Kerry–Limerick West (Dáil constituency)
Kerry–Limerick West was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1921 to 1923. The constituency elected 8 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).
| Kerry–Limerick West | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil constituency | |
 Location of Kerry–Limerick West within Ireland | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1921 |
| Abolished | 1923 |
| Seats | 8 |
| Local government area | |
| Created from | |
| Replaced by | |
History
editThe constituency was created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 to elect members to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland and first used at the 1921 general election to return the members of the 2nd Dáil. It succeeded four United Kingdom House of Commons constituencies in Kerry and the constituency of West Limerick which in 1918 were used to elect the members of the 1st Dáil.
It was abolished under the Electoral Act 1923 and succeeded by the new Kerry constituency and the Limerick constituency, both of which were first used at the 1923 general election for the 4th Dáil.
Both elections held in this constituency were uncontested.
Boundaries
editThe constituency covered all of County Kerry and the western parts of County Limerick.
TDs
edit| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Kerry–Limerick West 1921–1923[1] | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | ||||||||
| 2nd | 1921[2] | Piaras Béaslaí (SF) |
James Crowley (SF) |
Fionán Lynch (SF) |
Patrick Cahill (SF) |
Con Collins (SF) |
Thomas O'Donoghue (SF) |
Edmund Roche (SF) |
Austin Stack (SF) | ||||||||
| 3rd | 1922[3] | Piaras Béaslaí (PT-SF) |
James Crowley (PT-SF) |
Fionán Lynch (PT-SF) |
Patrick Cahill (AT-SF) |
Con Collins (AT-SF) |
Thomas O'Donoghue (AT-SF) |
Edmund Roche (AT-SF) |
Austin Stack (AT-SF) | ||||||||
| 4th | 1923 | Constituency abolished. See Kerry and Limerick | |||||||||||||||
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
edit1922 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Piaras Béaslaí | Unopposed | N/A | 1 | ||
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Patrick Cahill | Unopposed | N/A | 2 | ||
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Con Collins | Unopposed | N/A | 3 | ||
| Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | James Crowley | Unopposed | N/A | 4 | ||
| Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Fionán Lynch | Unopposed | N/A | 5 | ||
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Thomas O'Donoghue | Unopposed | N/A | 6 | ||
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Edmund Roche | Unopposed | N/A | 7 | ||
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Austin Stack | Unopposed | N/A | 8 | ||
| Electorate: 90,397 Valid: Quota: Turnout: | ||||||
1921 general election
edit| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | Piaras Béaslaí | Unopposed | N/A | 1 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Patrick Cahill | Unopposed | N/A | 2 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Con Collins | Unopposed | N/A | 3 | ||
| Sinn Féin | James Crowley | Unopposed | N/A | 4 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Fionán Lynch | Unopposed | N/A | 5 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Thomas O'Donoghue | Unopposed | N/A | 6 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Edmund Roche | Unopposed | N/A | 7 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Austin Stack | Unopposed | N/A | 8 | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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 1921: Kerry–Limerick West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- ^ a b "General election 1922: Kerry–Limerick West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- ^ Gallagher, Michael (1993). Irish Elections 1922-44: Results and Analysis. PSAI Press. ISBN 0951974815.
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