Donegal–Leitrim (Dáil constituency): Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively ← Previous edit Next edit →Content deleted Content addedVisual WikitextInline

Revision as of 16:24, 13 October 2021 editIveagh Gardens (talk \| contribs)Extended confirmed users, Page movers26,569 editsm national context, replaced: Independent (politician) → Independent politicians in Ireland (2)Tag: AWB ← Previous edit		Revision as of 19:22, 13 October 2021 edit undoIveagh Gardens (talk \| contribs)Extended confirmed users, Page movers26,569 edits clean up, PR-STV definitionTag: AWB Next edit →
Line 3:		Line 3:
	{{Infobox constituency		{{Infobox constituency
	\| name = Donegal–Leitrim		\| name = Donegal–Leitrim
	\| type = ~~]<br>~~]		\| type = ]
	\| year = ]		\| year = ]
	\| abolished = ]		\| abolished = ]
Line 13:		Line 13:
	\| local_council = ]<br/>]		\| local_council = ]<br/>]
	}}		}}
	'''Donegal–Leitrim''' was a ] represented in ], the lower house of the Irish parliament or ] from 1969 to 1977. The constituency elected 3 deputies (], commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, ~~using~~ the ] ~~form~~ of ] (PR-STV).		'''Donegal–Leitrim''' was a ] represented in ], the lower house of the Irish parliament or ] from 1969 to 1977. The constituency elected 3 deputies (], commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of ] by means of the ] (PR-STV).

	== History ==		== History ==
Line 279:		Line 279:
	{{County Donegal constituencies}}		{{County Donegal constituencies}}
	{{County Leitrim constituencies}}		{{County Leitrim constituencies}}

	{{coord missing\|Ireland}}		{{coord missing\|Ireland}}

	{{DEFAULTSORT:Donegal-Leitrim (Dail constituency)}}
	]		]
	]		]

Revision as of 19:22, 13 October 2021

Donegal–Leitrim
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1969
Abolished	1977
Seats	3
County/City council	County Donegal County Leitrim

Donegal–Leitrim was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1969 to 1977. 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 under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, for the 1969 general election to the 19th Dáil. It was used again for the 1973 general election to the 20th Dáil.

Donegal–Leitrim was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974. The areas in County Donegal were mostly incorporated into the new Donegal constituency, while the more northerly Leitrim territories and the southern area of Donegal (around Bundoran and Ballyshannon), were incorporated into the substantially revised Sligo–Leitrim.

Boundaries

Its territory did not change in the eight years of its existence, and was defined in the 1969 Act as being:

"In the administrative county of Donegal, the district electoral divisions of:

Ballintra, Ballyshannon Rural, Ballyshannon Urban, Bundoran Rural, Carrickboy, Cavangarden, Cliff, in the former Rural District of Ballyshannon;

Ballintra, Binbane, Bonnyglen, Clogher, Corkemore, Donegal, Dunkineely, Eanymore, Grousehall, Haugh, Inver, Laghy, Lough Eask, Pettigoe. Tantallon Tawnawully, Templecarn, Tullynaught, in the former Rural District of Donegal;

Magheraclogher (with the exception of the townland of Glentornan), Meenaclalp in the former Rural District of Dunfanaghy.

Annagary, Aran, Ardara, Crovehy, Crowkeeragh, Crownarad, Dawros, Doocharry, Dunglo, Fintown, Glencolmcille, Glengesh, Glenleheen, Glenties, Graffy, Inishkeel Kilcar, Kilgoly, Killybegs, Largymore, Letter macaward, Maas, Maghery, Malin Beg, Mulmosog, Rutland, Tieveskeelta, in the former Rural District of Glenties;

Altnapaste, Castlefinn, Cloghan, Cloghard Convoy (with the exception of the townlands of Aughagault, Aughagault Big, Breen, Drumkeen, Mullaghfin, Stralongford, Treantaboy), Dooish, Gleneely, Goland, Killygordon, Knock, Stranorlar, Urney West, and the townlands of:

Aghawee, Ardnaglass, Ballybogan, Camus, Churchtown, Gortin South, Gortnavilly, Legnabraid, Tirkeeran, Untshinagh Lower, Unshinagh Upper, in the district electoral division of Clondeigh South; Ardvarnock Glebe, Deerpark, Flemingstown, Kiltole Tullydonnell Lower, Tullydonnell Upper, in the district electoral division of Figart; in the former Rural District of Stranorlar;

and the urban district of Bundoran;

and, in the administrative county of Leitrim, the district electoral divisions of:

Aghalateeve, Aghanlish, Aghavoghill, Gubacreeny, Kinlough, Melvin, Tullaghan, in the former Rural District of Kinlough;

Ballaghameehan, Belhavel, Cloonclare, Cloonlogher, Drumahaire, Glenade, Glenaniff, Glenboy, Glencar, Glenfarn, Killarga, Kiltyclogher, Lurganboy, Manorhamilton, Munakill, Sramor in the former Rural District of Manorhamilton."

