Limerick (Dáil constituency)
Limerick was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, from 2011 to 2016. The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV). Another constituency of the same name existed between 1923 and 1948.
Limerick | |
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Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency | |
Location of Limerick within Ireland | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 2011 |
Abolished | 2016 |
Seats | 3 |
County council | County Limerick |
Limerick | |
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Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency | |
Location of Limerick within Ireland | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1923 |
Abolished | 1948 |
Seats | 7 |
County/City council | County Limerick Limerick City |
History and boundaries
1923–1948
The constituency was first created as a 7-seater under the Electoral Act 1923 for the 1923 general election to Dáil Éireann; those elected comprised the 4th Dáil. It succeeded the constituencies of Limerick City–Limerick East and Kerry–Limerick West which were used to elect members to the 2nd Dáil and the 3rd Dáil.
It covered Limerick city and all of County Limerick.[1] It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, when it was replaced by the two new constituencies of Limerick East and Limerick West.
2011–2016
The Constituency Commission proposed in 2007 that at the next general election a new constituency called Limerick be created.[2]
It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009[3] when it partially replaced the former constituencies of Limerick East and Limerick West. Most of the rural parts of the Limerick East constituency were transferred to the Limerick constituency and the western parts of the Limerick West constituency were transferred to the Kerry North–West Limerick constituency. It was represented only at the 2011 general election, electing 3 TDs.
The 2009 Act defined the constituency as:
- "The county of Limerick, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Limerick City and Kerry North–West Limerick."[3]
It was abolished at the 2016 general election and replaced by the Limerick County constituency.
TDs
TDs 1923–1948
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.
TDs 2011–2016
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Limerick 2011–2016 | |||||||
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Key to parties
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||
31st | 2011[15] | Niall Collins (FF) |
Dan Neville (FG) |
Patrick O'Donovan (FG) | |||
32nd | 2016 | Constituency abolished. See Limerick County |
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
2011 general election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
Fianna Fáil | Niall Collins | 20.8 | 9,361 | 9,488 | 9,753 | 10,809 | |
Fine Gael | Dan Neville | 20.4 | 9,176 | 9,347 | 10,691 | 11,728 | |
Fine Gael | Patrick O'Donovan | 19.1 | 8,597 | 8,793 | 10,351 | 11,316 | |
Labour | James Heffernan | 17.6 | 7,910 | 8,236 | 8,893 | 10,104 | |
Independent | John Dillon | 9.8 | 4,395 | 4,767 | 5,075 | ||
Fine Gael | William O'Donnell | 9.2 | 4,152 | 4,222 | |||
Independent | Con Cremin | 1.0 | 430 | ||||
Independent | Seamus Sherlock | 0.9 | 419 | ||||
Green | Stephen Wall | 0.8 | 354 | ||||
Independent | Patrick O'Doherty | 0.5 | 247 | ||||
Electorate: 65,083 Valid: 45,041 Spoilt: 471 (1.0%) Quota: 11,261 Turnout: 45,512 (69.9%) |
1944 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fianna Fáil | Daniel Bourke | 8,415 | 14.1 | 1 | 1 | |
Labour | Michael Keyes | 8,159 | 13.7 | 2 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Donnchadh Ó Briain | 7,481 | 12.5 | 3 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Robert Ryan | 5,865 | 9.8 | 4 | ||
Fine Gael | James Reidy | 5,762 | 9.7 | 5 | ||
Fine Gael | George C. Bennett | 5,291 | 8.9 | 7 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Tadhg Crowley | 5,182 | 8.7 | |||
Independent | Patrick Fitzsimons | 4,950 | 8.3 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Colbert | 4,852 | 8.1 | 6 | ||
Fine Gael | David Madden | 3,754 | 6.3 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 59,711 Quota: 7,464 Turnout: |
1943 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fianna Fáil | Daniel Bourke | 9,324 | 14.4 | 1 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Donnchadh Ó Briain | 8,131 | 12.6 | 2 | 1 | |
Labour | Michael Keyes | 7,578 | 11.7 | 3 | ||
Fine Gael | James Reidy | 6,234 | 9.6 | 5 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Tadhg Crowley | 5,072 | 7.8 | 4 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Robert Ryan | 4,701 | 7.3 | 7 | ||
Fine Gael | George C. Bennett | 4,529 | 7.0 | 6 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Seán Hartney | 3,116 | 4.8 | |||
