Mayo North (Dáil constituency)

Mayo North was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1923 to 1969. The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

For the 1885–1922 constituency, see North Mayo (UK Parliament constituency).

Mayo North
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1923
Abolished	1969
Seats	4 (1923–1937) 3 (1937–1969)
County/City council	County Mayo

History

The constituency was created under the Electoral Act 1923 for the 1923 general election to Dáil Éireann, whose members formed the 4th Dáil.[1]

From 1923 to 1937, Mayo North elected 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). Under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, this was reduced to 3 with effect from the 1937 general election.

It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969, when it and Mayo South were replaced by the two new constituencies of Mayo East and Mayo West.

Boundaries

The constituency covered the county electoral areas of Ballina, Killala and Swinford, in the administrative county of Mayo.[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Mayo North 1923–1969[2]
Key to parties   CnaG = Cumann na nGaedheal   CnaT = Clann na Talmhan   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Ind = Independent   Rep = Republican   SF = Sinn Féin
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
4th	1923[3]		P. J. Ruttledge (Rep)		Henry Coyle (CnaG)		John Crowley (Rep)		Joseph McGrath (CnaG)
	1924 by-election[4]				John Madden (Rep)
	1925 by-election[5]								Michael Tierney (CnaG)
5th	1927 (Jun)[6]		P. J. Ruttledge (FF)		John Madden (SF)		Michael Davis (CnaG)		Mark Henry (CnaG)
6th	1927 (Sep)[7]				Micheál Clery (FF)
7th	1932[8]								Patrick O'Hara (CnaG)
8th	1933[9]								James Morrisroe (CnaG)
9th	1937[10]				John Munnelly (FF)		Patrick Browne (FG)	3 seats 1937–1969
10th	1938[11]
11th	1943[12]				James Kilroy (FF)
12th	1944[13]
13th	1948[14]
14th	1951[15]				Thomas O'Hara (CnaT)
	1952 by-election[16]		Phelim Calleary (FF)
15th	1954[17]						Patrick Lindsay (FG)
16th	1957[18]				Seán Doherty (FF)
17th	1961[19]				Joseph Lenehan (Ind)		Michael Browne (FG)
18th	1965[20]				Patrick Lindsay (FG)		Thomas O'Hara (FG)
19th	1969	Constituency abolished. See Mayo East and Mayo 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

1965 general election

1965 general election: Mayo North[20]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Phelim Calleary	4,748	21.7	1
	Fianna Fáil	Joseph Lenehan	4,190	19.1
	Fine Gael	Thomas O'Hara	3,933	18.0	3
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	3,598	16.4	2
	Fine Gael	Michael Browne	3,350	15.3
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Corrigan	1,795	8.2
	Labour Party	Seán Davis	285	1.3
Electorate: ?   Valid: 21,899   Quota: 5,475   Turnout:

1961 general election

1961 general election: Mayo North[19]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Phelim Calleary	4,684	21.9	1
	Fine Gael	Michael Browne	3,294	15.4	2
	Independent	Joseph Lenehan	2,990	14.0	3
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	2,847	13.3
	Clann na Talmhan	Thomas O'Hara	2,846	13.3
	Fianna Fáil	John Garrett	2,647	12.4
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Cassidy	1,511	7.1
	Labour Party	John Reilly	531	2.5
Electorate: ?   Valid: 21,350   Quota: 5,338   Turnout:

1957 general election

1957 general election: Mayo North[18]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Phelim Calleary	6,415	27.7	1	1
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	3,880	16.8	3
	Clann na Talmhan	Thomas O'Hara	3,656	15.8
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Doherty	3,648	15.8	2
	Fine Gael	Patrick Browne	2,892	12.5
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Lynchehaun	2,662	11.5
Electorate: ?   Valid: 23,153   Quota: 5,789   Turnout:

1954 general election

1954 general election: Mayo North[17]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Phelim Calleary	5,874	23.5	1
	Clann na Talmhan	Thomas O'Hara	3,552	14.2	3
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	3,277	13.1	2
	Fine Gael	Patrick Browne	3,272	13.1
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kilroy	2,868	11.5
	Fianna Fáil	John Garrett	2,039	8.2
	Clann na Poblachta	Martin McGrath	1,678	6.7
	Clann na Poblachta	Denis Gallagher	1,318	5.3
	Independent	James Ginnelly	1,151	4.6
Electorate: ?   Valid: 25,029   Quota: 6,258   Turnout:

1952 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD P. J. Ruttledge, a by-election was held on 26 June 1952. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Phelim Calleary.

