Kilkenny (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Kilkenny is a former parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. Covering the whole of County Kilkenny, it existed from 1937 to 1948. It elected three Teachtaí Dála (TDs) to the Dáil, using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History

The constituency was created for the 1937 general election, when the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 split the old Carlow-Kilkenny constituency, with County Carlow being represented from 1937 through the new Carlow-Kildare constituency.

Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, the Kilkenny constituency was abolished, and Carlow-Kilkenny was restored for the 1948 general election.

Boundaries

Some Dáil Éireann constituencies cross county boundaries in order to ensure a reasonably consistent ratio of electors to TDs. However, the 1937 Act defines the boundaries of the Kilkenny constituency as being simply "the administrative County of Kilkenny".

TDs elected

TDs are listed in alphabetical order, not in order of election.

"Note: no by-elections were held in the Kilkenny constituency"

12th Dáil, 1944-1948

*Eamonn Coogan (Fine Gael)
*Tomás Ó Deirg (Fianna Fáil)
*James Pattison (National Labour Party)

11th Dáil, 1943-1944

*Philip Mahoney (Independent Farmer)
*Tomás Ó Deirg (Fianna Fáil)
*James Pattison (Labour Party)

10th Dáil, 1938-1943

*Denis Gorey (Fine Gael)
*Tomás Ó Deirg (Fianna Fáil)
*James Pattison (Labour Party)

9th Dáil, 1937-1938

*Denis Gorey (Fine Gael)
*Tomás Ó Deirg (Fianna Fáil)
*James Pattison (Labour Party)

External links

* http://www.oireachtas.ie/members-hist/default.asp?housetype=0
* http://acts.oireachtas.ie/

ee also

*County Kilkenny
*Carlow-Kilkenny (Dáil Éireann constituency)