Roscommon–Leitrim (Dáil constituency)

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Roscommon–Leitrim
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary constituency
Former constituency
Created	1969
Abolished	1981
Seats	3
County/City council	County Roscommon County Leitrim

Roscommon–Leitrim was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1969 to 1981. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, and first used for the 1969 general election. It replaced the previous Roscommon constituency and part of the Sligo–Leitrim constituency.

Its boundaries were revised in 1977, but the number of seats remained unchanged. The constituency was abolished for the 1981 general election, when its territory was divided between the existing Sligo–Leitrim constituency and a new Roscommon constituency.

Boundaries

It covered most of the County Roscommon and part of County Leitrim.

**Changes to the Roscommon–Leitrim constituency**
Years	TDs	Boundaries	Law	Notes
1969–1977	3	All of County Roscommon, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Clare–Galway South and Galway North-East; In County Leitrim, the parts of the former Rural District of Carrick-on-Shannon No. 1.; parts of the former Rural District of Mohill; In County Westmeath, the district electoral divisions of Athlone West Urban.	Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969	Constituency created. The following areas in Galway North-East: in the administrative county of Roscommon, parts of the former Rural District of Athlone No. 2; parts of the former Rural District of Castlereagh; parts of the former Rural District of Roscommon. The following areas in Clare–Galway South: in the administrative county of Roscommon, parts of the former Rural District of Athlone No. 2.
1977–1981	3	Boundaries more closely aligned with county boundaries, and defined as: The administrative county of Roscommon, except the part, thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Mayo East; and the administrative county of Leitrim, except the part thereof which is comprised in the constituency of Sligo–Leitrim.	Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974	The following parts of Roscommon in Mayo East: parts of the former Rural District of Castlereagh The following parts of Leitrim in Sligo–Leitrim: the district electoral divisions of: parts of the former Rural District of Kinlough, in the coastal northern area of Leitrim; Most of the former Rural District of Manorhamilton, including Arigna.
1981	—	Constituency abolished.	Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980	The two counties now represented through the constituencies of Roscommon–South Leitrim and Sligo–North Leitrim

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Roscommon–Leitrim 1969–1981
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
19th	1969		Hugh Gibbons (FF)		Brian Lenihan (FF)		Joan Burke (FG)
20th	1973		Hugh Gibbons (FF)		Patrick J. Reynolds (FG)
21st	1977		Terry Leyden (FF)		Seán Doherty (FF)
22nd	1981	Constituency abolished. See Roscommon and Sligo–Leitrim

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

1977 general election

1977 general election: Roscommon–Leitrim
Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat
	Fine Gael	Joan Burke	7,862	22.1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Doherty	5,968	16.8	2
	Fianna Fáil	Terry Leyden	6,563	18.5	3
	Fine Gael	Patrick J. Reynolds	5,802	16.3
	Fianna Fáil	John Ellis	5,496	15.5
	Fine Gael	Liam Naughten	2,624	7.4
	Independent	James Reynolds	502	1.4
	Labour	Connie Fallon	395	1.1
	Independent	Desmond Curley	355	1.0
Electorate: ? Valid: 35,567 Quota: 8,892 Turnout:

1973 general election

1973 general election: Roscommon–Leitrim
Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Joan Burke	7,241	25.4	1	1
	Fine Gael	Patrick J. Reynolds	4,706	16.5	2
	Fianna Fáil	Hugh Gibbons	5,689	20.0	3
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lenihan	5,548	19.5
	Fine Gael	Gerald Dodd	1,801	6.3
	Fianna Fáil	Farrell McElgunn	1,704	6.0
	Official Sinn Féin	Frances Grehan	770	2.7
	Independent	Thomas McCrann	513	1.8
	Labour	Anthony O'Connell	503	1.8
Electorate: ? Valid: 28,475 Quota: 7,119 Turnout:

1969 general election

1969 general election: Roscommon–Leitrim
Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Joan Burke	8,102	26.7	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lenihan	6,867	22.7	2
	Fianna Fáil	Hugh Gibbons	5,282	17.4	3
	Fine Gael	Patrick J. Reynolds	4,574	15.1
	Fianna Fáil	Farrell McElgunn	2,467	8.1
	Labour	Peter McGuinness	1,163	3.8
	Fine Gael	Thomas Kilroy	1,009	3.3
	Labour	Neil O'Shea	610	2.0
	Labour	James Nolan	232	0.8
Electorate: ? Valid: 30,306 Quota: 7,577 Turnout:

References

^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1969: Schedule (constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1980: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 12 February 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2009. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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 1969: Roscommon–Leitrim". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 September 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
^ "General election 1973: Roscommon–Leitrim". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 September 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)
^ "General election 1977: Roscommon–Leitrim". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 September 2010. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |work= (help)

External links

Oireachtas Members Database

Parliamentary constituencies in County Roscommon

Parliament of Ireland
to 1800

County Roscommon (????–1800)
Athlone (1607–1800)
Boyle (1614–1800)
Tulsk (1643–1800)
Roscommon (1611–1800)

Westminster 1801–1922
and First Dáil 1918

Athlone (1801–1885)
North Roscommon (1885–1922)
South Roscommon (1885–1922)
Roscommon (1801–1885)

Dáil Éireann
1918–present

Historic	Leitrim–Roscommon North (1921–1923) Mayo South–Roscommon South (1921–1923) Roscommon (1923–1969, 1981–1992) Roscommon–Leitrim (1969–1981) Longford–Roscommon (1992–2007) Roscommon–South Leitrim (2007–2016)
Current	Roscommon–Galway (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

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