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{{Dáil Éireann former constituency infobox
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|Name = Limerick
'''Limerick''' was a ] in ], which was represented in ], the lower house of the Irish parliament or ]. Covering ] and all of ], it existed from 1923–1948. It elected seven deputies (], commonly known in English TDs) to the Dáil, using the ] method of ] (PR-STV).
|Entity = ]
|Map = ]
|Created = 1923
|Abolished = 1948
|TDs = 7
|Counties = ]
}}
'''Limerick''' was a ] represented in ], the lower house of the ] parliament or ] from 1923 to 1948. The constituency elected 7 deputies (], commonly known in English as TDs) to the Dáil, using the ] form of ] (PR-STV).


==History== == History and boundaries ==
The constituency was created in 1923, under the ], for the ] to Dáil Éireann, whose members formed the ]. The constituency returned seven ]. The constituency was created under the ], for the ] to Dáil Éireann, whose members formed the ].


It succeeded the constituencies of ] and ] which were used to elect members to the ] and ] ]. It succeeded the constituencies of ] and ] which were used to elect members to the ] and ] ].


It was abolished under the ], when it was replaced by the two new constituencies of ] and ]. It covered ] and all of ].<ref name="ea-1923">{{cite web |title=Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1923: (Constituencies) |url=http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1923/en/act/pub/0012/sched8.html#sched8 |work=Irish Statute Book database |accessdate=10 September 2010}}</ref> It was abolished under the ], when it was replaced by the two new constituencies of ] and ].


== TDs == == TDs ==
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| start = 1923 | start = 1923
| 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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| Cumann na nGaedhael | Cumann na nGaedheal
| Sinn Féin | Sinn Féin
| Labour Party (Ireland) | Labour Party (Ireland)
| Farmers' Party (Ireland) | Farmers' Party (Ireland)
| Independent politician (Ireland) | Independent (politician)
| Fianna Fáil | Fianna Fáil
| Fine Gael | Fine Gael
}} }}
{{Irish TD table Dáil {{Irish TD table Dáil
| dailnum = 4 | dailnum = 4
| byelections = 1 | byelections = 1
| refs = <ref name="ei-limerick-1923">{{cite web |title=General election 1923: Limerick|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1923&cons=157 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=10 September 2010}}</ref>
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
| name = ] | name = ]
| elections = 1 | elections = 1
| party = Cumann na nGaedhael | party = Cumann na nGaedheal
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
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| name = ] | name = ]
| elections = 2 | elections = 2
| party = Cumann na nGaedhael | party = Cumann na nGaedheal
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
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| constituency = Limerick | constituency = Limerick
| year = 1924 | year = 1924
| refs = <ref name="ei-limerick-1924">{{cite web |title=By-election 1924: Limerick|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1923B&cons=157%20&ref=5 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=10 September 2010}}</ref>
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
| name = ] | name = ]
| elections = 3 | elections = 3
| party = Cumann na nGaedhael | party = Cumann na nGaedheal
}} }}
{{Irish TD table Dáil {{Irish TD table Dáil
| dailnum = 5 | dailnum = 5
| refs = <ref name="ei-limerick-1927jun">{{cite web |title=General election June 1927: Limerick|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1927jun&cons=157 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=10 September 2010}}</ref>
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
| name = ] | name = ]
| elections = 1 | elections = 1
| party = Independent politician (Ireland) | party = Independent (politician)
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
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| name = ] | name = ]
| elections = 4 | elections = 4
| party = Cumann na nGaedhael | party = Cumann na nGaedheal
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
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}} }}
{{Irish TD table Dáil {{Irish TD table Dáil
| dailnum = 6 | dailnum = 6
| refs = <ref name="ei-limerick-1927sep">{{cite web |title=General election September 1927: Limerick|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1927sep&cons=157 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=10 September 2010}}</ref>
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
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| name = ] | name = ]
| elections = 1 | elections = 1
| party = Cumann na nGaedhael | party = Cumann na nGaedheal
}} }}
{{Irish TD table Dáil {{Irish TD table Dáil
| dailnum = 7 | dailnum = 7
| refs = <ref name="ei-limerick-1932">{{cite web |title=General election 1932: Limerick|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1932&cons=157 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=10 September 2010}}</ref>
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
| name = ] | name = ]
| elections = 2 | elections = 2
| party = Cumann na nGaedhael | party = Cumann na nGaedheal
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
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}} }}
{{Irish TD table Dáil {{Irish TD table Dáil
| dailnum = 8 | dailnum = 8
| refs = <ref name="ei-limerick-1933">{{cite web |title=General election 1933: Limerick|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1933&cons=157 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=10 September 2010}}</ref>
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
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}} }}
{{Irish TD table Dáil {{Irish TD table Dáil
| dailnum = 9 | dailnum = 9
| refs = <ref name="ei-limerick-1937">{{cite web |title=General election 1937: Limerick|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1937&cons=157 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=10 September 2010}}</ref>
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
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}} }}
{{Irish TD table Dáil {{Irish TD table Dáil
| dailnum = 10 | dailnum = 10
| refs = <ref name="ei-limerick-1938">{{cite web |title=General election 1938: Limerick|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1938&cons=157 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=10 September 2010}}</ref>
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
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}} }}
{{Irish TD table Dáil {{Irish TD table Dáil
| dailnum = 11 | dailnum = 11
| refs = <ref name="ei-limerick-1943">{{cite web |title=General election 1943: Limerick|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1943&cons=157 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=10 September 2010}}</ref>
}} }}
{{Irish TD table Dáil {{Irish TD table Dáil
| dailnum = 12 | dailnum = 12
| refs = <ref name="ei-limerick-1944">{{cite web |title=General election 1944: Limerick|url=http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1944&cons=157 |work=ElectionsIreland.org |accessdate=10 September 2010}}</ref>
}} }}
{{Irish TD table TD with party link {{Irish TD table TD with party link
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}} }}
{{Irish TD table end {{Irish TD table end
| dailnum = 13 | dailnum = 13
| maxTDs = 7 | maxTDs = 7
| comment = Constituency abolished: see ] and ] | comment = Constituency abolished. See ] and ]
}} }}