Fine Gael | Timothy O'Connell | 2,675 | 4.1 | |||
Independent | Patrick Fitzsimons | 2,601 | 4.0 | |||
Fine Gael | John MacNamara | 2,513 | 3.9 | |||
Fine Gael | Denis Quish | 2,351 | 3.6 | |||
Independent | Con Ryan | 2,195 | 3.4 | |||
Labour | Seán Hayes | 2,110 | 3.3 | |||
Labour | Patrick Costelloe | 1,645 | 2.5 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 64,775 Quota: 8,097 Turnout: |
1938 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fine Gael | James Reidy | 9,812 | 14.6 | 1 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Daniel Bourke | 9,058 | 13.5 | 2 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Donnchadh Ó Briain | 8,099 | 12.1 | 3 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Tadhg Crowley | 7,217 | 10.7 | 4 | ||
Fine Gael | George C. Bennett | 6,474 | 9.6 | 7 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Robert Ryan | 6,117 | 9.1 | 5 | ||
Labour | Michael Keyes | 5,836 | 8.7 | 6 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Colbert | 5,741 | 8.6 | |||
Fine Gael | John O'Shaughnessy | 5,726 | 8.5 | |||
Labour | Seán Quinn | 2,179 | 3.2 | |||
Fine Gael | Michael Burke | 924 | 1.4 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 67,183 Quota: 8,398 Turnout: |
1937 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Labour | Michael Keyes | 11,011 | 16.8 | 1 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Daniel Bourke | 8,106 | 12.4 | 2 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Colbert | 6,955 | 10.6 | 5 | ||
Fine Gael | George C. Bennett | 6,131 | 9.4 | 3 | ||
Fine Gael | James Reidy | 5,834 | 8.9 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Donnchadh Ó Briain | 5,663 | 8.6 | 7 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Robert Ryan | 4,698 | 7.2 | 6 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Tadhg Crowley | 4,544 | 6.9 | |||
Fine Gael | John O'Shaughnessy | 4,361 | 6.7 | 4 | ||
Fine Gael | Timothy O'Connell | 3,537 | 5.4 | |||
Fine Gael | Liam Fraher | 3,339 | 5.1 | |||
Independent | Thomas Lloyd | 1,343 | 2.1 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 65,522 Quota: 8,191 Turnout: |
1933 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fianna Fáil | Daniel Bourke | 7,980 | 12.1 | 5 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Donnchadh Ó Briain | 7,383 | 11.2 | 3 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Robert Ryan | 6,956 | 10.6 | 6 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Tadhg Crowley | 6,536 | 9.9 | 4 | ||
Fianna Fáil | James Colbert | 5,803 | 8.8 | |||
Labour | Michael Keyes | 5,798 | 8.8 | 7 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | George C. Bennett | 5,791 | 8.8 | 1 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | James Reidy | 5,443 | 8.3 | 2 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | John Nolan | 4,265 | 6.5 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Richard O'Connell | 3,560 | 5.4 | |||
National Centre Party | John O'Shaughnessy | 3,388 | 5.1 | |||
National Centre Party | John Carty | 3,010 | 4.6 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 65,913 Quota: 8,240 Turnout: |
1932 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fianna Fáil | Daniel Bourke | 7,677 | 12.4 | 1 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Robert Ryan | 6,645 | 10.8 | 3 | ||
Fianna Fáil | James Colbert | 6,100 | 9.9 | 2 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | George C. Bennett | 5,919 | 9.6 | 4 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | James Reidy | 5,088 | 8.2 | 6 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Tadhg Crowley | 4,966 | 8.0 | 5 | ||
Farmers' Party | John O'Shaughnessy | 4,887 | 7.9 | 7 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Richard O'Connell | 3,573 | 5.8 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Donnchadh Ó Briain | 3,334 | 5.4 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | John Nolan | 3,325 | 5.4 | |||
Labour | Michael Keyes | 3,101 | 5.0 | |||
Independent | Patrick Clancy | 2,105 | 3.4 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | David Madden | 2,045 | 3.3 | |||
Independent | Gilbert Hewson | 1,562 | 2.5 | |||
Labour | Daniel Clancy | 1,486 | 2.4 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 61,813 Quota: 7,727 Turnout: |
September 1927 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Cumann na nGaedheal | George C. Bennett | 7,993 | 14.0 | 1 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | James Colbert | 6,385 | 11.2 | 5 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Daniel Bourke | 5,711 | 10.0 | 6 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | John Nolan | 5,390 | 9.5 | 2 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Richard O'Connell | 5,354 | 9.4 | 3 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Tadhg Crowley | 4,625 | 8.1 | 7 | ||
