Sligo–Mayo East (Dáil constituency)

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Sligo–Mayo East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency existed from 1921–1923, covering all of County Sligo and the eastern parts of County Mayo. It elected five Teachtaí Dála (TDs) to the Dáil, using the Single transferable vote method of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History

The constituency was created in 1921 as a 5-seater, under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, for the 1921 election to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland, whose members formed the 2nd Dáil.

It succeeded the constituencies of Mayo East, Sligo North and Sligo South which were used to elect the Members of the 1st Dáil and earlier UK House of Commons members.

It was abolished under the Electoral Act 1923, when it was replaced by the new Mayo South and Leitrim–Sligo constituencies which was first used in the 1923 general election for the Members of the 4th Dáil.

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Sligo–Mayo East 1921–1923
Key to parties SF = Sinn Féin AT-SF = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) PT-SF = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
2nd	1921		Frank Carty (SF)		Alexander McCabe (SF)		James Devins (SF)		Francis Ferran (SF)		Thomas O'Donnell (SF)
3rd	1922		Frank Carty (AT-SF)		Alexander McCabe (PT-SF)		James Devins (AT-SF)		Francis Ferran (AT-SF)		Thomas O'Donnell (PT-SF)
4th	1923	Constituency abolished: see Mayo North, Mayo South and Leitrim–Sligo

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.

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.

External links

Oireachtas Members Database

Parliamentary constituencies in County Sligo and Borough

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

County Sligo (????–1800)
Sligo (1614–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918

County Sligo (1801–1885)
Sligo (1801–1870)
North Sligo (1885–1922)
South Sligo (1885–1922)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Sligo–Mayo East (1921–1923) Leitrim–Sligo (1923–1937) Sligo (1937–1948) Sligo–North Leitrim (2007–2016)
Current	Sligo–Leitrim (1948–2007, 2016–)

European Parliament
1979–present

Connacht–Ulster (1979–2004)
North-West (2004–2014)
Midlands–North-West (2014–)

Constituencies in Ireland by county
Republic of Ireland	Carlow Cavan Clare Cork Donegal Dublin Galway Kerry Kildare Kilkenny Laois Leitrim Limerick Longford Louth Mayo Meath Monaghan Offaly Roscommon Sligo Tipperary Waterford Westmeath Wexford Wicklow
Northern Ireland	Antrim Armagh Down Fermanagh Londonderry Tyrone

Parliamentary constituencies in County Mayo