- Dublin South (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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Dublin South Dáil Éireann
Parliamentary constituency
Dublin South shown within County DublinCreated 1981 Seats 5 TDs Peter Mathews (FG)
Olivia Mitchell (FG)
Shane Ross (Ind)
Alan Shatter (FG)
Alex White (Lab)County/City council Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown
South DublinEP constituency Dublin Dublin South Former Dáil Éireann
Parliamentary constituency1921–1948 Seats 4 (1921–1923)
7 (1923–1948)County/City council County Dublin Dublin South is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
Boundaries
A Dublin South constituency had existed from 1921 to 1948 when it was abolished.[1] The current constituency was created under the terms of the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1980 and was first used for the 1981 general election.[2]
The legislation establishing the seat defined it as consisting of the wards of:[2] Pembroke East D, Rathfarnham B, Rathfarnham C, Rathfarnham South together with the district electoral divisions of: Dundrum Number One, Dundrum Number Two, Dundrum Number Three, Dundrum Number Four, Dundrum Number Five, Glencullen, Milltown Number One, Milltown Number Two, Rathfarnham Number One, Rathfarnham Number Two, Stillorgan Number One, Whitechurch and the part of the district electoral division of Firhouse Number One situated south of the centre of the River Dodder.
Of these, Pembroke East D and Dundrum number one had been in Dublin South East in 1977.[3] All five Rathfarnam wards as well as Whitechurch had been in the abolished Dublin County Mid seat while Dundrum 2–5 along with Glencullen and Milltown 1–2 had been in Dublin County South constituency while Stilorgan one had been divided between Dublin County South and Dún Laoghaire.
The current constituency covers the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and South Dublin county areas. It covers areas such as Stillorgan (west of the N11 road), Dundrum, Mount Merrion, Kilmacud, Goatstown, Rathfarnham, Sandyford, Stepaside, Kilternan, Ballinteer, Churchtown and Ballyboden.[4]
The Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009 defines the area of the constituency as:[4]
- In the county of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown the electoral divisions of:
- Ballinteer-Broadford, Ballinteer-Ludford, Ballinteer-Marley, Ballinteer-Meadowbroads, Ballinteer-Meadowmount, Ballinteer-Woodpark, Cabinteely-Loughlinstown, Churchtown-Castle, Churchtown-Landscape, Churchtown-Nutgrove, Churchtown-Orwell, Churchtown-Woodlawn, Clonskeagh-Belfield, Clonskeagh-Farranboley, Clonskeagh-Milltown, Clonskeagh-Roebuck, Clonskeagh-Windy Arbour, Dundrum-Balally, Dundrum-Kilmacud, Dundrum-Sandyford, Dundrum-Sweetmount, Dundrum-Taney, Foxrock-Carrickmines, Foxrock-Torquay, Glencullen, Stillorgan-Deerpark, Stillorgan-Kilmacud, Stillorgan-Leopardstown, Stillorgan-Merville, Stillorgan-Mount Merrion, Tibradden;
- and, in the county of South Dublin, the electoral divisions of:
- Ballyboden, Edmondstown, Firhouse-Ballycullen, Firhouse-Knocklyon, Rathfarnham-Ballyroan, Rathfarnham-Butterfield, Rathfarnham-Hermitage, Rathfarnham-St. Enda's, Rathfarnham Village.
Constituency profile
One of Ireland's most affluent constituencies, the 2006 Census reported that residents tend to have higher-than-average levels of educational attainment, especially in terms of third-level qualifications, and are much more likely to work in professional and managerial positions.[5]
4 sitting TDs contested the first election of the revived constituency in 1981[6] with former Dublin County South TDs Niall Andrews and John Kelly re-elected for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael respectively. South County Dublin's third TD John Horgan of the Labour Party, lost his seat as did Síle de Valera of Fianna Fáil who was an outgoing TD for Dublin County Mid. This represented the first time in the history of the state that a member of the De Valera family had failed in an election bid.[7]
In the three elections of 1981 and 1982 Fine Gael won three seats against two for Fianna Fáil. In 1987 the Progressive Democrats gained a seat from Fine Gael. In 1989 however they lost the seat to the Green Party who made their electoral breakthrough here.
