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== 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="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>


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="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>


==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 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"/>


<blockquote>''"The administrative County of Sligo except the portion thereof which is comprised in the County Constituency of Leitrim."''</blockquote> <blockquote>''"The administrative County of Sligo except the portion thereof which is comprised in the County Constituency of Leitrim."''</blockquote>
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== Elections == == Elections ==
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==See also== ==See also==
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== References == == References ==
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Revision as of 11:37, 1 June 2010

County Sligo

Sligo was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. Covering the most (but not all) of County Sligo, it existed from 1937 to 1948. It elected three Teachtaí Dála (TDs) to the Dáil, using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History

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

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

Boundaries

Some Dáil Éireann 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

Note: no by-elections were held in the Sligo constituency

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

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See also

References

  1. ^ "Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act, 1935: First Schedule (revised constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  2. "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947: First Schedule (constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  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 2009-03-05.
  5. "General election 1938: Sligo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  6. "General election 1943: Sligo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2009-03-05.
  7. "General election 1944: Sligo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2009-03-05.

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