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Donegal–Leitrim 1969–1977
Key to parties Ceann Comhairle = Ceann Comhairle FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
19th	1969		Cormac Breslin (Ceann Comhairle)		Joseph Brennan (FF)		Patrick O'Donnell (FG)
19th	1970 by-election						Patrick Delap (FF)
20th	1973						James White (FG)
21st	1977	Constituency abolished. See Donegal 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.

Elections

1973 general election

1973 general election: Donegal–Leitrim
Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat
	Ceann Comhairle	Cormac Breslin	N/A	Automatically Returned	1
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Brennan	10,240	36.4	2
	Fine Gael	James White	7,122	25.3	3
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Delap	5,146	18.3
	Fine Gael	Francis Cunningham	3,103	11.0
	Official Sinn Féin	Séamus Rodgers	2,436	8.7
	Independent politicians in Ireland	Kathleen Diskin	122	0.4
Electorate: ? Valid: 28,169 Quota: 9,390 Turnout:

1970 by-election

Following the death of Fine Gael TD Patrick O'Donnell, a by-election was held on 2 December 1970. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Patrick Delap.

1970 Donegal-Leitrim by-election: Donegal–Leitrim
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Delap	53.0	15,485
	Fine Gael	James White	44.2	12,926
	Labour	Maeve Gilmartin	2.8	804
Electorate: 38,605 Valid: 29,215 Quota: 14,608 Turnout: 75.68%

1969 general election

1969 general election: Donegal–Leitrim
Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Ceann Comhairle	Cormac Breslin	N/A	Automatically Returned	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Brennan	14,108	50.7	2	1
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Donnell	8,141	29.3	3
	Independent politicians in Ireland	Eunan Curristan	3,883	14.0
	Labour	George Hunter	883	3.2
	Labour	Maeve Gilmartin	789	2.8
Electorate: ? Valid: 27,804 Quota: 9,269 Turnout:

References

"Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1969: (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 19 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 1969: Donegal–Leitrim". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
"By-election 1970: Donegal–Leitrim". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
^ "General election 1973: Donegal–Leitrim". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 19 September 2010.
Gallagher, Michael (2009). Irish Elections 1948–77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2. Routledge. ISBN 9781138973343.

External links

Oireachtas Members Database

Parliamentary constituencies in County Donegal

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

County Donegal (1613–1800)
Ballyshannon (1613–1800)
Donegal Borough (1613–1800)
Killybegs (1613–1800)
Lifford (1613–1800)
St Johnstown (1618–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918

Donegal (1801–1885)
East Donegal (1885–1922)
North Donegal (1885–1922)
South Donegal (1885–1922)
West Donegal (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Donegal East (1937–1961) Donegal West (1937–1961) Donegal–Leitrim (1969–1977) Donegal North-East (1961–1977, 1981–2016) Donegal South-West (1961–1969, 1981–2016)
Current	Donegal (1921–1937, 1977–1981, 2016–)

European Parliament
1979–present

Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004)
North-West (2004–2014)
Midlands–North-West (2014–)

Constituencies in Ireland by county
Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow
Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

Parliamentary constituencies in County Leitrim

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

Carrick (1614–1800)
Jamestown (????–1800)
Leitrim (????–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918

Leitrim (1801–1885)
North Leitrim (1885–1918)
South Leitrim (1885–1918)
Leitrim (1918–1922)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Leitrim–Roscommon North (1921–1923) Leitrim–Sligo (1923–1937) Leitrim (1937–1948) Donegal–Leitrim (1969–1977) Roscommon–Leitrim (1969–1981) Sligo–North Leitrim (2007–2016) Roscommon–South Leitrim (2007–2016)
Current	Sligo–Leitrim (1948–2007, 2016–)

European Parliament
1979–present

Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004)
North-West (2004–2014)
Midlands–North-West (2014–)

Constituencies in Ireland by county
Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow
Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

Categories:

Misplaced Pages