Clare (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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For other parliamentary constituencies in County Clare, see Clare (constituency).
Clare
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Clare shown within Ireland
Created: 1921
TDs: 4
Counties: County Clare
EP constituency: North-West

Clare is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency has an electorate of 80,412 and at present is served by 4 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.

The Clare parliamentary constituency spans the entire area of the county, taking in Ennis, Shannon, Kilrush, Newmarket-on-Fergus and Ennistymon. The constituency is historically a Fianna Fáil stronghold. The party founder, former Taoiseach and former President Eamon de Valera served the constituency for many decades. His granddaughter recently retired as TD for the area. Other notable former deputies include the former President of Ireland, Patrick Hillery, and the former Cabinet Minister, Brendan Daly.

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[edit] Members of Dáil Éireann

Election 1st Member
(Party)		 2nd Member
(Party)		 3rd Member
(Party)		 4th Member
(Party)
29th Dáil
(2002)		 James Breen
(Independent)		 Pat Breen
(Fine Gael)		 Tony Killeen
(Fianna Fáil)		 Síle de Valera
(Fianna Fáil)
30th Dáil
(2007)		 Joe Carey
(Fine Gael)		 Timmy Dooley
(Fianna Fáil)

[edit] 2007 Election

2007 General Election: Clare
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Timmy Dooley 10,791 19.1% 1 4
Fianna Fáil Tony Killeen 8,321 14.8% 2 7
Fine Gael Pat Breen 7,036 12.5% 3 8
Fine Gael Joe Carey 5,818 10.3% 4 9
Independent James Breen 5,218 9.3% Not Elected (9)
Fianna Fáil Brendan Daly 5,712 10.1% Excluded (6)
Fine Gael Madeleine Taylor-Quinn 3,592 6.4% Excluded (5)
Fine Gael Tony Mulcahy 3,408 6.0% Excluded (4)
Green Party Brian Meaney 2,858 5.1% Excluded (3)
Sinn Féin Anna Prior 1,929 3.4% Excluded (2)
Labour Party Pascal Fitzgerald 892 1.6% Excluded (1)
Progressive Democrats Murt Collins 810 1.4% Excluded (1)

[edit] 2002 Election results

2002 General Election: Clare
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Independent James Breen 9,721 19.52 1 2
Fine Gael Pat Breen 4,541 9.12 2 5
Fianna Fáil Tony Killeen 8,130 16.32 3 5
Fianna Fáil Síle de Valera 7,755 15.57 4 5
Fianna Fáil Brendan Daly 6,717 13.49
Fine Gael Madeleine Taylor-Quinn 4,124 8.28
Fine Gael Donal Carey 4,015 8.06
Green Party Brian Meaney 2,903 5.83
Labour Party Michael Corley 1,720 3.45
Christian Solidarity Derek Whelan 176 0.35

[edit] November 1982 - 2002 full election results

Online at [1]

[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
Brendan Daly Fianna Fáil 9819
William Loughnane Fianna Fáil 8840 8840 8840 8840 8840 8840
Donal Carey Fine Gael 7570 7635 7660 7680 7855 8778
Sylvester Barrett Fianna Fáil 7216 8078 8111 8031 8511 8855
Madeleine Taylor Quinn Fine Gael 6602 6718 6729 6741 6952 7662
Agnes McCarthy Labour Party 1957 1985 2001 2048 2214
Joe O'Connell Sinn Féin 1233 1255 1262 1378
Brigid Makowski Irish Republican Socialist Party 232 238 243
Frank McTigue Independent Fianna Fáil 100 106
Electorate=58727, valid=43569, spoiled=347, quota=8714

[edit] Former TDs

[edit] See also

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