Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown was a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which from 1948–1977 was represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It elected three (and later four) Teachtaí Dála (TDs) to the Dáil, using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representation (PR-STV).

Contents 1 Boundaries 2 History 3 TDs 4 Elections 5 References 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] Boundaries

The constituency comprises the Borough of Dún Laoghaire and the district electoral divisions of Ballybrack, Dundrum, Glencullen, Milltown, Rathfarnham, Rathmichael, Stillorgan and Whitechurch.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] History

The constituency was created in 1948, under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, for the 1948 general election to Dáil Éireann. It initially returned three TDs but under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961, it was increased to four from 1961 onwards. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974 with effect from the 1977 general election, and replaced by the new constituency of Dún Laoghaire.

[edit] TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dún Laoghaire and Rathdown 1948–1969[1]
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
13th	1948		Seán Brady (FF)		Joseph Brennan (CnaP)		Liam Cosgrave (FG)	Only 3 seats until 1961
14th	1951				H. Percy Dockrell (FG)
15th	1954
16th	1957				Lionel Booth (FF)
17th	1961								H. Percy Dockrell (FG)
18th	1965		David Andrews (FF)
19th	1969				Barry Desmond (Lab)
20th	1973
20th	1973	constituency abolished: see Dún Laoghaire

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.

[edit] Elections

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[edit] References

[edit] See also

• List of historic Dáil Éireann constituencies
• Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland

[edit] External links

• Oireachtas Members Database

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