In 1992 a strong performance from the Labour Party saw them win their first seat in Dublin South, with Fianna Fáil winning two and Fine Gael and the Progressive Democrats one apiece, with the Green Party losing their seat. However the Labour Party lost their seat to Fine Gael in 1997, with Eithne FitzGerald's first preference vote declining dramatically from 28.9% to 10.6%.
In 2002 Fianna Fáil won two seats with the Green Party, Progressive Democrats and Fine Gael all winning one seat. The 2007 general election saw Progressive Democrats TD Liz O'Donnell lose her seat to Fine Gael, the only seat change to occur in that election. The death of sitting TD Séamus Brennan on 9 July 2008 precipitated a by-election, which was won by George Lee on 6 June 2009. Lee was elected on the first count receiving over 53% of the 1st preference vote. Lee resigned on 8 February 2010, after 9 months in the Dáil citing dissatisfaction with the role he was playing within Fine Gael.
The 2011 general election saw the Green Party's Eamon Ryan lose his seat. Fine Gael won three seats with 36% of the vote, a feat Olivia Mitchell attributed to good vote management, and the Labour Party and the Independent Senator Shane Ross taking the remaining two seats.
TDs
TDs 1921–1948
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.
TDs since 1981
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin South 1981–[8] Key to partiesDáil Election Deputy
(Party)Deputy
(Party)Deputy
(Party)Deputy
(Party)Deputy
(Party)22nd 1981[6] Niall Andrews
(FF)Séamus Brennan
(FF)Nuala Fennell
(FG)John Kelly
(FG)Alan Shatter
(FG)23rd 1982 (Feb)[26] 24th 1982 (Nov)[27] 25th 1987[28] Tom Kitt
(FF)Anne Colley
(PD)26th 1989[29] Nuala Fennell
(FG)Roger Garland
(GP)27th 1992[30] Liz O'Donnell
(PD)Eithne FitzGerald
(Lab)28th 1997[31] Olivia Mitchell
(FG)29th 2002[32] Eamon Ryan
(GP)30th 2007[33] Alan Shatter
(FG)2009 by-election[34] George Lee
(FG)31st 2011[35] Shane Ross
(Ind)Peter Mathews
(FG)Alex White
(Lab)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
2011 general election
2011 general election: Dublin South[35] Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Independent Shane Ross 23.5 17,075 Labour Party Alex White 11.7 8,524 9,319 9,467 9,747 10,407 14,203 Fine Gael Olivia Mitchell 13.3 9,635 10,454 10,577 10,661 10,763 11,159 11,627 13,379 Fine Gael Peter Mathews 12.5 9,053 9,805 9,987 10,047 10,173 10,494 10,820 12,070 Fine Gael Alan Shatter 10.6 7,716 8,499 8,580 8,626 8,738 8,966 9,301 10,611 Fianna Fáil Maria Corrigan 9.4 6,844 7,168 7,332 7,400 7,564 7,762 7,932 9,163 Green Party Eamon Ryan 6.8 4,929 5,489 5,626 5,798 6,120 6,536 7,332 Labour Party Aidan Culhane 6.2 4,535 4,839 4,940 5,232 5,691 Sinn Féin Sorcha Nic Cormaic 2.6 1,915 2,065 2,186 2,617 People Before Profit Nicola Curry[36] 1.8 1,277 1,455 1,664 Christian Solidarity Jane Murphy 0.4 277 296 Independent Buhidma Hussein Hamed 0.4 273 318 Independent John Doyle 0.3 246 343 Independent Gerard Dolan 0.2 156 192 Independent Raymond Whitehead 0.2 120 211 Independent Eamonn Zaidan 0.1 71 85 Electorate: 102,387 Valid: 72,646 Spoilt: 459 (0.6%) Quota: 12,108 Turnout: 73,105 (71.4%) 2009 by-election
Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Séamus Brennan, a by-election was held on 5 June 2009. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate George Lee.
