Dublin County Mid (Dáil constituency)

Dublin County Mid was a short-lived 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 the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

Dublin County Mid
Former Dáil Éireann
Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created1977
Abolished1981
Seats3
County/City councilCounty Dublin

History

The constituency was created under the terms of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974[1] as part of the redistribution of constituencies which attempted to secure the re-election of the outgoing Fine Gael–Labour Party government. It drew its electorate from the existing Dublin County North and Dublin County South constituencies.

It was abolished by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980 and divided between the constituencies of Dublin South, Dublin South-West and Dublin South-Central. It was only used for the 1977 general election to the 21st Dáil.

Boundaries

The constituency covered the Rathfarnham, Terenure and Tallaght areas of County Dublin, as well as Blessington and other areas of northern County Wicklow. In the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, the boundaries of Dublin County Mid are given as:

In the administrative county of Dublin, the district electoral divisions of:[1]
Rathfarnham Number One, Rathfarnham Number Two, Tallaght Number One, Tallaght Number Two, Tallaght Number Three, Terenure Number Two, Terenure Number Three, Terenure Number Four, Whitechurch;
and, in the administrative county of Wicklow, the district electoral divisions of:
Blessington, Burgage Kilbride, Lackan, in the former Rural District of Baltinglass No. 1;
and the following wards in the county borough of Dublin:
Rathfarnham B, Rathfarnham C, Rathfarnham D, Rathfarnham South.

TDs
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin County Mid 1977–1981[2]
Key to parties
DáilElectionDeputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)		Deputy
(Party)
21st1977[3] Seán Walsh
(FF)		 Síle de Valera
(FF)		 Larry McMahon
(FG)
22nd1981 Constituency abolished

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
1977 general election: Dublin County Mid[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
Fianna Fáil Seán Walsh 26.8 10,927          
Fine Gael Larry McMahon 16.2 6,593 6,716 7,729 7,756 9,913 10,118
Labour Party Mervyn Taylor 15.8 6,430 7,684 7,975 8,012 8,487 8,727
Fianna Fáil Síle de Valera 14.6 5,969 5,998 6,031 6,346 6,370 11,461
Fianna Fáil Richard Conroy 12.9 5,252 5,274 5,297 5,554 5,633  
Fine Gael George Laing 5.7 2,338 2,380 2,785 2,789    
Fine Gael Noel Murphy 4.2 1,701 1,786        
Labour Party Paul Mulhern 3.8 1,567          
Electorate: 54,949   Valid:   Spoilt: ?   Quota: 10,195   Turnout: 40,777[4]
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    See also

    References
    1. "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. 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 1977: Dublin County Mid". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
    4. The Irish Times, 20 June 1977, p7–10

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