Dublin Ballyfermot (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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Dublin Ballyfermot was a short-lived parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It covered Ballyfermot, together with most of the Crumlin and Kilmainham areas of the city of Dublin. It existed from 1977 to 1981. It elected three Teachtaí Dála (TDs) to the Dáil, using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representation (PR-STV).
[edit] History
The constituency was created in 1977, under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974 [1], taking in parts of the former Dublin South West constituency, 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 was abolished in 1981 with most of it becoming part of the new constituency of Dublin West.
[edit] Boundaries
It consisted of the following wards of the county borough of Dublin [2]: Ballyfermot A, Ballyfermot B, Ballyfermot C, Ballyfermot D, Ballyfermot E, Ballyfermot F, Ballyfermot G, Crumlin A, Crumlin B, Crumlin C, Crumlin E, Kilmainham A, Kilmainham C.
[edit] 1977 election result
| 1977 General Election: Dublin Ballyfermot | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Labour Party | John O'Connell | 8,308 | 32.65 | 1 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Eileen Lemass | 4,253 | 16.71 | 3 | ||
| Fine Gael | Jim Mitchell | 4,223 | 16.60 | 2 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Joseph Dowling | 3,414 | 13.42 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | J Lauri Corcoran | 2,778 | 10.92 | |||
| Sinn Féin (Workers Party) | Tomas MacGiolla | 1,385 | 5.44 | |||
| Fine Gael | William Brady | 689 | 2.71 | |||
| Independent | John Montgomery | 317 | 1.25 | |||
| Independent | James McKenna | 78 | 0.31 | |||