2009 by-election: Dublin South[34][37] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fine Gael George Lee 27,768 53.4 1 1 Labour Party Alex White 10,294 19.8 Fianna Fáil Shay Brennan 9,250 17.8 Green Party Elizabeth Davidson 1,846 3.5 Sinn Féin Shaun Tracey 1,705 3.3 Independent Ross O'Mullane 650 1.2 Independent Frank O'Gorman 351 0.7 Independent Noel O'Gara 172 0.3 Electorate: 90,802 Valid: 52,036 Spoilt: 443 (0.8%) Quota: 26,019 Turnout: 52,479 (57.8%) 2007 general election
2007 general election: Dublin South[33] Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Fianna Fáil Séamus Brennan 21.8 13,373 Fianna Fáil Tom Kitt 13.9 8,487 10,124 10,425 Fine Gael Olivia Mitchell 14.8 8,037 8,148 8,227 8,236 9,544 9,991 10,846 Green Party Eamon Ryan 11.1 6,768 6,885 7,483 7,511 7,814 8,379 9,181 11,889 Fine Gael Alan Shatter 9.4 5,752 5,820 5,871 5,875 6,658 6,892 7,366 9,456 10,805 Fianna Fáil Maria Corrigan 5.6 3,438 4,278 4,515 4,655 4,748 4,893 6,816 7,317 7,656 Labour Party Alex White 5.8 3,575 3,629 3,843 3,854 4,045 5,739 5,962 Progressive Democrats Liz O'Donnell 6.6 4,045 4,254 4,328 4,337 4,426 4,520 Labour Party Aidan Culhane 4.6 2,809 2,867 3,052 3,069 3,255 Fine Gael Jim O'Leary 4.7 2,897 2,928 2,991 2,997 Sinn Féin Sorcha Nic Cormaic 1.6 992 1,021 Sinn Féin Shaun Tracey 1.4 851 864 Fathers Rights Liam Ó Gógáin 0.3 180 185 Electorate: 89,464 Valid: 61,204 Spoilt: 418 (0.7%) Quota: 10,201 Turnout: 61,622 (68.9%) 2002 general election
2002 general election: Dublin South[32] Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Fianna Fáil Séamus Brennan 16.9 9,326 Fianna Fáil Tom Kitt 14.0 7,744 7,857 7,917 8,117 8,496 10,926 Progressive Democrats Liz O'Donnell 15.0 8,288 8,344 8,356 8,647 8,816 9,315 Fine Gael Olivia Mitchell 10.1 5,568 5,629 5,633 5,844 5,928 6,142 6,540 11,048 Green Party Eamon Ryan 9.4 5,222 5,482 5,485 6,161 7,124 7,319 8,019 8,546 9,228 Labour Party Eithne FitzGerald 9.5 5,247 5,400 5,404 5,723 6,077 6,232 6,483 7,108 8,263 Fine Gael Alan Shatter 9.7 5,363 5,410 5,413 5,568 5,653 5,693 5,833 Fianna Fáil Maria Corrigan 5.8 3,180 3,220 3,245 3,418 3,648 Sinn Féin Deirdre Whelan 3.9 2,172 2,345 2,347 2,474 Ind. Health Alliance Karen Canning 3.8 2,090 2,207 2,209 Socialist Party Lisa Maher 1.9 1,063 Electorate: 92,645 Valid: 55,263 Spoilt: 427 (0.8%) Quota: 9,211 Turnout: 55,690 (60.1%) 1997 general election