== Elections == == Elections ==
=== 1944 general election ===
{{Expand section|date=February 2009}}
{{STV Election box begin
==See also==
|title = ]: Limerick<ref name="walker"/><ref name="ei-limerick-1944"/>
* ]
}}
* ]
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
* ]
|candidate = ''']'''
* ]
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 14.1
|votes = 8,415
|seat = 1
|count =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Labour Party (Ireland)
|percentage = 13.7
|votes = 8,159
|seat = 2
|count =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 12.5
|votes = 7,481
|seat = 3
|count =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 9.8
|votes = 5,865
|seat = 4
|count =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 9.7
|votes = 5,762
|seat = 5
|count =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 8.1
|votes = 4,852
|seat = 6
|count =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = ''']'''
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 8.9
|votes = 5,291
|seat = 7
|count =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = ]
|party = Fianna Fáil
|percentage = 8.7
|votes = 5,182
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = Patrick Fitzsimons
|party = Independent (politician)
|percentage = 8.3
|votes = 4,950
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{STV Election box candidate with party link
|candidate = ]
|party = Fine Gael
|percentage = 6.3
|votes = 3,754
|seat =
|count =
}}
{{STV Election box end
|electorate = ?
|valid = 59,711
|spoilt =
|quota = 7,464
|turnout = ?
}}

== See also ==
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== References == == References ==
{{Reflist}} {{reflist}}

==External links==
== External links ==
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{{Limerick constituencies}} {{Limerick constituencies}}

Revision as of 13:33, 10 September 2010

Template:Dáil Éireann former constituency infobox Limerick was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1923 to 1948. The constituency elected 7 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known in English as TDs) to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The constituency was created under the Electoral Act 1923, for the 1923 general election to Dáil Éireann, whose members formed the 4th Dáil.

It succeeded the constituencies of Limerick City–Limerick East and Kerry–Limerick West which were used to elect members to the 2nd and 3rd Dála.

It covered Limerick city and all of County Limerick. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, when it was replaced by the two new constituencies of Limerick East and Limerick West.

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Limerick 1923–1948
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
4th 1923 Richard Hayes
(CnaG) 		James Ledden
(CnaG) 		Seán Carroll
(SF) 		James Colbert
(SF) 		John Nolan
(CnaG) 		Patrick Clancy
(Lab) 		Patrick Hogan
(FP)
1924 by-election Richard O'Connell
(CnaG)
5th 1927 (Jun) Gilbert Hewson
(Ind) 		Tadhg Crowley
(FF) 		James Colbert
(FF) 		George C. Bennett
(CnaG) 		Michael Keyes
(Lab)
6th 1927 (Sep) Daniel Bourke
(FF) 		John Nolan
(CnaG)
7th 1932 James Reidy
(CnaG) 		Robert Ryan
(FF) 		John O'Shaughnessy
(FP)
8th 1933 Donnchadh Ó Briain
(FF) 		Michael Keyes
(Lab)
9th 1937 John O'Shaughnessy
(FG) 		Michael Colbert
(FF) 		George C. Bennett
(FG)
10th 1938 James Reidy
(FG) 		Tadhg Crowley
(FF)
11th 1943
12th 1944 Michael Colbert
(FF)
13th 1948 Constituency abolished. See Limerick East and Limerick West

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: Limerick
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Daniel Bourke 8,415 14.1 1
Labour Michael Keyes 8,159 13.7 2
Fianna Fáil Donnchadh Ó Briain 7,481 12.5 3
Fianna Fáil Robert Ryan 5,865 9.8 4
Fine Gael James Reidy 5,762 9.7 5
Fianna Fáil Michael Colbert 4,852 8.1 6
Fine Gael George C. Bennett 5,291 8.9 7
Fianna Fáil Tadhg Crowley 5,182 8.7
Independent Patrick Fitzsimons 4,950 8.3
Fine Gael David Madden 3,754 6.3
Electorate: ?   Valid: 59,711   Quota: 7,464   Turnout: ?

See also

References

  1. "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1923: (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  2. ^ Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0 901714 96 8. ISSN 0332-0286.
  3. "General election 1923: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  4. "By-election 1924: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  5. "General election June 1927: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  6. "General election September 1927: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  7. "General election 1932: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  8. "General election 1933: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  9. "General election 1937: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  10. "General election 1938: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  11. "General election 1943: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  12. ^ "General election 1944: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.

External links

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