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Dublin Clontarf was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1977 to 1981 was represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. Covering the Clontarf, Baldoyle, Coolock and Raheny areas of North Dublin, it elected three deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known in English as TDs) to the 21st Dáil, using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History

Main article: Dublin Clontarf (UK Parliament constituency)

A similarly named constituency existed from 1918 to 1922, for elections of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, but the Member of Parliament elected chose not to take his seat at Westminster, and joined the revolutionary First Dáil.

Boundaries

The Dáil constituency was created by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, and used at the 1977 general election. It consisted of the following wards in the county borough of Dublin:

Baldoyle, Beann Éadair A, Beann Éadair B, Clontarf East A, Clontarf East B, Clontarf East C, Coolock A, Coolock B, Coolock C, Coolock D, Raheny A, Raheny B.

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Clontarf 1977–1981
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
21st 1977 George Colley
(FF)
Michael Joe Cosgrave
(FG)
Michael Woods
(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.

Election results

General Election, 16 June 1977: Dublin Clontarf
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil George Colley 8,768 28.3 1
Fine Gael Michael Joe Cosgrave 3,991 12.9 2
Labour Conor Cruise O'Brien 3,588 11.6
Fianna Fáil Michael Woods 3,093 10.0 3
Independent Seán Dublin Bay Rockall Loftus 3,003 9.7
Fine Gael Ted Nealon 2,821 9.1
Independent Vincent Manning 2,076 6.7
Fianna Fáil Eoghan Fitzsimonons 1,590 5.1
Labour Thomas Duffy 917 3.0
Fine Gael Dermot Melia 549 1.8
Independent Brian Bell 527 1.7
Independent John Malone 40 0.1
Electorate: 41,132   Valid: 30,963   Spoilt: ?   Quota: 7,741   Turnout: 75.0%

References

  1. "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974: Schedule (revised constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  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.
  3. ^ "General election 1977: Dublin Clontarf". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2009-03-06.

See also

External links

Parliamentary constituencies in Dublin Dublin City and County
Parliament of Ireland
to 1800
Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918
Dáil Éireann
1918–present
Historic
Current
Seanad Éireann
1937–present
European Parliament
1979–present
Constituencies in Ireland by county
Republic of Ireland
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