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{{Short description|Dáil constituency (1937–1948)}}
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'''Sligo''' was a ] represented in ], the lower house of the Irish parliament or ]. Covering the most (but not all) of ], it existed from 1937 to 1948. It elected three ] (TDs) to the Dáil, using the ] method of ] (PR-STV).
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox constituency
| name = Sligo
| type = ]
| year = ]
| abolished = ]
| map4 =
| map_entity = Ireland
| map_size = 200px
| seats = 3
| local_council_label = ]
| local_council = ]
| previous = ]
| next = ]
}}
'''Sligo''' was a ] represented in ], the lower house of the Irish parliament or ] from 1937 to 1948. The constituency elected 3 deputies (], commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of ] by means of the ] (PR-STV).


== History == ==History==
The constituency was created for the ], when the ] split the old ] constituency, with ] being represented from 1937 through the new ].<ref name="ea1935">{{cite web |title=Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act, 1935: First Schedule (revised constituencies) |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1935/en/act/pub/0005/gen_1.html#sch1_p3 |work=Irish Statute Book database |accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> The constituency was created for the ], when the ] split the old ] constituency, with ] being represented from 1937 through the new ].<ref name="ea-1935">{{cite web |title=Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act, 1935: First Schedule (Revised constituencies) |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1935/en/act/pub/0005/sched1.html |work=] database |accessdate=5 March 2009}}</ref>


Under the ], the Sligo constituency was abolished, and the ] was created for the ].<ref name="ea1947">{{cite web |title=Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947: First Schedule (constituencies) |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1947/en/act/pub/0031/gen_1.html#sch1_p4 |work=Irish Statute Book database |accessdate=2009-03-05}}</ref> Under the ], the Sligo constituency was abolished, and the ] was created for the ].<ref name="ea-1947">{{cite web |title=Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947: First Schedule (Constituencies) |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1947/en/act/pub/0031/sched1.html |work=Irish Statute Book database |accessdate=5 March 2009}}</ref>


==Boundaries== ==Boundaries==
Some Dáil Éireann constituencies cross county boundaries, in order to ensure a reasonably consistent ratio of electors to TDs. The ] defined the boundaries of the Sligo constituency as being:<ref name="ea1935"/> Some Dáil constituencies cross county boundaries, in order to ensure a reasonably consistent ratio of electors to TDs. The ] defined the boundaries of the Sligo constituency as being:<ref name="ea-1935"/>
:"The administrative County of Sligo except the portion thereof which is comprised in the County Constituency of Leitrim."


The boundaries of the ] constituency were defined as:
<blockquote>''"The administrative County of Sligo except the portion thereof which is comprised in the County Constituency of Leitrim."''</blockquote>
:"The administrative County of Leitrim and The District Electoral Divisions of: Ballintogher East, Ballynakill, Ballynashee, Cliffony North, Cliffony South, Drumcolumb, Killadoon, Kilmactranny, Rossinver East and Shancough in the administrative County of Sligo."


==TDs==
The boundaries of the ] constituency were defined as:
<blockquote>''"The administrative County of Leitrim and The District Electoral Divisions of: ] East, ], ], ] North, Cliffony South, Drumcolumb, Killadoon, Kilmactranny, ] East and ] in the administrative County of Sligo."''</blockquote>