1952 by-election: Mayo North[21]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Fianna Fáil	Phelim A. Calleary	48.3	11,782	12,034	12,441
	Fine Gael	Patrick J. Lindsay	22.4	5,468	6,778	11,040
	Clann na Poblachta	Martin J. McGrath	19.4	4,743	5,443
	Clann na Talmhan	Frank Devanny	9.9	2,407
Electorate: 36,165   Valid: 24,400   Quota: 12,201   Turnout: 67.47%

1951 general election

1951 general election: Mayo North[21]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick J. Ruttledge	21.5	5,348	5,903	5,946	6,149	6,185
	Fianna Fáil	James Kilroy	17.1	4,259	5,135	5,559	5,672	5,689
	Fine Gael	Patrick Browne	15.6	3,867	3,901	5,940	6,834
	Clann na Talmhan	Thomas O'Hara	14.5	3,600	3,636	3,744	5,809	6,205
	Clann na Poblachta	Martin J. McGrath	12.6	3,131	3,196	3,495
	Fine Gael	Joseph R. Lenehan	12.0	2,981	3,033
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Moran	6.7	1,663
Electorate: 36,316   Valid: 24,849   Quota: 6,213   Turnout: 68.42%

1948 general election

1948 general election: Mayo North[21]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Ruttledge	21.1	5,320	5,421	5,436	5,464	5,543	5,960	6,069	6,110
	Fine Gael	Patrick Browne	17.0	4,281	4,401	4,452	5,281	5,425	5,481	6,236	6,611
	Fianna Fáil	James Kilroy	15.8	3,992	4,013	4,078	4,244	4,285	5,498	5,555	5,784
	Clann na Poblachta	Michael Hardy	8.8	2,220	2,258	2,365	2,395	3,344	3,402	3,804	4,871
	Clann na Talmhan	James Forde	6.8	1,709	1,768	2,111	2,130	2,166	2,188
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Lynchehaun	6.6	1,655	1,659	1,971	2,042	2,060
	Clann na Poblachta	Martin McGrath	6.1	1,541	1,627	1,638	1,663
	Clann na Poblachta	Michael Hefferon	5.8	1,469	1,479	1,634	1,785	2,116	2,197	2,312
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	5.2	1,302	1,310	1,413
	Clann na Talmhan	James Ginnelly	4.8	1,211	1,233
	Independent	John Clarke	2.0	499
Electorate: 37,602   Valid: 25,199   Quota: 6,300   Turnout: 67.02%

1944 general election

1944 general election: Mayo North[13]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	6,818	27.9	1	1
	Fine Gael	Patrick Browne	4,875	19.9	3
	Fianna Fáil	James Kilroy	4,602	18.7	2
	Independent	Thomas O'Hara	3,748	15.3
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Lynchehaun	2,597	10.6
	Fine Gael	Joseph Lenehan	1,917	7.8
Electorate: ?   Valid: 24,557   Quota: 6,140   Turnout:

1943 general election

1943 general election: Mayo North[12]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	5,602	22.7	1
	Fine Gael	Patrick Browne	3,789	15.4	3
	Fianna Fáil	James Kilroy	3,525	14.3	2
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Hardy	3,446	14.0
	Independent	Thomas O'Hara	2,785	11.3
	Independent	Niall McCormack	2,315	9.4
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	1,936	7.9
	Independent	Pádraig McAndrew	1,247	5.1
Electorate: ?   Valid: 24,645   Quota: 6,162   Turnout:

1938 general election

1938 general election: Mayo North[11]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	8,277	31.4	1	1
	Fine Gael	Patrick Browne	6,060	23.0	3
	Fianna Fáil	John Munnelly	5,353	20.3	2
	Fianna Fáil	Timothy Jordan	3,749	14.2
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	2,896	11.0
Electorate: ?   Valid: 26,335   Quota: 6,584   Turnout:

1937 general election

1937 general election: Mayo North[10]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	7,934	31.3	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	John Munnelly	4,497	17.7	3
	Fine Gael	Patrick Browne	4,481	17.7	2
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Kilroy	3,504	13.8
	Fine Gael	Michael O'Hara	3,019	11.9
	Fine Gael	Patrick Lindsay	1,940	7.7
Electorate: ?   Valid: 25,375   Quota: 6,344   Turnout:

