Meath (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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For the 1801–1885 constituency, see Meath (UK Parliament constituency).

Meath Constituency

Meath was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency had an electorate of 108,717 and was served by 5 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election was the Single Transferable Vote.

The constituency spanned the entire area of the county of Meath in Leinster, taking in Navan, Trim and Ashbourne. It also included small parts of County Kildare ^[1]

The Minister for Communications, Marine & Natural Resources , Noel Dempsey was one of the most high profile TDs from the constituency. John Bruton, the former Taoiseach and former leader of Fine Gael, resigned his Dáil seat after thirty-five years service to take up a post as European Union Ambassador to Washington, D.C. in 2005. A by-election took place on March 11, 2005 to fill the vacant seat.

For the 2007 general election held on 24 May 2007, it ceased to exist, being divided into the two new 3 seat constituencies of Meath East and Meath West.

1 Recent results
2 Former TDs
3 See also
4 References

[edit] Recent results

The by-election of 2005 was won by Fine Gael's candidate, Shane McEntee (see: Meath by-election, 2005).

Meath by-election, 2005
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Shane McEntee	16,964		1	8
	Fianna Fáil	Shane Cassells	16,117
	Sinn Féin	Joe Reilly	6,087
	Labour Party	Dominic Hannigan	5,567
	Progressive Democrats	Sirena Campbell	2,679
	Green Party	Fergal O'Byrne	1,590
	Independent	Liam Ó Gogáin	702

2002 General Election: Meath
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Noel Dempsey	11,534		1	1
	Fine Gael	John Bruton	7,617		2	8
	Fianna Fáil	Mary Wallace	8,759		3	9
	Fianna Fáil	Johnny Brady	8,493		4	9
	Fine Gael	Damien English	7,617		5	9
	Sinn Féin	Joe Reilly	6,042
	Fine Gael	John V. Farrelly	3,877
	Independent	Brian Fitzgerald	3,722
	Labour Party	Peter Ward	2,727
	Green Party	Fergal O'Byrne	2,337
	Independent	Tom Kelly	1,373
	Independent	Pat O'Brien	1,199
	Independent	Jane Colwell	263
	Christian Solidarity	Michael Redmond	180