== TDs ==
''Note: no by-elections were held in the Sligo constituency''
{{Irish TD table begin {{Irish TD table begin
| maxTDs = 3 |constituency = Sligo
|maxTDs = 3
| constituency = Sligo
| start = 1937 |start = 1937
| end = 1948 |end = 1948
| refs = <ref name="walker">{{cite book |title=Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918-92 |editor=Walker, Brian M |publisher=Royal Irish Academy |location=Dublin |year=1992 |isbn=0 901714 96 8 |issn=0332-0286 }}</ref> |refs =<ref name="walker">{{cite book |title=Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92 |editor=Walker, Brian M |publisher=Royal Irish Academy |location=Dublin |year=1992 |isbn=0-901714-96-8 |issn=0332-0286 }}</ref>
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| Fianna Fáil |Fianna Fáil
| Fine Gael |Fine Gael
}} }}
{{Irish TD table Dáil {{Irish TD table Dáil
| dailnum = 9 |dailnum = 9
|refs =<ref name="ei-sligo-1937">{{cite web |title=General election 1937: Sligo |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1937&cons=203 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=5 March 2009 }}</ref>
| byelections = 0
| refs = <ref name="ei-1937sligo">{{cite web |title=General election 1937: Sligo |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1937&cons=203 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=2009-03-05 }}</ref>
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
| name = ] |name = ]
| party = Fianna Fáil |party = Fianna Fáil
| elections = 2 |elections = 2
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
| name = ] |name = ]
| party = Fine Gael |party = Fine Gael
| elections = 1 |elections = 1
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
| name = ] |name = ]
| party = Fine Gael |party = Fine Gael
| elections = 4 |elections = 4
}} }}
{{Irish TD table Dáil {{Irish TD table Dáil
| dailnum = 10 |dailnum = 10
|refs =<ref name="ei-sligo-1938">{{cite web |title=General election 1938: Sligo |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1938&cons=203 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=5 March 2009 }}</ref>
| byelections = 0
| refs = <ref name="ei-1938sligo">{{cite web |title=General election 1938: Sligo |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1938&cons=203 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=2009-03-05 }}</ref>
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
| name = ] |name = ]
| party = Fianna Fáil |party = Fianna Fáil
| elections = 3 |elections = 3
}} }}
{{Irish TD table Dáil {{Irish TD table Dáil
| dailnum = 11 |dailnum = 11
|refs =<ref name="ei-sligo-1943">{{cite web |title=General election 1943: Sligo |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1943&cons=203 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=5 March 2009 }}</ref>
| byelections = 0
| refs = <ref name="ei-1943sligo">{{cite web |title=General election 1943: Sligo |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1943&cons=203 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=2009-03-05 }}</ref>
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
| name = ] |name = ]
| party = Fine Gael |party = Fine Gael
| elections = 2 |elections = 2
}} }}
{{Irish TD table Dáil {{Irish TD table Dáil
| dailnum = 12 |dailnum = 12
|refs =<ref name="ei-sligo-1944">{{cite web |title=General election 1944: Sligo |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1944&cons=203 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=5 March 2009 }}</ref>
| byelections = 0
| refs = <ref name="ei-1944sligo">{{cite web |title=General election 1944: Sligo |url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1944&cons=203 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=2009-03-05 }}</ref>
}} }}
{{Irish TD table end {{Irish TD table end
| dailnum = 13 |dailnum = 13
| maxTDs = 3 |maxTDs = 3
| comment = Constituency abolished: see ] |comment = Constituency abolished. See ]
}} }}


== Elections == ==Elections==
===1944 general election===
{{section stub|date=February 2009}}
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = ]: Sligo<ref name="ei-sligo-1944"/><ref name="GallagherIrishElections1922-44"/>
|numcounts = 3
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 28.8
|count1 = '''7,532'''
|count2 = &nbsp;
|count3 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 24.8
|count1 = 6,485
|count2 = '''6,530'''
|count3 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 20.2
|count1 = 5,288
|count2 = 5,354
|count3 = '''6,655'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael Nevin
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 13.2
|count1 = 3,453
|count2 = 3,561
|count3 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Frank O'Beirne
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 12.9
|count1 = 3,359
|count2 = 4,142
|count3 = 5,495
}}
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 3
|electorate = 36,777
|valid = 26,117
|spoilt =
|quota = 6,530
|turnout = 71.0%
}}

