Meath (constituency)
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The Meath parliamentary constituency spans the entire area of the county of Meath in Leinster, Ireland, taking in Navan, Trim and Ashbourne. The constituency has an electorate of 108,717 and at present is served by 5 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.
Presently, the Minister for Communications, Noel Dempsey is one of the most high profile TDs from the constituency. John Bruton, the former Taoiseach and former leader of Fine Gael, has since resigned his Dáil seat after thirty-five years service to take up a post as European Union Ambassador to Washington, D.C.. A by-election took place on March 11, 2005 to fill the vacant seat.
The Meath constituency is just one of the many constituencies that will be changing at the next general election. It will be divided into the two new constituencies of Meath East and Meath West.
[edit] Recent Results
The by-election was won by Fine Gael's candidate, Shane McEntee (see: Meath by-election, 2005).
| Meath by-election, 2005 | ||||||
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| Candidate | Party | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Shane McEntee | Fine Gael | 16,964 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Shane Cassells | Fianna Fáil | 16,117 | ||||
| Joe Reilly | Sinn Féin | 6,087 | ||||
| Dominic Hannigan | Labour | 5,567 | ||||
| Sirena Cambell | Progressive Democrats | 2,679 | ||||
| Fergal O'Byrne | Green | 1,590 | ||||
| Liam Ó Gogáin | Independent | 702 | ||||
| 2002 General Election: Meath | ||||||
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| Candidate | Party | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Noel Dempsey | Fianna Fáil | 11,534 | 1 | 1 | ||
| John Bruton | Fine Gael | 7,617 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Mary Wallace | Fianna Fáil | 8,759 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Johnny Brady | Fianna Fáil | 8,493 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Damien English | Fine Gael | 7,617 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Joe Reilly | Sinn Féin | 6,042 | ||||
| John Farrelly | Fine Gael | 3,877 | ||||
| Brian Fitzgerald | Independent | 3,722 | ||||
| Peter Ward | Labour | 2,727 | ||||
| Fergal O'Byrne | Green | 2,337 | ||||
| Tom Kelly | Independent | 1,373 | ||||
| Pat O'Brien | Independent | 1,199 | ||||
| Jane Colwell | Independent | 263 | ||||
| Michael Redmond | Christian Solidarity | 180 | ||||
[edit] Former TDs
[edit] See also
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in Ireland
