Dublin Rathmines West (Dáil constituency)
53°19′19.1″N 6°16′29.9″W / 53.321972°N 6.274972°W
| Dublin Rathmines West | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil constituency | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1977 |
| Abolished | 1981 |
| Seats | 3 |
| Local government area | Dublin City |
| Created from | Dublin South-Central |
| Replaced by | |
Dublin Rathmines West was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1977 to 1981. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
History
[edit]The constituency was used at the 1977 general election, under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974,[1] largely with territory transferred from Dublin South-Central, as part of the redistribution of constituencies which attempted to secure the re-election of the outgoing Fine Gael–Labour Party government.
The constituency was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980, which came into effect at the 1981 general election.[2] It was mostly transferred to Dublin South-Central although a smaller part went to Dublin South-East.
Its election was notable as the first time that Mary Robinson (later 8th President of Ireland), stood for the Dáil, though she was unsuccessful.
Boundaries
[edit]The constituency covered the Rathmines district of South-East Dublin and adjoining areas. It consisted of the following wards of the county borough of Dublin:[1] Crumlin D, Kimmage A, Kimmage B, Kimmage C, Kimmage D, Kimmage E, Rathfarnham A, Rathmines West A, Rathmines West B, Rathmines West D, Rathmines West E, Rathmines West F, Terenure A, Terenure B, Terenure C.
TDs
[edit]| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Rathmines West 1977–1981[3] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
| |||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||
| 21st | 1977[4] | Gerard Brady (FF) |
Ben Briscoe (FF) |
Richie Ryan (FG) | |||
| 22nd | 1981 | Constituency abolished. See Dublin South-Central and Dublin South-East | |||||
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.
1977 general election
[edit]^ *: Outgoing TD
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Gerard Brady | 22.7 | 6,064 | 6,596 | 6,824 | ||||||
| Fine Gael | Richie Ryan[*] | 20.5 | 5,486 | 5,499 | 5,532 | 5,534 | 5,924 | 7,301 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | Ben Briscoe[*] | 19.2 | 5,149 | 5,633 | 5,805 | 5,909 | 5,945 | 6,070 | 6,186 | 6,488 | |
| Labour | Mary Robinson | 10.7 | 2,854 | 2,909 | 3,173 | 3,183 | 3,285 | 3,544 | 3,752 | 6,082 | |
| Labour | Michael Collins | 8.9 | 2,377 | 2,383 | 2,674 | 2,682 | 2,739 | 2,961 | 3,294 | ||
| Fine Gael | James O'Keeffe | 4.9 | 1,311 | 1,315 | 1,351 | 1,355 | 2,054 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Seán Kelly | 4.7 | 1,258 | 1,265 | 1,291 | 1,293 | |||||
| Sinn Féin The Workers' Party | Eric Byrne | 4.3 | 1,148 | 1,166 | |||||||
| Fianna Fáil | Nóirín Slattery | 4.2 | 1,126 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 41,679 Valid: 26,773 Quota: 6,694 Turnout: 64.1% | |||||||||||
See also
[edit]- Dáil constituencies
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- Historic Dáil constituencies
- Elections in the Republic of Ireland
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book.
- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book.
- ^ a b Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
- ^ a b "General election 1977: Dublin Rathmines West". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
- ^ "21st Dáil 1977 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. February 1978. Retrieved 12 November 2023.