–)

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