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Roscommon–Leitrim was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland which was represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency existed from 1969 to 1981, electing three deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known in English as TDs) and covering most of the County Roscommon and part of County Leitrim. The method of election was the Single Transferable Vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
Its boundaries were revised in 1977, but the number of seats remained unchanged. The constituency was abolished for the 1981 general election, when its territory was divided between the existing Sligo-North Leitrim constituency and a new Roscommon constituency.
Boundaries
The Roscommon–Leitrim constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, and first used for the 1969 general election. It replaced the previous Roscommon constituency and part of the Sligo–Leitrim constituency.
| Years | TDs | Law | Boundaries | Notes |
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| 1969–1977 | 3 | Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969 | *All of County Roscommon, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Clare–Galway South and Galway North East;
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Constituency created.
The areas in Galway North East are defined as:
The areas in Clare–Galway South are defined as:
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| 1977–1981 | 3 | Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974 | Boundaries more closely aligned with county boundaries, and defined as:
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The parts of Roscommon in the Mayo East constituency are defined as:
The parts of Leitrim in the Sligo–Leitrim constituency are defined as:
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| 1981 | — | Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980 | Constituency abolished. | The two counties now represented through the constituencies of Roscommon–South Leitrim and Sligo–North Leitrim |
TDs
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Roscommon–Leitrim 1969–1981 | |||||||
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Key to parties
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||
| 19th | 1969 | Joan Burke (FG) |
Brian Lenihan (FF) |
Hugh Gibbons (FF) | |||
| 20th | 1973 | Patrick J. Reynolds (FG) | |||||
| 21st | 1977 | Terry Leyden (FF) |
Seán Doherty (FF) | ||||
| 22nd | 1981 | Constituency abolished. See Roscommon and Sligo–Leitrim | |||||
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.
References
- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1969: Schedule (constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 2009-02-15.
- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974: Schedule (constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 2009-02-16.
- "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1980: Schedule (constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
- Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0 901714 96 8. ISSN 0332-0286.
See also
| Parliamentary constituencies in County Roscommon | |||||||
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| Parliament of Ireland to 1800 |
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| Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918 |
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| Dáil Éireann 1918–present |
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| European Parliament 1979–present |
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