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Template:Dáil Éireann constituency infobox Template:Dáil Éireann former constituency infobox Limerick is a parliamentary constituency which will be represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from the 2011 general election. The constituency will elect 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known in English as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

1923–1948

The constituency was first created as a 7 seater 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 Dáil and to the 3rd Dáil.

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.

2012–

The Constituency Commission proposed in 2007 that at the next general a new constituency called Limerick be created.

It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 when it partially replaced the former constituencies of Limerick East and Limerick West. Most of the rural parts of the old Limerick East constituency were transferred to the new Limerick constituency and the western parts of the old Limerick West constituency were transferred to the new Kerry North-West Limerick constituency. It will be first used at the 2011 general election, electing 3 TDs.

The 2009 Act defines the constituency as:

"The county of Limerick, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Limerick City and Kerry North-West Limerick."

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
(Rep) 		James Colbert
(Rep) 		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. "Constituency Commission: Report on Dáil and European Parliament Constituencies 2007" (PDF). The Stationery Office, Dublin. p. 5. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  3. ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  4. ^ Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0 901714 96 8. ISSN 0332-0286.
  5. "General election 1923: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  6. "By-election 1924: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  7. "General election June 1927: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  8. "General election September 1927: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  9. "General election 1932: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  10. "General election 1933: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  11. "General election 1937: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  12. "General election 1938: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  13. "General election 1943: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
  14. ^ "General election 1944: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.

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