Dublin Clontarf was a 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 proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
| Dublin Clontarf | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil constituency | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1977 |
| Abolished | 1981 |
| Seats | 3 |
| Local government area | Dublin City |
History and boundaries
editA similarly named constituency existed from 1918 to 1922, for elections of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, but the Member of Parliament elected in 1918, Richard Mulcahy, chose not to take his seat at Westminster, and joined the revolutionary First Dáil.
The Dáil constituency was created by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, and used at the 1977 general election. It consisted of the Baldoyle, Clontarf, Coolock and Raheny areas of North Dublin.[1] The constituency was abolished in 1981.
TDs
edit| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Clontarf 1977–1981[2] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
| |||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||
| 21st | 1977[3] | George Colley (FF) | Michael Woods (FF) | Michael Joe Cosgrave (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
edit| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | George Colley | 8,768 | 28.3 | 1 | ||
| Fine Gael | Michael Joe Cosgrave | 3,991 | 12.9 | 2 | ||
| Labour | Conor Cruise O'Brien | 3,588 | 11.6 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Woods | 3,093 | 10.0 | 3 | ||
| Independent | Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus | 3,003 | 9.7 | |||
| Fine Gael | Ted Nealon | 2,821 | 9.1 | |||
| Independent | Vincent Manning | 2,076 | 6.7 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Eoghan Fitzsimons | 1,590 | 5.1 | |||
| Labour | Thomas Duffy | 917 | 3.0 | |||
| Fine Gael | Dermot Melia | 549 | 1.8 | |||
| Independent | Brian Bell | 527 | 1.7 | |||
| Independent | John Malone | 40 | 0.1 | |||
| Electorate: 41,132 Valid: 30,963 Quota: 7,741 Turnout: 75.0% | ||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
- ^ a b Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
- ^ a b "General election 1977: Dublin Clontarf". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ "21st Dáil 1977 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. February 1978. Retrieved 12 November 2023.