1933 general election

1933 general election: Mayo North[9]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	8,430	24.9	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Clery	6,311	18.7	2
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Davis	6,172	18.2	3
	Cumann na nGaedheal	James Morrisroe	5,434	16.1	4
	Fianna Fáil	John Munnelly	4,914	14.5
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Corcoran	2,575	7.6
Electorate: ?   Valid: 33,836   Quota: 6,768   Turnout:

1932 general election

1932 general election: Mayo North[8]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	8,690	27.5	1	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick O'Hara	5,853	18.5	3
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Davis	5,809	18.4	4
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Clery	5,433	17.2	2
	Fianna Fáil	John Munnelly	3,704	11.7
	Cumann na nGaedheal	T. J. O'Reilly	2,088	6.6
Electorate: ?   Valid: 31,577   Quota: 6,316   Turnout:

September 1927 general election

September 1927 general election: Mayo North[7]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	8,560	28.6	1	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Davis	7,464	24.9	2	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Mark Henry	5,550	18.5	3
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Clery	3,062	10.2	4
	Fianna Fáil	John Munnelly	2,727	9.1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	T. J. O'Reilly	2,615	8.7
Electorate: ?   Valid: 29,978   Quota: 5,996   Turnout:

June 1927 general election

June 1927 general election: Mayo North[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Davis	6,643	22.9	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	P. J. Ruttledge	6,020	20.8	2	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Mark Henry	3,787	13.1	3
	Sinn Féin	John Madden	3,550	12.3	4
	Independent	Patrick O'Hara	3,237	11.2
	Fianna Fáil	Micheál Clery	3,043	10.5
	Cumann na nGaedheal	T. J. O'Reilly	2,024	7.0
	Labour Party	Terence Waldron	683	2.4
Electorate: ?   Valid: 28,987   Quota: 5,798   Turnout:

1925 by-election

Following the resignation of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Joseph McGrath, a by-election was held on 11 March 1925. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Michael Tierney.

1925 by-election: Mayo North[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Tierney	57.7	18,385
	Republican	Thomas Derrig	42.3	13,458
Electorate: 46,134   Valid: 31,843   Quota: 15,922   Turnout: 69.0%

1924 by-election

Following the disqualification of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Henry Coyle, a by-election was held on 18 November 1924. The seat was won by the Republican candidate John Madden.

1924 by-election: Mayo North[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1
	Republican	John Madden	51.5	14,628
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Michael Tierney	48.5	13,758
Electorate: 46,134   Valid: 28,386   Quota: 14,194   Turnout: 61.5%

1923 general election

1923 general election: Mayo North[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Republican	P. J. Ruttledge	8,997	34.3	1	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Joseph McGrath	8,011	30.5	2	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Henry Coyle	2,997	11.4	3
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick O'Hara	2,097	8.0
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Ruane	1,002	3.8
	Republican	John Crowley	832	3.2	4
	Farmers' Party	Charles Flynn	793	3.0
	Labour Party	Archibald Heron	647	2.5
	Republican	Joseph Kelly	478	1.8
	Farmers' Party	Timothy O'Sullivan	151	0.6
	Republican	Michael Keaveney	137	0.5
	Independent	Oliver O'Connor	99	0.4
Electorate: 53,719   Valid: 26,241   Quota: 5,249   Turnout: 48.9%

See also

• Dáil constituencies
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• Historic Dáil constituencies
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland

References

1. "Electoral Act, 1923: (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
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 1923: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
4. "By-election 1924: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
5. "By-election 1925: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
6. "General election June 1927: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
7. "General election September 1927: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
8. "General election 1932: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
9. "General election 1933: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
10. "General election 1937: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
11. "General election 1938: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
12. "General election 1943: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
13. "General election 1944: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
14. "General election 1948: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
15. "General election 1951: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
16. "By-election 1952: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
17. "General election 1954: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
18. "General election 1957: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
19. "General election 1961: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
20. "General election 1965: Mayo North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 23 September 2010.
21. Gallagher, Michael (2009). Irish Elections 1948–77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2. Routledge. ISBN 9781138973343.

External links

• Oireachtas Members Database