Mayo North and West (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Mayo North and West
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary constituency
Mayo North and West shown within Ireland
1921–1923
Seats	4
County/City council	County Mayo

Mayo North and West was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1921 to 1923. The constituency elected 4 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known in English as TDs) to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

Mayo North and West was created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 as a 4 seater, for the 1921 general election to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland, whose members formed the 2nd Dáil. It covered the northern and western parts of County Mayo.

It succeeded the constituencies of North Mayo and East Mayo which were used to elect the members of the 1st Dáil and earlier UK House of Commons members.

It was abolished under the Electoral Act 1923, when it was replaced by the new Mayo North and Mayo South constituencies.^[1] The new constituencies were first used in the 1923 general election for the members of the 4th Dáil.

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Mayo North and West 1921–1923[2]
Key to parties   SF = Sinn Féin ·   Anti-Treaty = Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) ·   Pro-Treaty = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
2nd	1921[3]		John Crowley (SF)		Thomas Derrig (SF)		Joseph MacBride (SF)		P. J. Ruttledge (SF)
3rd	1922[4]		John Crowley (Anti-Treaty)		Thomas Derrig (Anti-Treaty)		Joseph MacBride (Pro-Treaty)		P. J. Ruttledge (Anti-Treaty)
4th	1923	Constituency abolished. See Mayo North and Mayo South

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

1922 general election

1922 general election: Mayo North and West[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)	John Crowley	Unopposed	N/A	1
	Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)	Thomas Derrig	Unopposed	N/A	2
	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	Joseph MacBride	Unopposed	N/A	3
	Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty)	P. J. Ruttledge	Unopposed	N/A	4

1921 general election

1921 general election: Mayo North and West[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Sinn Féin	John Crowley	Unopposed	N/A	1
	Sinn Féin	Thomas Derrig	Unopposed	N/A	2
	Sinn Féin	Joseph MacBride	Unopposed	N/A	3
	Sinn Féin	P. J. Ruttledge	Unopposed	N/A	4

See also

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

References

1. ^ "Electoral Act, 1923: Eighth Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1923/en/act/pub/0012/sched8.html#sched8. Retrieved 15 February 2009. 
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. ^ ^{a b} "General election 1921: Mayo North and West". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1921&cons=562. Retrieved 21 September 2010. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "General election 1922: Mayo North and West". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1922&cons=562. Retrieved 21 September 2010. 

External links

• Oireachtas Members Database