Galway North-East (Dáil constituency)
Galway North-East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1969 to 1977. 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).
| Galway North-East | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil constituency | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1969 |
| Abolished | 1977 |
| Seats | 3 |
| Local government area | |
| Created from | Galway East |
| Replaced by | Galway East |
History and boundaries
editThe constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969 for the 1969 general election to Dáil Éireann. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, with effect from the 1977 general election.
Its boundaries were defined by the 1969 Act as:
- the administrative county of Galway, except the parts thereof which were comprised in the constituencies of Clare–South Galway and Galway West;
- part of County Roscommon, comprising all or part of the former rural districts of Athlone No. 2, Castlereagh and Roscommon.[1]
TDs
edit| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Galway North-East 1969–1977[2] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
| |||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||
| 19th | 1969[3] | Thomas Hussey (FF) |
Michael F. Kitt (FF) |
John Donnellan (FG) | |||
| 20th | 1973[4] | ||||||
| 1975 by-election[5] | Michael P. Kitt (FF) | ||||||
| 21st | 1977 | Constituency abolished. See Galway East | |||||
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
edit1975 by-election
editFollowing the death of Fianna Fáil TD Michael F. Kitt, a by-election was held on 4 March 1975. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Michael P. Kitt, son of the deceased TD.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael P. Kitt | 52.8 | 14,479 | |
| Fine Gael | Paul Connaughton Snr | 45.7 | 12,532 | |
| Independent | Norman Morgan | 1.5 | 409 | |
| Electorate: 37,176 Valid: 27,420 Quota: 13,711 Turnout: 73.76% | ||||
1973 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | John Donnellan | 6,636 | 25.3 | 1 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael F. Kitt | 5,523 | 21.1 | 3 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Hussey | 5,340 | 20.4 | 2 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Mark Killilea Jnr | 4,336 | 16.5 | |||
| Fine Gael | Michael Mitchell | 2,269 | 8.7 | |||
| Fine Gael | Michael Ryan | 2,113 | 8.1 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 26,217 Quota: 6,555 Turnout: | ||||||
1969 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | John Donnellan | 7,097 | 26.8 | 1 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael F. Kitt | 5,991 | 22.6 | 2 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Thomas Hussey | 5,571 | 21.0 | 3 | ||
| Fine Gael | Patrick Cunningham | 2,548 | 9.6 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Patrick Moylan | 1,858 | 7.0 | |||
| Labour | William Burke | 1,748 | 6.6 | |||
| Fine Gael | Michael Ryan | 1,664 | 6.3 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 26,477 Quota: 6,620 Turnout: | ||||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1969: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 12 February 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 1969: Galway North–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 1973: Galway North–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
- ^ "By-election 1975: Galway North–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
- ^ Gallagher, Michael (2009). Irish Elections 1948–77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2. Routledge. ISBN 9781138973343.
- ^ "21st Dáil 1977 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. February 1978. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
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