Dublin Townships (Dáil constituency)

Dublin Townships
Dublin Townships
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1937
Abolished	1948
Seats	3
Local government area	Dublin City
Created from	Dublin County
Replaced by	Dublin South-East

Dublin Townships was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1937 to 1948. 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).

History and boundaries

Dublin Townships (1937–1948)

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, and first used at the 1937 general election. It was created from the constituency of Dublin County, which was reduced in size. It reflected a transfer of territory from Dublin County to Dublin City effected by the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930.

The boundaries were defined as: "The area referred to in the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930, as the added urban districts and also so much of the land described in Part III of the First Schedule to the said Act^[1] as is contiguous to the said area and also the townland of Clonskeagh."^[2] The "added urban districts" are defined in the 1930 Act as "the urban district of Pembroke and the urban district of Rathmines and Rathgar".^[3] Pembroke included Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, Sandymount, Irishtown and Ringsend.

At the next revision of constituencies, under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, it was succeeded by Dublin South-East, which took effect at the 1948 general election.^[4]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Townships 1937–1948^[5]
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
9th	1937^[6]		Seán MacEntee (FF)		John A. Costello (FG)		Ernest Benson (FG)
10th	1938^[7]				John A. Costello (FG)
11th	1943^[8]				Bernard Butler (FF)
12th	1944^[9]				Bernard Butler (FF)		John A. Costello (FG)
13th	1948	Constituency abolished. See Dublin South-East

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

1944 general election

The surpluses of MacEntee and Costello were distributed on successive counts, but separate figures for the 2nd Count are unavailable.

1944 general election: Dublin Townships^[9]^[10]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Seán MacEntee	27.4	10,034
	Fine Gael	John A. Costello	26.0	9,530
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Butler	21.6	7,895	N/A	8,748	9,399
	Fine Gael	Ernest Benson	19.3	7,056	N/A	7,428	8,523
	Labour	Herman Good	5.8	2,104	N/A	2,133
Electorate: 54,479 Valid: 36,619 Quota: 9,155 Turnout: 67.2%

1943 general election

Full figures for the second and third counts are unavailable.

1943 general election: Dublin Townships^[8]^[10]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4
	Fianna Fáil	Seán MacEntee	29.4	11,336
	Fine Gael	Ernest Benson	23.2	8,953	N/A	N/A	9,807
	Fine Gael	John A. Costello	19.5	7,508	N/A	N/A	8,794
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Butler	16.8	6,499	N/A	N/A	9,000
	Labour	James Cawley	5.7	2,205	N/A	N/A
	Labour	Joseph Browne	5.4	2,096	N/A
Electorate: 54,479 Valid: 38,597 Quota: 9,650 Turnout: 70.9%

1938 general election

1938 general election: Dublin Townships^[7]^[10]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2
	Fianna Fáil	Seán MacEntee	30.6	10,903
	Fine Gael	Ernest Benson	27.5	9,804
	Fine Gael	John A. Costello	24.8	8,813	8,905
	Fianna Fáil	William Black	17.1	6,081	7,991
Electorate: 53,518 Valid: 35,601 Quota: 8,901 Turnout: 66.5%

1937 general election

1937 general election: Dublin Townships^[6]^[10]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Seán MacEntee	27.4	10,124
	Fine Gael	John A. Costello	22.8	8,418	8,432	8,706
	Fine Gael	Ernest Benson	22.5	8,313	8,322	8,471
	Independent	Maud Walsh	17.7	6,535	6,590	8,352
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Butler	9.7	3,587	4,388
Electorate: 52,664 Valid: 36,977 Quota: 9,245 Turnout: 70.2%

References

^ Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930, 1st Sch.: Added rural area (No. 27 of 1930, 1st Sch.). Enacted on 17 July 1930. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
^ Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, 1st Sch.: Revised Constituencies (No. 5 of 1935, 1st Sch.). Enacted on 27 February 1935. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 12 May 2022.
^ Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930, s. 1: Definitions (No. 27 of 1930, s. 1). Enacted on 17 July 1930. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, 1st Sch.: Constituencies (No. 31 of 1947, 1st Sch.). Enacted on 27 November 1947. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 12 May 2022.
^ 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 1937: Dublin Townships". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
^ ^a ^b "General election 1938: Dublin Townships". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
^ ^a ^b "General election 1943: Dublin Townships". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
^ ^a ^b "General election 1944: Dublin Townships". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Gallagher, Michael (1993). Irish Elections 1922–44: Results and Analysis. PSAI Press. ISBN 0951974815.

External links

[1] Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930, 1st Sch.: Added rural area (No. 27 of 1930, 1st Sch.). Enacted on 17 July 1930. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.

[2] Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, 1st Sch.: Revised Constituencies (No. 5 of 1935, 1st Sch.). Enacted on 27 February 1935. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 12 May 2022.

[3] Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930, s. 1: Definitions (No. 27 of 1930, s. 1). Enacted on 17 July 1930. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.

[4] Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, 1st Sch.: Constituencies (No. 31 of 1947, 1st Sch.). Enacted on 27 November 1947. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 12 May 2022.

[walker-5] Walker, Brian M., ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.

[ei-dublintown-1937-6] "General election 1937: Dublin Townships". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 February 2009.

[ei-dublintown-1938-7] "General election 1938: Dublin Townships". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 February 2009.

[ei-dublintown-1943-8] "General election 1943: Dublin Townships". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 February 2009.

[ei-dublintown-1944-9] "General election 1944: Dublin Townships". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 February 2009.

[GallagherIrishElections1922-44-10] Gallagher, Michael (1993). Irish Elections 1922–44: Results and Analysis. PSAI Press. ISBN 0951974815.

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