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History and boundaries
1923–1948
The constituency was first created as a 7 seater under the Electoral Act 1923, for the 1923 general election to Dáil Éireann, whose members formed the 4th Dáil. It succeeded the constituencies of Limerick City–Limerick East and Kerry–Limerick West which were used to elect members to the 2nd Dáil and to the 3rd Dáil.
It covered Limerick city and all of County Limerick. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, when it was replaced by the two new constituencies of Limerick East and Limerick West.
Since 2011
The Constituency Commission proposed in 2007 that at the next general election a new constituency called Limerick be created.
It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 when it partially replaced the former constituencies of Limerick East and Limerick West. Most of the rural parts of the old Limerick East constituency were transferred to the new Limerick constituency and the western parts of the old Limerick West constituency were transferred to the new Kerry North–West Limerick constituency. It will be first used at the 2011 general election, electing 3 TDs.
The 2009 Act defines the constituency as:
- "The county of Limerick, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Limerick City and Kerry North–West Limerick."
TDs
TDs 1923–1948
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Limerick 1923–1948 | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||||||
| 4th | 1923 | Richard Hayes (CnaG) |
James Ledden (CnaG) |
Seán Carroll (Rep) |
James Colbert (Rep) |
John Nolan (CnaG) |
Patrick Clancy (Lab) |
Patrick Hogan (FP) | |||||||
| 1924 by-election | Richard O'Connell (CnaG) | ||||||||||||||
| 5th | 1927 (Jun) | Gilbert Hewson (Ind) |
Tadhg Crowley (FF) |
James Colbert (FF) |
George C. Bennett (CnaG) |
Michael Keyes (Lab) | |||||||||
| 6th | 1927 (Sep) | Daniel Bourke (FF) |
John Nolan (CnaG) | ||||||||||||
| 7th | 1932 | James Reidy (CnaG) |
Robert Ryan (FF) |
John O'Shaughnessy (FP) | |||||||||||
| 8th | 1933 | Donnchadh Ó Briain (FF) |
Michael Keyes (Lab) | ||||||||||||
| 9th | 1937 | John O'Shaughnessy (FG) |
Michael Colbert (FF) |
George C. Bennett (FG) | |||||||||||
| 10th | 1938 | James Reidy (FG) |
Tadhg Crowley (FF) | ||||||||||||
| 11th | 1943 | ||||||||||||||
| 12th | 1944 | Michael Colbert (FF) | |||||||||||||
| 13th | 1948 | Constituency abolished. See Limerick East and Limerick West | |||||||||||||
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
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Daniel Bourke | 8,415 | 14.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Michael Keyes | 8,159 | 13.7 | 2 | 1 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Donnchadh Ó Briain | 7,481 | 12.5 | 3 | 1 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Robert Ryan | 5,865 | 9.8 | 4 | ||
| Fine Gael | James Reidy | 5,762 | 9.7 | 5 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Colbert | 4,852 | 8.1 | 6 | ||
| Fine Gael | George C. Bennett | 5,291 | 8.9 | 7 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Tadhg Crowley | 5,182 | 8.7 | |||
| Independent | Patrick Fitzsimons | 4,950 | 8.3 | |||
| Fine Gael | David Madden | 3,754 | 6.3 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 59,711 Quota: 7,464 Turnout: | ||||||
1943 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Daniel Bourke | 9,324 | 14.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Donnchadh Ó Briain | 8,131 | 12.6 | 2 | 1 | |
| Labour | Michael Keyes | 7,578 | 11.7 | 3 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Tadhg Crowley | 5,072 | 7.8 | 4 | ||
| Fine Gael | James Reidy | 6,234 | 9.6 | 5 | ||
| Fine Gael | George C. Bennett | 4,529 | 7.0 | 6 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Robert Ryan | 4,701 | 7.3 | 7 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Seán Hartney | 3,116 | 4.8 | |||
| Fine Gael | Timothy O'Connell | 2,675 | 4.1 | |||
| Independent | Patrick Fitzsimons | 2,601 | 4.0 | |||
| Fine Gael | John MacNamara | 2,513 | 3.9 | |||
| Fine Gael | Denis Quish | 2,351 | 3.6 | |||
| Independent | Con Ryan | 2,195 | 3.4 | |||
| Labour | Seán Hayes | 2,110 | 3.3 | |||
| Labour | Patrick Costelloe | 1,645 | 2.5 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 64,775 Quota: 8,097 Turnout: | ||||||
1938 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fine Gael | James Reidy | 9,812 | 14.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Daniel Bourke | 9,058 | 13.5 | 2 | 1 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Donnchadh Ó Briain | 8,099 | 12.1 | 3 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Tadhg Crowley | 7,217 | 10.7 | 4 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Robert Ryan | 6,117 | 9.1 | 5 | ||
| Labour | Michael Keyes | 5,836 | 8.7 | 6 | ||
| Fine Gael | George C. Bennett | 6,474 | 9.6 | 7 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Colbert | 5,741 | 8.6 | |||
| Fine Gael | John O'Shaughnessy | 5,726 | 8.5 | |||
| Labour | Seán Quinn | 2,179 | 3.2 | |||
| Fine Gael | Michael Burke | 924 | 1.4 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 67,183 Quota: 8,398 Turnout: | ||||||
1937 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Michael Keyes | 11,011 | 16.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Daniel Bourke | 8,106 | 12.4 | 2 | ||
