Tipperary North (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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| Tipperary North Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency |
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| Created: | 1918, 1948 |
| TDs: | 3 |
| Counties: | County Tipperary |
| EP constituency: | South |
Tipperary North is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It was created for the 1948 general election when the old Tipperary constituency divided into north and South.
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[edit] Details
The Tipperary North constituency has an electorate of 59,427 and at present is served by 3 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.
The constituency encompasses the whole area of Tipperary North County Council and a small part of South Tipperary County Council, taking in Thurles, Templemore, Nenagh and Roscrea. One of the most high profile TDs in the constituency is Michael Lowry, a former Fine Gael TD who was expelled from the party. Until the 2007 general election, Tipperary North was a rare example of a bellwether constituency in Ireland; since 1982, it returned two Fianna Fáil deputies out of three when that party achieved government and returned only one when the party failed to do so.
[edit] 2007 Election result
| 2007 General Election: Tipperary North | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Independent | Michael Lowry | 12,919 | 29.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fine Gael | Noel Coonan | 7,061 | 15.9 | 2 | 6 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Máire Hoctor | 7,374 | 16.6 | 3 | 6 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Smith | 7,871 | 17.7 | |||
| Labour Party | Kathleen O'Meara | 4,561 | 10.3 | |||
| Independent | Jim Ryan | 1,844 | 4.2 | |||
| Sinn Féin | Séamus Morris | 1,672 | 3.8 | |||
| Progressive Democrats | Tony Sheary | 634 | 1.4 | |||
| Green Party | Paul McNally | 495 | 1.1 | |||
[edit] 2002 Election result
| 2002 General Election: Tipperary North | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Independent | Michael Lowry | 10,400 | 25.39 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Máire Hoctor | 8,949 | 21.84 | 2 | 3 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Smith | 8,526 | 10.47 | 3 | 4 | |
| Fine Gael | Noel Coonan | 6,108 | 14.91 | |||
| Labour Party | Kathleen O'Meara | 5,537 | 13.52 | |||
| Progressive Democrats | Bill Dwan | 1,446 | 3.53 | |||
[edit] Former TDs
[edit] See also
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in Ireland
