Leitrim (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Leitrim
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary constituency
1937–1948
Seats	3
County/City council	County Leitrim County Sligo

Leitrim was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1937 to 1948. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known in English as TDs) to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

1 History
2 Boundaries
3 TDs
4 Elections
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

History

The constituency was created for the 1937 general election, when the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 split the old Leitrim–Sligo constituency, with County Sligo being represented from 1937 through the new Sligo constituency.^[1]

Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, the Leitrim constituency was abolished, and the Sligo–Leitrim constituency was created for the 1948 general election.^[2]

Boundaries

Some Dáil Éireann constituencies cross county boundaries, in order to ensure a reasonably consistent ratio of electors to TDs. The 1935 Act defines the boundaries of the Leitrim constituency as being:

"The administrative County of Leitrim and The District Electoral Divisions of: Ballintogher East, Ballynakill, Ballynashee, Cliffony North, Cliffony South, Drumcolumb, Killadoon, Kilmactranny, Rossinver East and Shancough in the administrative County of Sligo."^[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Leitrim 1937–1948^[3]
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil · FG = Fine Gael · Ind = Independent
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
9th	1937^[4]		Bernard Maguire (FF)		Stephen Flynn (FF)		Mary Reynolds (FG)
10th	1938^[5]		Bernard Maguire (FF)
11th	1943^[6]		Bernard Maguire (Ind)
12th	1944^[7]		Bernard Maguire (Ind)
13th	1948	Constituency abolished. See Sligo–Leitrim

Note: The columns in this table are used only for presentational purposes, and no significance should be attached to the order of columns. For details of the order in which seats were won at each election, see the detailed results of that election.

Elections

1944 general election

1944 general election: Leitrim^[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	Bernard Maguire	6,597	27.8	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Stephen Flynn	6,347	26.8	2	1
	Fine Gael	Mary Reynolds	5,815	24.5	3
	Independent	James Reynolds	4,935	20.8
Electorate: ? Valid: 23,694 Quota: 5,924 Turnout:

1943 general election

1943 general election: Leitrim^[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Mary Reynolds	5,290	19.4	1
	Independent	Bernard Maguire	5,502	20.2	2
	Fianna Fáil	Stephen Flynn	4,175	15.3	3
	Independent	Patrick Carey	2,642	9.7
	Fine Gael	Michael McGowan	2,409	8.8
	Independent	Joseph Mooney	1,896	7.0
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Burke	1,812	6.6
	Fianna Fáil	Edward Boles	1,558	5.7
	Independent	James McHugh	1,072	3.9
	Labour Party	James Gilhooly	939	3.4
Electorate: ? Valid: 27,295 Quota: 6,824 Turnout:

1938 general election

1938 general election: Leitrim^[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Maguire	8,481	31.3	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Stephen Flynn	7,958	29.4	2	1
	Fine Gael	Mary Reynolds	5,778	21.3	3
	Fine Gael	Andrew Mooney	4,862	18.0
Electorate: ? Valid: 27,079 Quota: 6,770 Turnout:

1937 general election

1937 general election: Leitrim^[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Maguire	7,755	28.5	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Stephen Flynn	6,129	22.5	2
	Fine Gael	Mary Reynolds	5,296	19.5	3
	Independent	James Dolan	2,508	9.2
	Fine Gael	John Travers	2,070	7.6
	Fine Gael	John Hennigan	2,057	7.6
	Independent	Patrick Tubman	1,411	5.2
Electorate: ? Valid: 27,226 Quota: 6,807 Turnout:

References

^ ^a ^b "Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act, 1935: First Schedule (Revised constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1935/en/act/pub/0005/sched1.html. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947: First Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1947/en/act/pub/0031/sched1.html. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
^ Walker, Brian M, ed (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0 901714 96 8. ISSN 0332-0286.
^ ^a ^b "General election 1937: Leitrim". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1937&cons=152. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
^ ^a ^b "General election 1938: Leitrim". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1938&cons=152. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
^ ^a ^b "General election 1943: Leitrim". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1943&cons=152. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
^ ^a ^b "General election 1944: Leitrim". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1944&cons=152. Retrieved 5 March 2009.

External links

Oireachtas Members Database

Parliamentary constituencies in County Leitrim

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Carrick (1614–1800) · Jamestown (????–1800) · Leitrim (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Leitrim (1801–1885) · North Leitrim (1885–1918) · South Leitrim (1885–1918) · Leitrim (1918–1922)

Dáil Éireann 1918–present	Leitrim–Roscommon North (1921–1923) · Leitrim–Sligo (1923–1937) · Leitrim (1937–1948) · Sligo–Leitrim (1948–2007) · Donegal–Leitrim (1969–1977) · Roscommon–Leitrim (1969–1981) · Sligo–North Leitrim (2007– ) · Roscommon–South Leitrim (2007– )

European Parliament 1979–present	Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004) · North-West (2004– )

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