Labour | Patrick Clancy | 4,447 | 7.8 | 4 | ||
Labour | Michael Keyes | 4,290 | 7.5 | |||
Farmers' Party | Cornelius O'Sullivan | 3,434 | 6.0 | |||
Independent | Gilbert Hewson | 3,352 | 5.9 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Robert Ryan | 3,049 | 5.4 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Matthew Griffin | 2,898 | 5.1 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 56,928 Quota: 7,117 Turnout: |
June 1927 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fianna Fáil | James Colbert | 5,531 | 10.3 | 3 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | George C. Bennett | 5,165 | 9.6 | 2 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Tadhg Crowley | 4,865 | 9.1 | 1 | ||
Labour | Michael Keyes | 4,404 | 8.2 | 4 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Richard O'Connell | 4,225 | 7.9 | 5 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Daniel Bourke | 3,795 | 7.1 | |||
Labour | Patrick Clancy | 3,086 | 5.8 | 7 | ||
Independent | Gilbert Hewson | 3,054 | 5.7 | 6 | ||
Farmers' Party | Cornelius O'Sullivan | 2,623 | 4.9 | |||
Independent | Matthew Murphy | 2,594 | 4.8 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | John Nolan | 2,446 | 4.6 | |||
Independent | Michael Joyce | 2,350 | 4.4 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Robert Ryan | 2,006 | 3.7 | |||
Independent | Matthew Quillinan | 1,848 | 3.4 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Matthew Griffin | 1,613 | 3.0 | |||
Farmers' Party | William Condon | 1,477 | 2.8 | |||
Independent | John Smith | 1,205 | 2.2 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | John O'Mahony | 886 | 1.7 | |||
Independent | John Coleman | 503 | 0.9 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 53,676 Quota: 6,710 Turnout: |
1924 by-election
Following the resignation of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Richard Hayes, a by-election was held on 28 May 1924. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Richard O'Connell.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Richard O'Connell | 54.3 | 28,243 | |
Republican | Tadhg Crowley | 45.7 | 23,738 | |
Electorate: 79,000 Valid: 51,981 Quota: 25,991 Turnout: 65.8% |
1923 general election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Cumann na nGaedheal | Richard Hayes | 10,498 | 20.7 | 1 | 1 | |
Cumann na nGaedheal | James Ledden | 6,335 | 12.5 | 2 | 1 | |
Republican | Seán Carroll | 5,946 | 11.7 | 3 | ||
Republican | James Colbert | 4,812 | 9.5 | 4 | ||
Labour | Matthew Murphy | 3,382 | 6.7 | |||
Labour | Patrick Clancy | 3,305 | 6.5 | 6 | ||
Farmers' Party | Bartholomew Laffan | 1,656 | 3.3 | |||
Farmers' Party | John Quaid | 1,619 | 3.2 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | John Smith | 1,547 | 3.0 | |||
Labour | Michael Keyes | 1,540 | 3.0 | |||
Farmers' Party | Patrick Hogan | 1,537 | 3.0 | 7 | ||
Republican | Michael Colivet | 1,519 | 3.0 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | John Nolan | 1,476 | 2.9 | 5 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Patrick Walsh | 1,234 | 2.4 | |||
Farmers' Party | William O'Brien | 1,143 | 2.3 | |||
Republican | Kathleen O'Callaghan | 1,097 | 2.2 | |||
Independent | Michael Cleary | 907 | 1.8 | |||
Labour | James O'Brien | 674 | 1.3 | |||
Independent | William Larkin | 466 | 0.9 | |||
Independent | Anthony Mackey | 114 | 0.2 | |||
Electorate: 79,340 Valid: 50,807 Quota: 6,351 Turnout: 64.0% |
See also
References
- "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1923: (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- "Constituency Commission: Report on Dáil and European Parliament Constituencies 2007" (PDF). The Stationery Office, Dublin. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 November 2007. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
- "Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
- Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
- "General election 1923: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- "By-election 1924: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- "General election June 1927: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- "General election September 1927: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- "General election 1932: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- "General election 1933: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- "General election 1937: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- "General election 1938: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- "General election 1943: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- "General election 1944: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- "General election 2011: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 28 February 2011.