| Fine Gael | George C. Bennett | 6,131 | 9.4 | 3 | ||
| Fine Gael | John O'Shaughnessy | 4,361 | 6.7 | 4 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Colbert | 6,955 | 10.6 | 5 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Robert Ryan | 4,698 | 7.2 | 6 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Donnchadh Ó Briain | 5,663 | 8.6 | 7 | ||
| Fine Gael | James Reidy | 5,834 | 8.9 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Tadhg Crowley | 4,544 | 6.9 | |||
| Fine Gael | Timothy O'Connell | 3,537 | 5.4 | |||
| Fine Gael | Liam Fraher | 3,339 | 5.1 | |||
| Independent | Thomas Lloyd | 1,343 | 2.1 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 65,522 Quota: 8,191 Turnout: | ||||||
1933 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumann na nGaedheal | George C. Bennett | 5,791 | 8.8 | 1 | ||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | James Reidy | 5,443 | 8.3 | 2 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Donnchadh Ó Briain | 7,383 | 11.2 | 3 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Tadhg Crowley | 6,536 | 9.9 | 4 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Daniel Bourke | 7,980 | 12.1 | 5 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Robert Ryan | 6,956 | 10.6 | 6 | ||
| Labour | Michael Keyes | 5,798 | 8.8 | 7 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | James Colbert | 5,803 | 8.8 | |||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | John Nolan | 4,265 | 6.5 | |||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Richard O'Connell | 3,560 | 5.4 | |||
| National Centre Party | John O'Shaughnessy | 3,388 | 5.1 | |||
| National Centre Party | John Carty | 3,010 | 4.6 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 65,913 Quota: 8,240 Turnout: | ||||||
1932 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fianna Fáil | Daniel Bourke | 7,677 | 12.4 | 1 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | James Colbert | 6,100 | 9.9 | 2 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Robert Ryan | 6,645 | 10.8 | 3 | ||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | George C. Bennett | 5,919 | 9.6 | 4 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Tadhg Crowley | 4,966 | 8.0 | 5 | ||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | James Reidy | 5,088 | 8.2 | 6 | ||
| Farmers' Party | John O'Shaughnessy | 4,887 | 7.9 | 7 | ||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Richard O'Connell | 3,573 | 5.8 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Donnchadh Ó Briain | 3,334 | 5.4 | |||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | John Nolan | 3,325 | 5.4 | |||
| Labour | Michael Keyes | 3,101 | 5.0 | |||
| Independent | Patrick Clancy | 2,105 | 3.4 | |||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | David Madden | 2,045 | 3.3 | |||
| Independent | Gilbert Hewson | 1,562 | 2.5 | |||
| Labour | Daniel Clancy | 1,486 | 2.4 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 61,813 Quota: 7,727 Turnout: | ||||||
September 1927 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumann na nGaedheal | George C. Bennett | 7,993 | 14.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Cumann na nGaedheal | John Nolan | 5,390 | 9.5 | 2 | ||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Richard O'Connell | 5,354 | 9.4 | 3 | ||
| Labour | Patrick Clancy | 4,447 | 7.8 | 4 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | James Colbert | 6,385 | 11.2 | 5 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Daniel Bourke | 5,711 | 10.0 | 6 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Tadhg Crowley | 4,625 | 8.1 | 7 | ||
| Labour | Michael Keyes | 4,290 | 7.5 | |||
| Farmers' Party | Cornelius O'Sullivan | 3,434 | 6.0 | |||
| Independent | Gilbert Hewson | 3,352 | 5.9 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Robert Ryan | 3,049 | 5.4 | |||
| Cumann na nGaedheal | Matthew Griffin | 2,898 | 5.1 | |||
| Electorate: ? Valid: 56,928 Quota: 7,117 Turnout: | ||||||
See also
- Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of historic Dáil Éireann constituencies
- Elections in the Republic of Ireland
References
- "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1923: (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- "Constituency Commission: Report on Dáil and European Parliament Constituencies 2007" (PDF). The Stationery Office, Dublin. p. 5. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 28 September 2010.
- ^ 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 1923: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- "By-election 1924: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- "General election June 1927: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "General election September 1927: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "General election 1932: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "General election 1933: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "General election 1937: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "General election 1938: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "General election 1943: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ "General election 1944: Limerick". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
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