Dublin County West (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Dublin County West
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary constituency
1977–1981
Seats	3
County/City council	County Dublin

Dublin County West was a short-lived parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1977 to 1981. The constituency elected 3 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

The constituency was created by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974,^[1] for the 1977 general election. It was abolished by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980.^[2] Its areas became part of the Dublin West constituency, created for the 1981 general election.

It consisted of the following areas:^[1]

"In the administrative county of Dublin, the district electoral divisions of:

Blanchardstown, Castleknock, Clondalkin Number One, Clondalkin Number Two, Clonsilla, Lucan Number One, Lucan Number Two, Newcastle, Palmerston Number One, Palmerston Number Two, Rathcoole Saggart, Terenure Number One;

and, in the administrative county of Kildare, the district electoral divisions of:

Celbridge Donaghcumper, Leixlip, Maynooth, in the former Rural District of Celbridge No. 1;

and the following wards in the county borough of Dublin:

Ballyfermot H, Crumlin F."

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin County West 1977–1981[3]
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil ·   FG = Fine Gael
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
21st	1977[4]		Mark Clinton (FG)		Liam Lawlor (FF)		Brian Lenihan (FF)
22nd	1981	Constituency abolished

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.

1977 general election

1977 general election: Dublin County West[3][4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Brian Lenihan	10,010	27.6	1
	Fine Gael	Mark Clinton	7,255	17.5	2
	Fianna Fáil	Liam Lawlor	6,328	20.0	3
	Fianna Fáil	Terence Boylan	4,287	11.8
	Labour Party	Justin Keating	3,931	10.8
	Labour Party	Joseph Connolly	2,769	7.6
	Fine Gael	Brian Fleming	1,683	4.6
Electorate: 49,829   Valid: 36,263   Quota: 9,066   Turnout: 72.8%

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. ^ ^{a b} "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1974/en/act/pub/0007/gen_1.html. Retrieved 5 March 2009. 
2. ^ "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1980: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1980/en/act/pub/0017/gen_1.html#sched. Retrieved 5 March 2009. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Walker, Brian M, ed (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0 901714 96 8. ISSN 0332-0286. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "General election 1977: Dublin County West". ElectionsIreland.org. http://www.electionsireland.org/result.cfm?election=1977&cons=92. Retrieved 12 February 2009. 

External links

• Oireachtas Members Database