Athlone–Longford (Dáil constituency)
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Athlone–Longford 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 as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
| Athlone–Longford | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil constituency | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1937 |
| Abolished | 1948 |
| Seats | 3 |
| Local government areas | |
| Created from | Longford–Westmeath |
| Replaced by | Longford–Westmeath |
History
editThe constituency was created for the 1937 general election under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935,[1] replacing the old Longford–Westmeath constituency.
Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, the constituency was abolished, and the Longford–Westmeath constituency was re-created for the 1948 general election.[2]
Boundaries
editThe constituency consisted of all of County Longford and parts of counties Roscommon and Westmeath. In the 1935 Act, its boundaries were defined as:[1]
"The administrative County of Longford;The district electoral divisions of:
- Athlone West Rural, Ballydangan, Ballynamona, Caltragh, Carnagh, Carrowreagh, Castlesampson, Cloonburren, Cloonown, Crannagh, Creagh, Culliagh, Drumlosh, Dysart, Kilcar, Kiltoom, Lecarrow, Moore, Rockhill, Taghboy, Taghmaconnell, Thomastown and Turrock in the administrative County of Roscommon; and
The district electoral divisions of:
- Ardnagragh, Athlone East Rural, Auburn, Carn, Castledaly, Doonis, Glassan, Killinure, Mount Temple, Moydrum, Muckanagh, Noughaval and Tubbrit and the Urban District of Athlone in the administrative County of Westmeath."
TDs
edit| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Athlone–Longford 1937–1948[3] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||
| 9th | 1937[4] | Matthew Davis (FF) |
James Victory (FF) |
Seán Mac Eoin (FG) | |||
| 10th | 1938[5] | Erskine H. Childers (FF) | |||||
| 11th | 1943[6] | Thomas Carter (FF) | |||||
| 12th | 1944[7] | ||||||
| 13th | 1948 | Constituency abolished. See Longford–Westmeath | |||||
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
edit1944 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Carter | 24.6 | 6,501 | 6,564 | 6,638 | ||
| Fine Gael | Seán Mac Eoin | 23.6 | 6,235 | 8,090 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Erskine H. Childers | 17.8 | 4,716 | 4,857 | 5,003 | 7,484 | |
| Labour | Martin Timlin | 12.3 | 3,266 | 3,701 | 4,537 | 4,923 | |
| Fianna Fáil | James Victory | 11.7 | 3,110 | 3,198 | 3,273 | ||
| Fine Gael | Michael O'Meara | 10.0 | 2,646 | ||||
| Electorate: 38,932 Valid: 26,474 Quota: 6,619 Turnout: 68.0% | |||||||
1943 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Seán Mac Eoin | 24.4 | 6,979 | 7,183 | ||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Erskine H. Childers | 14.6 | 4,180 | 4,251 | 4,253 | 4,564 | 4,851 | 7,063 | 7,831 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Carter | 14.1 | 4,041 | 4,407 | 4,417 | 4,640 | 4,794 | 6,245 | 7,122 | |
| Fianna Fáil | James Victory | 14.0 | 4,010 | 4,121 | 4,121 | 4,237 | 4,421 | |||
| Labour | Martin Timlin | 10.9 | 3,119 | 3,380 | 3,386 | 4,512 | 5,347 | 5,671 | ||
| Fine Gael | William Finnerty | 10.5 | 3,012 | 3,055 | 3,065 | 3,281 | ||||
| Labour | Henry Broderick | 7.2 | 2,055 | 2,100 | 2,101 | |||||
| Independent | Thomas Murray | 4.2 | 1,216 | |||||||
| Electorate: 38,932 Valid: 28,612 Quota: 7,154 Turnout: 73.5% | ||||||||||
1938 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Seán Mac Eoin | 23.8 | 6,936 | 7,963 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | James Victory | 21.0 | 6,107 | 6,527 | 6,620 | 8,891 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Erskine H. Childers | 16.8 | 4,885 | 5,321 | 5,420 | 7,308 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Matthew Davis | 15.2 | 4,418 | 4,700 | 4,741 | ||
| Fine Gael | William Finnerty | 14.4 | 4,183 | 4,382 | 4,837 | 5,144 | |
| Labour | Martin Timlin | 8.8 | 2,570 | ||||
| Electorate: 38,108 Valid: 29,099 Quota: 7,275 Turnout: 76.4% | |||||||
1937 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Seán Mac Eoin | 25.8 | 7,587 | ||||||||
| Fianna Fáil | James Victory | 15.5 | 4,565 | 4,573 | 4,682 | 4,908 | 5,176 | 6,224 | 7,116 | 7,966 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Matthew Davis | 14.0 | 4,132 | 4,135 | 4,197 | 4,302 | 4,562 | 5,077 | 5,356 | 6,428 | |
| Fine Gael | William Finnerty | 12.1 | 3,556 | 3,717 | 3,795 | 3,840 | 4,006 | 4,093 | 4,289 | 4,973 | |
| Labour | Henry Broderick | 10.2 | 3,018 | 3,025 | 3,064 | 3,361 | 3,476 | 3,594 | 3,828 | ||
| Independent | Seán Lynch | 6.6 | 1,929 | 1,945 | 2,074 | 2,206 | 2,424 | 2,491 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Killion | 6.1 | 1,808 | 1,810 | 1,853 | 1,909 | 1,966 | ||||
| Independent | Joseph Burke | 3.9 | 1,159 | 1,167 | 1,239 | 1,382 | |||||
| Independent | Hubert Wilson | 3.5 | 1,031 | 1,039 | 1,106 | ||||||
| Independent | Seán Duffy | 2.2 | 662 | 674 | |||||||
| Electorate: 38,295 Valid: 29,447 Quota: 7,362 Turnout: 76.9% | |||||||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act, 1935: First Schedule (Revised constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947: First Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 23 July 2013. 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: Athlone–Longford". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ^ a b "General election 1938: Athlone–Longford". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ^ a b "General election 1943: Athlone–Longford". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 30 January 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ^ a b "General election 1944: Athlone–Longford". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2010.
- ^ a b c d Gallagher, Michael (1993). Irish Elections 1922-44: Results and Analysis. PSAI Press. ISBN 0951974815.