Sligo (Dáil constituency)
| Sligo | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil constituency | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1937 |
| Abolished | 1948 |
| Seats | 3 |
| Local government area | County Sligo |
| Created from | Leitrim–Sligo |
| Replaced by | Sligo–Leitrim |
Sligo was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1937 to 1948. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
History[edit]
The constituency was created for the 1937 general election, when the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 split the old Leitrim–Sligo constituency, with County Leitrim being represented from 1937 through the new Leitrim constituency.[1]
Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, the Sligo constituency was abolished, and the Sligo–Leitrim constituency was created for the 1948 general election.[2]
Boundaries[edit]
Some Dáil constituencies cross county boundaries, in order to ensure a reasonably consistent ratio of electors to TDs. The Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 defined the boundaries of the Sligo constituency as being:[1]
- "The administrative County of Sligo except the portion thereof which is comprised in the County Constituency of Leitrim."
The boundaries of the Leitrim constituency were defined as:
- "The administrative County of Leitrim and The District Electoral Divisions of: Ballintogher East, Ballynakill, Ballynashee, Cliffony North, Cliffony South, Drumcolumb, Killadoon, Kilmactranny, Rossinver East and Shancough in the administrative County of Sligo."
TDs[edit]
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Sligo 1937–1948[3] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
| |||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||
| 9th | 1937[4] | Frank Carty (FF) |
Martin Roddy (FG) |
Patrick Rogers (FG) | |||
| 10th | 1938[5] | Martin Brennan (FF) | |||||
| 11th | 1943[6] | Martin Roddy (FG) | |||||
| 12th | 1944[7] | ||||||
| 13th | 1948 | Constituency abolished. See 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[edit]
1944 general election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Brennan | 28.8 | 7,532 | |||
| Fine Gael | Martin Roddy | 24.8 | 6,485 | 6,530 | ||
| Fine Gael | Patrick Rogers | 20.2 | 5,288 | 5,354 | 6,655 | |
| Labour | Michael Nevin | 13.2 | 3,453 | 3,561 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Frank O'Beirne | 12.9 | 3,359 | 4,142 | 5,495 | |
| Electorate: 36,777 Valid: 26,117 Quota: 6,530 Turnout: 71.0% | ||||||
1943 general election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Brennan | 24.5 | 6,888 | 6,921 | 7,253 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Patrick Rogers | 16.4 | 4,606 | 4,803 | 4,867 | 4,876 | 4,993 | 6,136 | |
| Fine Gael | Martin Roddy | 16.2 | 4,555 | 5,424 | 5,702 | 5,721 | 5,951 | 6,949 | |
| Labour | Michael Nevin | 11.8 | 3,320 | 3,501 | 3,649 | 3,675 | 5,041 | 5,462 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Peadar Glynn | 9.6 | 2,688 | 2,731 | 2,796 | 2,933 | |||
| Clann na Talmhan | William Gormley | 8.5 | 2,397 | 2,474 | 3,620 | 3,663 | 3,882 | ||
| Clann na Talmhan | Michael Hanley | 7.7 | 2,163 | 2,205 | |||||
| Fine Gael | Thomas McGoldrick | 5.2 | 1,458 | ||||||
| Electorate: 36,777 Valid: 28,075 Quota: 7,019 Turnout: 76.3% | |||||||||
1938 general election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Brennan | 29.4 | 8,465 | ||
| Fine Gael | Patrick Rogers | 26.6 | 7,667 | ||
| Fine Gael | Martin Roddy | 22.0 | 6,336 | 6,424 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Frank Carty | 22.0 | 6,319 | 7,499 | |
| Electorate: 36,049 Valid: 28,787 Quota: 7,197 Turnout: 79.9% | |||||
1937 general election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Martin Roddy | 24.0 | 6,755 | 6,899 | 9,518 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Frank Carty | 19.7 | 5,535 | 7,150 | |||
| Independent | Michael Brennan | 17.5 | 4,936 | 5,736 | 6,024 | 6,077 | |
| Fine Gael | Patrick Rogers | 16.0 | 4,514 | 4,544 | 5,092 | 7,486 | |
| Fine Gael | William Caffrey | 13.0 | 3,672 | 3,757 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | William Browne | 9.8 | 2,747 | ||||
| Electorate: 36,516 Valid: 28,159 Quota: 7,040 Turnout: 77.1% | |||||||
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 (Revision of Constituencies) Act, 1935: First Schedule (Revised constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947: First Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ 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 1937: Sligo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 1938: Sligo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 1943: Sligo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ a b "General election 1944: Sligo". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
- ^ a b c d Gallagher, Michael (1993). Irish Elections 1922-44: Results and Analysis. PSAI Press. ISBN 0951974815.
