Louth-Meath (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Louth-Meath is a former parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which was represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. Covering part the two counties of Louth and Meath, it existed from 1921 to 1923. It elected five Teachtaí Dála (TDs) to the Dáil, using the Single Transferable Vote method of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History

The constituency was created in 1921, under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, for the 1921 general election to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland, whose members formed the 2nd Dáil. It was used again for the 1922 general election to the 3rd Dáil

Louth-Meath was abolished under the Electoral Act 1923, and replaced by the two new constituencies of Louth and Meath

Boundaries

TDs elected

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

3rd Dáil, 1922-1923

2nd Dáil, 1921-1922

External links

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

ee also

*County Louth
*County Meath