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	== Elections ==		== Elections ==
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			Following the resignation of ] TD ] on his appointment as ], a ] was held on 9 June 1994. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Michael Ring.

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Revision as of 15:00, 10 August 2010

For the 1885–1922 constituency, see West Mayo (UK Parliament constituency).

Template:Dáil Éireann former constituency infobox Mayo West was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1969 to 1997. The constituency was served by 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known in English as TDs). The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The constituency was created under the terms of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, taking in parts of the former Mayo North and Mayo South constituencies, and included Ballinrobe, Belmullet, Castlebar and Westport. With effect from the 1997 general election it was combined with Mayo East to form a new 5 seat Mayo constituency.

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Mayo West 1969–1997
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
19th	1969		Micheál Ó Móráin (FF)		Henry Kenny (FG)		Joseph Lenehan (FF)
20th	1973		Denis Gallagher (FG)		Henry Kenny (FG)		Myles Staunton (FG)
20th	1975 by-election				Enda Kenny (FG)		Myles Staunton (FG)
21st	1977						Pádraig Flynn (FF)
22nd	1981
23rd	1982 (Feb)
24th	1982 (Nov)
25th	1987
26th	1989		Martin O'Toole (FF)
27th	1992		Séamus Hughes (FF)
27th	1994 by-election		Séamus Hughes (FF)				Michael Ring (FG)
28th	1997	Constituency abolished. See Mayo

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

1994 by-election

Following the resignation of Fianna Fáil TD Pádraig Flynn on his appointment as EU Commissioner, a by-election was held on 9 June 1994. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Michael Ring.

1994 by-election: Mayo West
Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Michael Ring	35.7	10,390	1	2
	Fianna Fáil	Beverley Cooper Flynn	37.7	10,967
	Independent	Paddy McGuinness	21.6	6,275
	Labour	Johnny Mee	3.8	1,103
	Independent	Jerry Cowley	1.3	388
Electorate: 45,932 Valid: 29,123 Quota: 14,562 Turnout: 63.4%

1992 general election

1992 general election: Mayo West
Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil
	Fine Gael
	Labour
	Sinn Féin
	Progressive Democrats
	Green
	Workers' Party of Ireland
	Democratic Left
	Christian Solidarity
	Independent

References

"Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1969: Schedule (constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
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 1992: Mayo West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
^ "By-election 1994: Mayo West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 13 February 2009.

External links

Oireachtas Members Database

Parliamentary constituencies in County Mayo

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

County Mayo (????–1800)
Castlebar (1614–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918

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

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Mayo North and West (1921–1923) Mayo South–Roscommon South (1921–1923) Sligo–Mayo East (1921–1923) Mayo North (1923–1969) Mayo South (1923–1969) Mayo East (1969–1997) Mayo West (1969–1997)
Current	Mayo (1997–) Galway West (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

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