===1943 general election===
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = ]: Sligo<ref name="ei-sligo-1943"/><ref name="GallagherIrishElections1922-44"/>
|numcounts = 6
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 24.5
|count1 = 6,888
|count2 = 6,921
|count3 = '''7,253'''
|count4 = &nbsp;
|count5 = &nbsp;
|count6 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 16.4
|count1 = 4,606
|count2 = 4,803
|count3 = 4,867
|count4 = 4,876
|count5 = 4,993
|count6 = '''6,136'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 16.2
|count1 = 4,555
|count2 = 5,424
|count3 = 5,702
|count4 = 5,721
|count5 = 5,951
|count6 = '''6,949'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael Nevin
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 11.8
|count1 = 3,320
|count2 = 3,501
|count3 = 3,649
|count4 = 3,675
|count5 = 5,041
|count6 = 5,462
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Peadar Glynn
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 9.6
|count1 = 2,688
|count2 = 2,731
|count3 = 2,796
|count4 = 2,933
|count5 = &nbsp;
|count6 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = William Gormley
|party = Clann na Talmhan
|percentage = 8.5
|count1 = 2,397
|count2 = 2,474
|count3 = 3,620
|count4 = 3,663
|count5 = 3,882
|count6 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael Hanley
|party = Clann na Talmhan
|percentage = 7.7
|count1 = 2,163
|count2 = 2,205
|count3 = &nbsp;
|count4 = &nbsp;
|count5 = &nbsp;
|count6 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Thomas McGoldrick
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 5.2
|count1 = 1,458
|count2 = &nbsp;
|count3 = &nbsp;
|count4 = &nbsp;
|count5 = &nbsp;
|count6 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 6
|electorate = 36,777
|valid = 28,075
|spoilt =
|quota = 7,019
|turnout = 76.3%
}}

===1938 general election===
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = ]: Sligo<ref name="ei-sligo-1938"/><ref name="GallagherIrishElections1922-44">{{cite book|last=Gallagher|first=Michael|author-link=Michael Gallagher (academic)|date=1993|title=Irish Elections 1922-44: Results and Analysis |publisher=PSAI Press|isbn=0951974815}}</ref>
|numcounts = 2
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 29.4
|count1 = '''8,465'''
|count2 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 26.6
|count1 = '''7,667'''
|count2 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ]
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 22.0
|count1 = 6,336
|count2 = 6,424
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 22.0
|count1 = 6,319
|count2 = '''7,499'''
}}
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 2
|electorate = 36,049
|valid = 28,787
|spoilt =
|quota = 7,197
|turnout = 79.9%
}}

===1937 general election===
{{STV Election box begin2
|title = ]: Sligo<ref name="ei-sligo-1937"/><ref name="GallagherIrishElections1922-44"/>
|numcounts = 4
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 24.0
|count1 = 6,755
|count2 = 6,899
|count3 = '''9,518'''
|count4 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 19.7
|count1 = 5,535
|count2 = '''7,150'''
|count3 = &nbsp;
|count4 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = Michael Brennan
|party = Independent politician (Ireland)
|percentage = 17.5
|count1 = 4,936
|count2 = 5,736
|count3 = 6,024
|count4 = 6,077
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 16.0
|count1 = 4,514
|count2 = 4,544
|count3 = 5,092
|count4 = '''7,486'''
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ]
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 13.0
|count1 = 3,672
|count2 = 3,757
|count3 = &nbsp;
|count4 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box candidate2
|candidate = ]
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 9.8
|count1 = 2,747
|count2 = &nbsp;
|count3 = &nbsp;
|count4 = &nbsp;
}}
{{STV Election box end2
|numcounts = 4
|electorate = 36,516
|valid = 28,159
|spoilt =
|quota = 7,040
|turnout = 77.1%
}}


==See also== ==See also==
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== References == ==References==
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==External links== ==External links==
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{{Sligo constituencies}} {{County Sligo constituencies}}
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Latest revision as of 06:17, 18 July 2023

Dáil constituency (1937–1948)

Sligo
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created1937
Abolished1948
Seats3
Local government areaCounty Sligo
Created fromLeitrim–Sligo
Replaced bySligo–Leitrim

Sligo was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1937 to 1948. 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).

