Waterford (Dáil Éireann constituency)

Dáil Éireann constituency infobox
Name = Waterford
Entity = Ireland


Year = 1923
TDs = 4
Counties = County Waterford
EP = South

Waterford is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It was created for the 1923 general election when the 4th Dáil was elected. It replaced the Waterford-Tipperary East constituency that was used for elections to previous Dáil.

Details

The Waterford parliamentary constituency spans most of the area of the county in Munster, taking in Waterford City, Dungarvan and Tramore. The constituency has an electorate of 73,725 and at present is served by 4 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.

Presently, the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Martin Cullen is one of the most high profile TDs from the constituency. John Deasy, the current Fine Gael TD is the son of Austin Deasy, a former Cabinet Minister and long time TD for the constituency.

2007 Election result

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title=2007 General Election: WaterfordIrish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Martin Cullen
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 11,438
percentage = 23.1
seat = 1
count = 1Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = John Deasy
party = Fine Gael
votes = 7,554
percentage = 15.3
seat = 2
count = 9Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Brian O'Shea
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
votes = 5,610
percentage = 11.3
seat = 3
count = 10Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Brendan Kenneally
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 5,624
percentage = 11.4
seat = 4
count = 11Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Ollie Wilkinson
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 5,963
percentage = 12.0
seat =
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candidate = Paudie Coffey
party = Fine Gael
votes = 4,658
percentage = 9.4
seat =
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candidate = David Cullinane
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 3,327
percentage = 6.7
seat =
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candidate = John Halligan
party = Workers Party (Ireland)
votes = 1,708
percentage = 3.4
seat =
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candidate = Jim D'Arcy
party = Fine Gael
votes = 1,340
percentage = 2.7
seat =
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candidate = Brendan McCann
party = Green Party (Ireland)
votes = 1,049
percentage = 2.1
seat =
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candidate = Mary Roche
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 934
percentage = 1.9
seat =
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candidate = Declan Waters
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 270
percentage = 1.5
seat =
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candidate = Francis Hennessy
party = Independent (politician)
votes = 53
percentage = 0.1
seat =
count =

2002 Election result

Irish Election box begin
title=2002 General Election: WaterfordIrish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Martin Cullen
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 8,529
percentage =
seat = 1
count = 5Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Ollie Wilkinson
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 7,312
percentage =
seat = 2
count = 7Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = John Deasy
party = Fine Gael
votes = 7,204
percentage =
seat = 3
count = 7Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Brian O'Shea
party = Labour Party (Ireland)
votes = 6,219
percentage =
seat = 4
count = 7Irish Election box candidate with party link
candidate = Brendan Kenneally
party = Fianna Fáil
votes = 5,735
percentage =
seat =
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candidate = David Cullinane
party = Sinn Féin
votes = 2,955
percentage =
seat =
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candidate = Maurice Cummins
party = Fine Gael
votes = 2,799
percentage =
seat =
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candidate = Michael Flynn
party = Progressive Democrats
votes = 2,137
percentage =
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candidate = Brendan McCann
party = Green Party (Ireland)
votes = 1,361
percentage =
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candidate = John Halligan
party = Workers Party (Ireland)
votes = 1,270
percentage =
seat =
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candidate = Jimmy Kelly
party = Socialist Workers Party (Ireland)
votes = 300
percentage =
seat =
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candidate = Conor Halpin
party = Independent
votes = 289
percentage =
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candidate = Declan Waters
party = Christian Solidarity Party
votes = 210
percentage =
seat =
count =Irish Election box candidate
candidate = Eddie Walsh
party = Independent
votes = 118
percentage =
seat =
count =

Former TDs

* Austin Deasy

ee also

* Politics of the Republic of Ireland
* List of political parties in Ireland
* List of Irish by-elections
* Elections in Ireland