1997 general election: Dublin South[31] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fianna Fáil Tom Kitt 9,904 17.1 1 1 Fianna Fáil Séamus Brennan 8,861 15.3 2 6 Fine Gael Olivia Mitchell 8,775 15.1 3 8 Fine Gael Alan Shatter 8,094 14.0 4 8 Progressive Democrats Liz O'Donnell 5,444 9.4 5 8 Labour Party Eithne FitzGerald 6,147 10.6 Green Party Gerry Boland 3,539 6.1 Fianna Fáil Ann Ormonde 3,629 6.3 Independent Richard Greene 1,431 2.5 Independent Christine Buckley 1,268 2.2 Socialist Party Lisa Maher 624 1.1 Natural Law Jack Lyons 115 0.2 Independent Johnny Kingsize Doody 80 0.1 Independent Gerard Doolan 75 0.1 Electorate: 90,050 Valid: 57,986 Spoilt: 335 (0.6%) Quota: 9,665 Turnout: 58,321 (64.8%) 1992 general election
1992 general election: Dublin South[30] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Labour Party Eithne FitzGerald 17,256 28.9 1 1 Fianna Fáil Séamus Brennan 9,074 15.2 2 7 Fianna Fáil Tom Kitt 7,304 12.3 3 8 Fine Gael Alan Shatter 6,244 10.5 4 12 Progressive Democrats Liz O'Donnell 5,162 8.7 5 12 Fine Gael Olivia Mitchell 2,764 4.6 Green Party Roger Garland 2,258 3.8 Fine Gael Maurice Manning 3,065 5.1 Fianna Fáil Ann Ormonde 3,085 5.2 Independent Richard Greene 1,671 2.8 Democratic Left Marian White 640 1.1 Independent Owen Connolly 506 0.9 Sinn Féin George Keegan 486 0.8 Independent Kevin Blair 119 0.2 Electorate: 85,553 Valid: 59,634 Spoilt: 605 (1.0%) Quota: 9,940 Turnout: 60,239 (70.4%) 1989 general election
1989 general election: Dublin South[29] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fianna Fáil Séamus Brennan 13,927 25.7 1 Fianna Fáil Tom Kitt 7,217 13.3 2 Fine Gael Alan Shatter 7,969 14.7 3 Green Party Roger Garland 4,771 8.8 4 Fine Gael Nuala Fennell 4,983 9.2 5 Progressive Democrats Anne Colley 4,607 8.5 Labour Party Eithne FitzGerald 4,134 7.6 Fine Gael Olivia Mitchell 2,786 5.1 Fianna Fáil Ann Ormonde 2,328 4.3 Workers' Party Eamonn Ó Liathain 1,440 2.7 Electorate: ? Valid: 54,162 Quota: 9,028 Turnout: 1987 general election
1987 general election: Dublin South[28] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Progressive Democrats Anne Colley 11,957 20.9 1 1 Fianna Fáil Séamus Brennan 9,940 17.3 2 1 Fianna Fáil Tom Kitt 8,423 14.7 3 Fine Gael John Kelly 7,247 12.6 4 Fine Gael Alan Shatter 5,720 10.0 5 Fine Gael Nuala Fennell 4,737 8.3 Labour Party Eithne FitzGerald 2,684 4.7 Fianna Fáil Ann Ormonde 2,133 3.7 Green Alliance Roger Garland 1,377 2.4 Workers' Party Eamonn Ó Liathain 1,308 2.3 Independent Mairead Duchon 1,253 2.2 Independent Thomas Sharkey 189 0.33= Independent Padraig O'Neill 142 0.3 Independent Barbara Hyland 114 0.2 Independent Martin MacFeorais 107 0.2 Electorate: ? Valid: 57,331 Quota: 9,556 Turnout: November 1982 general election
November 1982 general election: Dublin South[27] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fine Gael John Kelly 9,774 18.6 1 1 Fine Gael Alan Shatter 7,655 14.6 2 Fine Gael Nuala Fennell 7,106 13.6 3 Fianna Fáil Séamus Brennan 7,219 13.8 4 Fianna Fáil Niall Andrews 6,597 12.6 5 Fianna Fáil Tom Kitt 4,009 7.7 Fine Gael Thomas Hand 2,959 5.6 Labour Party Eithne FitzGerald 2,388 4.6 Labour Party Frank Buckley 1,911 3.7 Fianna Fáil Ruairí Brugha 1,353 2.6 Ecology Party Roger Garland 950 1.8 Democratic Socialist Party Denis O'Connor 479 0.9 Electorate: ? Valid: 52,400 Quota: 8,734 Turnout: February 1982 general election
