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Template:Dáil Éireann former constituency infobox Mayo West was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1969 to 1997. The constituency was served by 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known in English as TDs). The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The constituency was created under the terms of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, taking in parts of the former Mayo North and Mayo South constituencies, and included Ballinrobe, Belmullet, Castlebar and Westport. With effect from the 1997 general election it was combined with Mayo East to form a new 5 seat Mayo constituency.

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Mayo West 1969–1997
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
19th 1969 Micheál Ó Móráin
(FF) 		Henry Kenny
(FG) 		Joseph Lenehan
(FF)
20th 1973 Denis Gallagher
(FG) 		Myles Staunton
(FG)
1975 by-election Enda Kenny
(FG)
21st 1977 Pádraig Flynn
(FF)
22nd 1981
23rd 1982 (Feb)
24th 1982 (Nov)
25th 1987
26th 1989 Martin O'Toole
(FF)
27th 1992 Séamus Hughes
(FF)
1994 by-election Michael Ring
(FG)
28th 1997 Constituency abolished. See Mayo

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

1994 by-election

Following the resignation of Fianna Fáil TD Pádraig Flynn on his appointment as EU Commissioner, a by-election was held on 9 June 1994. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Michael Ring.

1994 by-election: Mayo West
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
Fine Gael Michael Ring 10,390 35.7 1 2
Fianna Fáil Beverley Cooper Flynn 10,967 37.7
Independent Paddy McGuinness 6,275 21.6
Labour Johnny Mee 1,103 3.8
Independent Jerry Cowley 388 1.3
Electorate: 45,932   Valid: 29,123   Quota: 14,562   Turnout: 63.4%

1992 general election

1992 general election: Mayo West
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Pádraig Flynn 9,629 32.5 1 1
Fine Gael Enda Kenny 6,210 20.9 2 4
Fianna Fáil Séamus Hughes 4,401 14.8 3 4
Fine Gael Michael Ring 5,136 17.3
Independent Paraic Cosgrove 3,478 11.7
Fianna Fáil Michael Goonan 803 2.7
Electorate: 43,472   Valid: 29,657   Spoilt: 389 (1.3%)   Quota: 7,415   Turnout: 30,046 (69.1%)

See also

References

  1. "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1969: Schedule (constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  2. Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0 901714 96 8. ISSN 0332-0286.
  3. ^ "General election 1992: Mayo West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
  4. ^ "By-election 1994: Mayo West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 13 February 2009.

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Parliamentary constituencies in County Mayo
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and First Dáil 1918
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1918–present
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