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County Dublin

Dublin Townships was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1937–1948 was represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It elected three deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known in English as TDs) to the Dáil, using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representation (PR-STV).

The constituency covered an area in the south and south-east of the newly-expanded boundaries of Dublin city, stretching from Sandymount and Ringsend and Sandymount on the coast to Rathgar in what was then southern suburbs of the city.

History

The constituency was created in 1937, under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, for the 1937 general election.

It succeeded the constituency of Dublin County which was reduced in size. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947.

Boundaries

The constituency consisted primarily of areas which had recently been incorporated into the expanded boundaries of Dublin City: the former Pembroke Township (comprising Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, Sandymount, Irishtown and Ringsend), as well as Clonskeagh, Rathmines and Rathgar.

The boundaries were defined by the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 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".

The boundaries remained unchanged throughout the constituency's existence.

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Townships 1937–1948
Key to parties
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

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

1937 general election

General Election, 1 July 1937: Dublin Townships
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Seán MacEntee 10,124 27.38 1
Fine Gael John A. Costello 8,418 22.77 2
Fine Gael Ernest Benson 8,313 22.48 3
Independent Maud Walsh 6,535 17.67
Fianna Fáil Bernard Butler 3,587 9.70
Electorate: 52,664   Valid: 36,977   Spoilt: ?   Quota: 9,245   Turnout: 70.2%

1938 general election

General Election, 17 June 1938: Dublin Townships
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Seán MacEntee 10,903 30.63 1
Fine Gael Ernest Benson 9,804 27.54 2
Fine Gael John A. Costello 8,813 24.75 3
Fianna Fáil William Black 6,081 17.08
Electorate: 55,518   Valid: 35,601   Spoilt: ?   Quota: 8,901   Turnout: 64.1%

1943 general election

General Election, 23 June 1943: Dublin Townships
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Seán MacEntee 11,336 29.37 1
Fine Gael Ernest Benson 8,953 23.20 2
Fine Gael John A. Costello 7,508 19.45
Fianna Fáil Bernard Butler 6,499 16.84 3
Labour James Cawley 2,205 5.71
Labour Joseph Browne 2,096 5.43
Electorate: 54,479   Valid: 38,597   Spoilt: ?   Quota: 9,650   Turnout: 70.8%

1944 general election

General Election, 30 May 1944: Dublin Townships
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Seán MacEntee 10,034 27.40 1
Fine Gael John A. Costello 9,530 26.02 2
Fianna Fáil Bernard Butler 7,895 21.56 3
Fine Gael Ernest Benson 7,056 19.27
Labour Herman Good 2,104 5.75
Electorate: 54,479   Valid: 36,619   Spoilt: ?   Quota: 9,155   Turnout: 67.2%

See also

References

  1. "Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act, 1935: First Schedule (revised constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  2. "Local Government (Dublin) Act, 1930 (section 1: Definitions)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  3. ^ Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918-92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0 901714 96 8. ISSN 0332-0286.
  4. ^ "General election 1937: Dublin Townships". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  5. ^ "General election 1938: Dublin Townships". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  6. ^ "General election 1943: Dublin Townships". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2009-02-12.
  7. ^ "General election 1944: Dublin Townships". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 2009-02-12.

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