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Sligo was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. Covering the most (but not all) of County Sligo, it existed from 1937 to 1948. It elected three Teachtaí Dála (TDs) to the Dáil, using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representation (PR-STV).
History
The constituency was created for the 1937 general election, when the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 split the old Leitrim-Sligo constituency, with County Leitrim being represented from 1937 through the new Leitrim constituency.
Under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1947, the Sligo constituency was abolished, and the Sligo-Leitrim constituency was created for the 1948 general election.
Boundaries
Some Dáil Éireann constituencies cross county boundaries, in order to ensure a reasonably consistent ratio of electors to TDs. The 1937 Act defined the boundaries of the Sligo constituency as being:
"The administrative County of Sligo except the portion thereof which is comprised in the County Constituency of Leitrim."
The boundaries of the Leitrim constituency were defined as:
"The administrative County of Leitrim and The District Electoral Divisions of: Ballintogher East, Ballynakill, Ballynashee, Cliffony North, Cliffony South, Drumcolumb, Killadoon, Kilmactranny, Rossinver East and Shancough in the administrative County of Sligo."
TDs
Note: no by-elections were held in the Sligo constituency
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Sligo | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dáil | Election | 1st Deputy (Party) |
2nd Deputy (Party) |
3rd Deputy (Party) | |||
| 9th Dáil | 1937 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Frank Carty (Fianna Fáil) |
rowspan="1" style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Martin Roddy (Fine Gael) |
rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Patrick Rogers (Fine Gael) |
| 10th Dáil | 1938 | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Fianna Fáil/meta/color" | | Martin Brennan (Fianna Fáil) | ||||
| 11th Dáil | 1943 | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Fine Gael/meta/color" | | Martin Roddy (Fine Gael) | ||||
| 12th Dáil | 1944 | ||||||
| 13th Dáil | 1948 | constituency abolished: see Sligo-Leitrim | |||||
Elections
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References
- Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918-92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0 901714 96 8. ISSN 0332-0286.
See also
- County Sligo
- Sligo (constituency): disambiguation page listing the constituencies in Sligo
- Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in the Republic of Ireland
External links
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| Parliament of Ireland to 1800 |
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| Westminster 1801–1922 and First Dáil 1918 |
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| Dáil Éireann 1918–present |
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| European Parliament 1979–present |
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