Dublin Cabra (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Dublin Cabra
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1977
Abolished	1981
Seats	3
County/City council	Dublin City

Dublin Cabra was a short-lived parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1977 to 1981. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History

The constituency was created in 1977, under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974,^[1] taking in parts of the former Dublin North–West and Dublin Central constituencies, as part of the redistribution of constituencies which attempted to secure the re-election of the outgoing Fine Gael–Labour Party government. The constituency was abolished in 1981 with most of it going into a revived Dublin Central constituency. There were 16 electoral areas in Dublin Cabra; 13 went to Dublin Central for the 1981 election, with three going to Dublin West (the areas of Phoenix Park, Cabra West A and Cabra West C).

Boundaries

It covered the Cabra, Arran Quay and Phoenix Park areas of Dublin city.^[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Cabra 1977–1981^[2]
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
21st	1977^[3]		Tom Leonard (FF)		Hugh Byrne (FG)		Vivion de Valera (FF)
22nd	1981	Constituency abolished

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.

1977 general election

1977 general election: Dublin Cabra^[2]^[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Vivion de Valera	5,830	22.9	1
	Fine Gael	Hugh Byrne	5,042	19.9	2
	Fianna Fáil	Tom Leonard	3,728	14.7	3
	Labour Party	Patrick Carroll	2,817	11.1
	Fianna Fáil	Richard Gogan	2,224	8.8
	Labour Party	David Thornley	1,615	6.4
	Labour Party	Michael Mullen	1,603	6.3
	Independent	Frank Sherwin	1,427	5.6
	Fine Gael	John McKay	991	3.9
	Independent	Frank Hall	126	0.5
Electorate: 37,656 Valid: 25,403 Quota: 6,351 Turnout: 67.4%

References

1 2 "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
1 2 Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
1 2 "General election 1977: Dublin Cabra". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 6 March 2009.

External links

Oireachtas Members Database

Parliamentary constituencies in Dublin City and County

Parliament of Ireland to 1800	Dublin City (1264–1800) Dublin County (????–1800) Dublin University (1613–1800) Newcastle (c.1613–1800) Swords (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918	Dublin City (1801–85) Dublin County (1801–85) Dublin University (1801–1922) Dublin County South (1885–1922) Dublin County North (1885–1922) Dublin College Green (1885–1922) Dublin Harbour (1885–1922) Dublin St Patrick's (1885–1922) Dublin St Stephen's Green (1885–1922) Dublin Clontarf (1918–22) Dublin St James's (1918–22) Dublin St Michan's (1918–22) Dublin Pembroke (1918–22) Dublin Rathmines (1918–22)

Dáil Éireann (Former)	Dublin Artane (1977–81) Dublin Ballyfermot (1977–81) Dublin Cabra (1977–81) Dublin Central (1969–77) Dublin Clontarf (1977–81) Dublin County (1921–69) Dublin County Mid (1977–81) Dublin County North (1969–81) Dublin County South (1969–81) Dublin County West (1977–81) Dublin Finglas (1977–81) Dublin Mid (1921–23) Dublin North (1923–37, 1981–2016) Dublin North–Central (1948–2016) Dublin North–East (1937–77, 1981–2016) Dublin North–West (1921–23, 1937–77) Dublin Rathmines West (1977–81) Dublin South (1921–48, 1981–2016) Dublin South–East (1948–2016) Dublin South–West (1948–77) Dublin Townships (1937–48) Dublin University (1918–37) Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown (1948–77)

Dáil Éireann (Current)	Dublin Bay North (2016–) Dublin Bay South (2016–) Dublin Central (1981–) Dublin Fingal (2016–) Dublin Mid–West (2002–) Dublin North–West (1981–) Dublin Rathdown (2016–) Dublin South–Central (1948–) Dublin South–West (1981–) Dublin West (1981–) Dún Laoghaire (1977–)

Seanad Éireann 1937–present	Dublin University (1937–)

European Parliament 1979–present	Dublin (1979–)

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