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History
The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, and first used for the 1969 general election. It replaced the previous Roscommon constituency and part of the Sligo–Leitrim constituency.
Its boundaries were revised in 1977, but the number of seats remained unchanged. The constituency was abolished for the 1981 general election, when its territory was divided between the existing Sligo-North Leitrim constituency and a new Roscommon constituency.
Boundaries
It covered most of the County Roscommon and part of County Leitrim.
| Years | TDs | Boundaries | Law | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969–1977 | 3 |
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Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969 | Constituency created.
The areas in Galway North East are defined as:
The areas in Clare–Galway South are defined as:
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| 1977–1981 | 3 | Boundaries more closely aligned with county boundaries, and defined as:
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Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974 | The parts of Roscommon in the Mayo East constituency are defined as:
The parts of Leitrim in the Sligo–Leitrim constituency are defined as:
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| 1981 | — | Constituency abolished. | Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980 | The two counties now represented through the constituencies of Roscommon–South Leitrim and Sligo–North Leitrim |
TDs
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Roscommon–Leitrim 1969–1981 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||
| 19th | 1969 | Joan Burke (FG) |
Brian Lenihan (FF) |
Hugh Gibbons (FF) | |||
| 20th | 1973 | Patrick J. Reynolds (FG) | |||||
| 21st | 1977 | Terry Leyden (FF) |
Seán Doherty (FF) | ||||
| 22nd | 1981 | Constituency abolished. See Roscommon 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
1977 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | Joan Burke | 7,862 | 22.1 | 1 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Doherty | 5,968 | 16.8 | 2 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Terry Leyden | 6,563 | 18.5 | 3 | ||
| Fine Gael | Patrick J. Reynolds | 5,802 | 16.3 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | John Ellis | 5,496 | 15.5 | |||
| Fine Gael | Liam Naughten | 2,624 | 7.4 | |||
| Independent | James Reynolds | 502 | 1.4 | |||
| Labour | Connie Fallon | 395 | 1.1 | |||
| Independent | Desmond Curley | 355 | 1.0 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 35,567 Quota: 8,892 Turnout: | ||||||
1973 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | Joan Burke | 7,241 | 25.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fine Gael | Patrick J. Reynolds | 4,706 | 16.5 | 2 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Hugh Gibbons | 5,689 | 20.0 | 3 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Brian Lenihan | 5,548 | 19.5 | |||
| Fine Gael | Gerald Dodd | 1,801 | 6.3 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Farrell McElgunn | 1,704 | 6.0 | |||
| Official Sinn Féin | Frances Grehan | 770 | 2.7 | |||
| Independent | Thomas McCrann | 513 | 1.8 | |||
| Labour | Anthony O'Connell | 503 | 1.8 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 28,475 Quota: 7,119 Turnout: | ||||||
1969 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | Joan Burke | 8,102 | 26.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Brian Lenihan | 6,867 | 22.7 | 2 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Hugh Gibbons | 5,282 | 17.4 | 3 | ||
| Fine Gael | Patrick J. Reynolds | 4,574 | 15.1 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Farrell McElgunn | 2,467 | 8.1 | |||
| Labour | Peter McGuinness | 1,163 | 3.8 | |||
| Fine Gael | Thomas Kilroy | 1,009 | 3.3 | |||
| Labour | Neil O'Shea | 610 | 2.0 | |||
| Labour | James Nolan | 232 | 0.8 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 30,306 Quota: 7,577 Turnout: | ||||||
See also
- Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of historic Dáil Éireann constituencies
- Elections in the Republic of Ireland
References
- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1969: Schedule (constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1980: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 16 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 1969: Roscommon–Leitrim". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
- ^ "General election 1973: Roscommon–Leitrim". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
- ^ "General election 1977: Roscommon–Leitrim". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 September 2010.
External links
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