Monaghan (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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Monaghan is a former parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which was represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It existed from 1921–1977. It elected three Teachtaí Dála (TDs) to the Dáil, using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representation (PR-STV).
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency spanned the entire area of the County Monaghan.
[edit] History
The constituency was created in 1921 as a 3-seater, under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, for the 1921 election to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland, whose members formed the 2nd Dáil.
It succeeded the constituencies of Monaghan North and Monaghan South which were used to elect the Members of the 1st Dáil and earlier British House of Commons members.
It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, when it was replaced by the new constituency of Cavan-Monaghan which was first used in the 1977 general election.
[edit] 1973 Election result
| 1973 General Election: Monaghan | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Fianna Fáil | Erskine H. Childers | 8,431 | 30.24 | 1 | 0 | |
| Fine Gael | John Conlon | 6,075 | 21.79 | 2 | 0 | |
| Fianna Fáil | James Leonard | 3,460 | 12.41 | 3 | 0 | |
| Fine Gael | Billy Fox | 3,632 | 13.03 | |||
| Independent | Patrick Mooney | 2,105 | 7.55 | |||
| Fine Gael | Bernard Markey | 1,890 | 6.78 | |||
| Independent | Patrick Turley | 1,827 | 6.55 | |||
| Independent | Val Kerr | 461 | 1.65 | |||
[edit] See also
- Cavan-Monaghan (Dáil Éireann constituency)
- Cavan (Dáil Éireann constituency)
- List of Dáil Éireann constituencies in Ireland (historic)
- Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
