Cavan-Monaghan (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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Cavan-Monaghan Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Cavan-Monaghan shown within Ireland
Created:	1977
TDs:	Rory O'Hanlon Brendan Smith Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin Seymour Crawford Margaret Conlon
Counties:	County Cavan, County Monaghan
EP constituency:	North-West

Cavan-Monaghan is a constituency used in elections to Dáil Éireann, the lower house of parliament in the Republic of Ireland. The constituency spans the entire area of both County Cavan and County Monaghan, taking in Cavan town, Monaghan town, Clones, Cootehill, Belturbet, Castleblayney and Carrickmacross. The constituency currently has an electorate of 87,087. Since its creation it has been a five seat constituency.

The constituency was created under the terms of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974,^[1] as part of the redistribution of constituencies (also known as the Tullymander) which attempted to secure the re-election of the outgoing Fine Gael/Labour government. The constituency of Cavan-Monaghan has been used for elections since the 1977 general election. It was established to replace the two pre-existing, separate constituencies of Cavan and Monaghan. Unlike most of the other constituencies created for the first time in that year, it has survived with only minor changes since.^[2]

One of the most high profile TDs in the constituency is the former Ceann Comhairle (speaker) of the Dáil, Rory O'Hanlon. Another well known deputy from the area is Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, the first modern Sinn Féin TD to take his seat in the Dáil.

Contents 1 Members of Dáil Éireann 2 Elections 2.1 2007 Election results 2.2 2002 Election results 3 November 1982 - 2002 full election results 4 February 1982 full result 5 1981 full result 6 1977 full result 7 See also 8 References

[edit] Members of Dáil Éireann

Main article: List of TDs for Cavan-Monaghan

Election	1st Member (Party)		2nd Member (Party)		3rd Member (Party)		4th Member (Party)		5th Member (Party)
21st Dáil (1977)		John P. Wilson (Fianna Fáil)		Jimmy Leonard (Fianna Fáil)		Rory O'Hanlon (Fianna Fáil) Ceann Comhairle 2002-2007		Tom Fitzpatrick (Fine Gael) Ceann Comhairle 1982-1987		John Conlon (Fine Gael)
22nd Dáil (1981)				Kieran Doherty (Anti H-Block)
23rd Dáil (Feb 1982)				Jimmy Leonard (Fianna Fáil)
24th Dáil (Nov 1982)
25th Dáil (1987)										Andrew Boylan (Fine Gael)
26th Dáil (1989)								Bill Cotter (Fine Gael)
27th Dáil (1992)		Brendan Smith (Fianna Fáil)						Seymour Crawford (Fine Gael)
28th Dáil (1997)				Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Sinn Féin)
29th Dáil (2002)										Paudge Connolly (Independent)
30th Dáil (2007)										Margaret Conlon (Fianna Fáil)

[edit] Elections

[edit] 2007 Election results

Rory O'Hanlon was Ceann Comhairle at the dissolution of the 29th Dáil and therefore deemed to be returned unopposed. The constituency was treated as a four seater for the purposes of calculating the quota.

2007 General Election: Cavan-Monaghan
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Ceann Comhairle	*Rory O'Hanlon	Returned unopposed		1
	Fianna Fáil	*Brendan Smith	15,548	23.6%	2	1
	Sinn Féin	*Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin	13,162	20.0%	3	1
	Fine Gael	*Seymour Crawford	10,978	16.7%	4	4
	Fianna Fáil	Margaret Conlon	9,303	14.1%	5	4
	Fine Gael	Joe O'Reilly	9,550	14.5%	Not Elected	(4)
	Independent	*Paudge Connolly	3,955	6.0%	Excluded	(3)
	Green Party	Vincent P. Martin	2,382	3.6%	Excluded	(3)
	Labour Party	Des Cullen	796	1.2%	Excluded	(2)
	Independent	T. J. Fay	113	0.2%	Excluded	(2)