History

The constituency was created for the 1937 general election, when the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 split the old Leitrim–Sligo constituency, with County Leitrim being represented from 1937 through the new Leitrim constituency.

Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, the Sligo constituency was abolished, and the Sligo–Leitrim constituency was created for the 1948 general election.

Boundaries

Some Dáil constituencies cross county boundaries, in order to ensure a reasonably consistent ratio of electors to TDs. The Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 defined the boundaries of the Sligo constituency as being:

"The administrative County of Sligo except the portion thereof which is comprised in the County Constituency of Leitrim."

The boundaries of the Leitrim constituency were defined as:

"The administrative County of Leitrim and The District Electoral Divisions of: Ballintogher East, Ballynakill, Ballynashee, Cliffony North, Cliffony South, Drumcolumb, Killadoon, Kilmactranny, Rossinver East and Shancough in the administrative County of Sligo."

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Sligo 1937–1948
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
9th 1937 Frank Carty
(FF) 		Martin Roddy
(FG) 		Patrick Rogers
(FG)
10th 1938 Martin Brennan
(FF)
11th 1943 Martin Roddy
(FG)
12th 1944
13th 1948 Constituency abolished. See 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.

Elections

1944 general election

1944 general election: Sligo
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Fianna Fáil Martin Brennan 28.8 7,532    
Fine Gael Martin Roddy 24.8 6,485 6,530  
Fine Gael Patrick Rogers 20.2 5,288 5,354 6,655
Labour Michael Nevin 13.2 3,453 3,561  
Fianna Fáil Frank O'Beirne 12.9 3,359 4,142 5,495
Electorate: 36,777   Valid: 26,117   Quota: 6,530   Turnout: 71.0%  

1943 general election

1943 general election: Sligo
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Fianna Fáil Martin Brennan 24.5 6,888 6,921 7,253      
Fine Gael Patrick Rogers 16.4 4,606 4,803 4,867 4,876 4,993 6,136
Fine Gael Martin Roddy 16.2 4,555 5,424 5,702 5,721 5,951 6,949
Labour Michael Nevin 11.8 3,320 3,501 3,649 3,675 5,041 5,462
Fianna Fáil Peadar Glynn 9.6 2,688 2,731 2,796 2,933    
Clann na Talmhan William Gormley 8.5 2,397 2,474 3,620 3,663 3,882  
Clann na Talmhan Michael Hanley 7.7 2,163 2,205        
Fine Gael Thomas McGoldrick 5.2 1,458          
Electorate: 36,777   Valid: 28,075   Quota: 7,019   Turnout: 76.3%  

1938 general election

1938 general election: Sligo
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Fianna Fáil Martin Brennan 29.4 8,465  
Fine Gael Patrick Rogers 26.6 7,667  
Fine Gael Martin Roddy 22.0 6,336 6,424
Fianna Fáil Frank Carty 22.0 6,319 7,499
Electorate: 36,049   Valid: 28,787   Quota: 7,197   Turnout: 79.9%  

1937 general election

1937 general election: Sligo
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fine Gael Martin Roddy 24.0 6,755 6,899 9,518  
Fianna Fáil Frank Carty 19.7 5,535 7,150    
Independent Michael Brennan 17.5 4,936 5,736 6,024 6,077
Fine Gael Patrick Rogers 16.0 4,514 4,544 5,092 7,486
Fine Gael William Caffrey 13.0 3,672 3,757    
Fianna Fáil William Browne 9.8 2,747      
Electorate: 36,516   Valid: 28,159   Quota: 7,040   Turnout: 77.1%  

See also

References

  1. ^ "Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act, 1935: First Schedule (Revised constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  2. "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947: First Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  3. Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
  4. ^ "General election 1937: Sligo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  5. ^ "General election 1938: Sligo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  6. ^ "General election 1943: Sligo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  7. ^ "General election 1944: Sligo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  8. ^ Gallagher, Michael (1993). Irish Elections 1922-44: Results and Analysis. PSAI Press. ISBN 0951974815.

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