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| Dublin Townships | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil constituency | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1937 |
| Abolished | 1948 |
| Seats | 3 |
| Local government area | Dublin City |
| Created from | Dublin County |
| Replaced by | Dublin South-East |
Dublin Townships was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1937 to 1948. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
History and boundaries
Dublin Townships (1937–1948)The constituency was created under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, and first used at the 1937 general election. It was created from the constituency of Dublin County, which was reduced in size. It reflected a transfer of territory from Dublin County to Dublin City effected by the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930.
The boundaries were defined as: "The area referred to in the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930, as the added urban districts and also so much of the land described in Part III of the First Schedule to the said Act as is contiguous to the said area and also the townland of Clonskeagh." The "added urban districts" are defined in the 1930 Act as "the urban district of Pembroke and the urban district of Rathmines and Rathgar". Pembroke included Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, Sandymount, Irishtown and Ringsend.
At the next revision of constituencies, under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, it was succeeded by Dublin South-East, which took effect at the 1948 general election.
TDs
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Townships 1937–1948 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||
| 9th | 1937 | Seán MacEntee (FF) |
John A. Costello (FG) |
Ernest Benson (FG) | |||
| 10th | 1938 | ||||||
| 11th | 1943 | Bernard Butler (FF) | |||||
| 12th | 1944 | John A. Costello (FG) | |||||
| 13th | 1948 | Constituency abolished. See Dublin South-East | |||||
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
The surpluses of MacEntee and Costello were distributed on successive counts, but separate figures for the 2nd Count are unavailable.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán MacEntee | 27.4 | 10,034 | ||||
| Fine Gael | John A. Costello | 26.0 | 9,530 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Bernard Butler | 21.6 | 7,895 | N/A | 8,748 | 9,399 | |
| Fine Gael | Ernest Benson | 19.3 | 7,056 | N/A | 7,428 | 8,523 | |
| Labour | Herman Good | 5.8 | 2,104 | N/A | 2,133 | ||
| Electorate: 54,479 Valid: 36,619 Quota: 9,155 Turnout: 67.2% | |||||||
1943 general election
Full figures for the second and third counts are unavailable.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán MacEntee | 29.4 | 11,336 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Ernest Benson | 23.2 | 8,953 | N/A | N/A | 9,807 | |
| Fine Gael | John A. Costello | 19.5 | 7,508 | N/A | N/A | 8,794 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Bernard Butler | 16.8 | 6,499 | N/A | N/A | 9,000 | |
| Labour | James Cawley | 5.7 | 2,205 | N/A | N/A | ||
| Labour | Joseph Browne | 5.4 | 2,096 | N/A | |||
| Electorate: 54,479 Valid: 38,597 Quota: 9,650 Turnout: 70.9% | |||||||
1938 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán MacEntee | 30.6 | 10,903 | ||
| Fine Gael | Ernest Benson | 27.5 | 9,804 | ||
| Fine Gael | John A. Costello | 24.8 | 8,813 | 8,905 | |
| Fianna Fáil | William Black | 17.1 | 6,081 | 7,991 | |
| Electorate: 53,518 Valid: 35,601 Quota: 8,901 Turnout: 66.5% | |||||
1937 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán MacEntee | 27.4 | 10,124 | |||
| Fine Gael | John A. Costello | 22.8 | 8,418 | 8,432 | 8,706 | |
| Fine Gael | Ernest Benson | 22.5 | 8,313 | 8,322 | 8,471 | |
| Independent | Maud Walsh | 17.7 | 6,535 | 6,590 | 8,352 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Bernard Butler | 9.7 | 3,587 | 4,388 | ||
| Electorate: 52,664 Valid: 36,977 Quota: 9,245 Turnout: 70.2% | ||||||
See also
References
- Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930, 1st Sch.: Added rural area (No. 27 of 1930, 1st Sch.). Enacted on 17 July 1930. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
- Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, 1st Sch.: Revised Constituencies (No. 5 of 1935, 1st Sch.). Enacted on 27 February 1935. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 12 May 2022.
- Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930, s. 1: Definitions (No. 27 of 1930, s. 1). Enacted on 17 July 1930. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
- Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, 1st Sch.: Constituencies (No. 31 of 1947, 1st Sch.). Enacted on 27 November 1947. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 12 May 2022.
- 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 1937: Dublin Townships". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
- ^ "General election 1938: Dublin Townships". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
- ^ "General election 1943: Dublin Townships". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
- ^ "General election 1944: Dublin Townships". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
- ^ Gallagher, Michael (1993). Irish Elections 1922–44: Results and Analysis. PSAI Press. ISBN 0951974815.
External links
- Oireachtas Members Database
- Dublin Townships layer on OpenStreetMap
- Dublin Historic Maps: Parliamentary & Dail Constituencies 1780-1969 (a work in progress)
- Dublin Historic Maps: Dublin City historical limits, Between 1840 and 1953
- Dublin Historic Maps: Dublin Townships and Urban Districts, between 1847 and 1930
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