*Denotes outgoing TD

[edit] 2002 Election results

2002 General Election: Cavan-Monaghan
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Sinn Féin	Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin	10,832	17.51	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Brendan Smith	10,679	17.27	2	1
	Independent	Paudge Connolly	7,722	12.49	3	9
	Fianna Fáil	Rory O'Hanlon	7,204	12.89	4	9
	Fine Gael	Seymour Crawford	6,113	9.88	5	12
	Fine Gael	Andrew Boylan	4,819	7.79
	Fine Gael	Paddy O'Reilly	4,639	7.50
	Fianna Fáil	Robbie Gallagher	3,731	6.03
	Independent	Vincent Martin	1,943	3.14
	Green Party	Marcus McCabe	1,100	1.78
	Progressive Democrats	Gerry McCaughey	1,131	1.83
	Independent	Joe Brennan	1,026	1.66
	Labour Party	Francie Fitzsimons	550	0.89
	Christian Solidarity	Tony Smith	358	0.58

[edit] November 1982 - 2002 full election results

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[edit] February 1982 full result

23rd Irish General Election – 18th February, 1982
Candidate		Party	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	John Wilson	Fianna Fáil	9776	9776	9776	9776	9776	9776
	James Leonard	Fianna Fáil	8585	8614	8427	8857	9890	9890
	Tom Fitzpatrick	Fine Gael	8317	8386	8427	8956	9236	9753
	John Conlon	Fine Gael	7486	7512	7603	8545	8613	9051
	Robert Faussett	Fine Gael	6808	6833	6867	7191	7268	7378
	Rory O'Hanlon	Fianna Fáil	6651	6692	6798	6857	8697	10159
	Seamus McElwaine	Sinn Féin	3974	4079	4183	4243	4365
	Michael Smith	Fianna Fáil	3399	3481	3526	3584
	Thomas O'Reilly	Fine Gael	2152	2167	2191
	Francis O'Donoghue	Sinn Féin the Workers Party	529	567
	James Kelly	Independent	455
Electorate=73601, valid=58132, spoiled=491, quota=9689

[edit] 1981 full result

22nd Irish General Election – June 11, 1981
Candidate		Party	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	John Wilson	Fianna Fáil	9424	9467	9543	12122
	Kieran Doherty	Anti H-Block	9121	9197	9342	9469	9580	9709	10063
	Tom Fitzpatrick	Fine Gael	7257	7946	8660	8807	8908	13109
	James Leonard	Fianna Fáil	6984	7039	7082	7240	7752	7997	8304
	Robert Faussett	Fine Gael	6785	6994	7572	7637	7657
	Rory O'Hanlon	Fianna Fáil	6662	6694	6861	7252	8548	8738	9016
	John Conlon	Fine Gael	6431	6775	7777	7802	7815	10355	10355
	Michael Smith	Fianna Fáil	3431	3483	3535
	Aidan Murray	Fine Gael	2565	2803
	Mona Hoban	Fine Gael	1741
Electorate=70995, Valid=60411, spoiled=584, quota=10069

[edit] 1977 full result

21st Irish General Election – June 16, 1977
Candidate		Party	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	John Wilson	Fianna Fáil	9168	9214	9585
	Tom Fitzpatrick	Fine Gael	9060	9104	9396	9396	9396	9396	9396	9396
	James Leonard	Fianna Fáil	8695	8806	9140	9167	9189	10922
	John Conlon	Fine Gael	6347	6408	6476	6482	7752	7901	7943	8030
	Rory O'Hanlon	Fianna Fáil	6045	6187	6476	6531	7752	9305	10623
	Brendan Toal	Fine Gael	5809	5861	5932	5935	7542	7729	7753	7811
	Michael Smith	Fianna Fáil	4912	4936	5220	5366	5569
	John McKenna	Fine Gael	3166	3183	3332	3348
	James Kelly	Independent	2016	2246
	Owen Kirk	Sinn Féin the Workers Party	713
	Patrick Harwood	Independent	94
Electorate=69941, Valid=56025, spoiled=?, quota=9338

[edit] See also

• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• List of political parties in Ireland
• List of TDs for Cavan-Monaghan
• List of Irish by-elections
• Elections in Ireland

[edit] References

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