February 1982 general election: Dublin South[26] Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Fine Gael John Kelly 21.0 10,809 Fine Gael Alan Shatter 13.2 6,779 7,790 8,878 Fianna Fáil Séamus Brennan 15.6 8,055 8,107 8,176 9,555 Fine Gael Nuala Fennell 11.3 5,799 6,488 7,578 7,729 7,766 11,554 Fianna Fáil Niall Andrews 9.6 4,936 4,951 5,018 5,904 6,667 7,168 8,612 Fianna Fáil Síle de Valera 9.4 4,843 4,850 4,895 5,550 5,702 6,010 6,356 Labour Party John Horgan 8.9 4,589 4,705 5,048 5,188 5,215 Fianna Fáil Tom Kitt 6.1 3,133 3,150 3,249 Fine Gael Thomas Hand 4.9 2,511 2,837 Electorate: 69,195 Valid: 51,454 Spoilt: 312 (0.6%) Quota: 8,576 Turnout: 51,766 (74.8%) 1981 general election
1981 general election: Dublin South[6] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fianna Fáil Séamus Brennan 7,779 15.3 1 Fine Gael John Kelly 7,964 15.7 2 Fine Gael Nuala Fennell 4,527 8.9 3 Fine Gael Alan Shatter 4,762 9.4 4 Fianna Fáil Niall Andrews 5,690 11.2 5 Fianna Fáil Síle de Valera 5,408 10.6 Fine Gael Alexis FitzGerald 3,495 6.9 Labour Party John Horgan 3,004 5.9 Fianna Fáil Tom Kitt 2,636 5.2 Fine Gael Thomas Hand 2,621 5.2 Labour Party Eithne FitzGerald 1,258 2.5 Labour Party Frank Buckley 711 1.4 Independent Norman Simpson 616 1.2 Independent Denis O'Connor 335 0.7 Electorate: ? Valid: 50,806 Quota: 8,468 Turnout: 1944 general election
1944 general election: Dublin South[25] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fianna Fáil Seán Lemass 15,385 31.3 1 1 Fianna Fáil John McCann 4,323 8.8 2 Fianna Fáil James B. Lynch 3,148 6.4 3 Fine Gael Peadar Doyle 5,442 11.1 4 Labour Party James Larkin, Jnr 3,587 7.3 5 Fine Gael Maurice E. Dockrell 4,355 8.9 6 Fianna Fáil Robert Briscoe 2,852 5.8 7 Labour Party Walter Beirne 3,571 7.3 Fianna Fáil Andrew Clarkin 3,328 6.8 Independent Joseph Hannigan 1,824 3.7 Fine Gael Thomas Bourke 689 1.4 Fine Gael Michael Byrne 674 1.4 Electorate: ? Valid: 49,178 Quota: 6,148 Turnout: 1943 general election
1943 general election: Dublin South[24] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fianna Fáil Seán Lemass 16,399 30.9 1 1 Fine Gael Peadar Doyle 4,971 9.4 2 Fianna Fáil John McCann 3,133 5.9 3 Fianna Fáil Robert Briscoe 3,127 5.9 4 Fine Gael Maurice E. Dockrell 2,841 5.4 5 Fianna Fáil James B. Lynch 2,666 5.0 6 Labour Party James Larkin, Jnr 3,049 5.7 7 Labour Party Walter Beirne 3,326 6.3 Labour Party Joseph Hannigan 2,345 4.4 Fianna Fáil Peter White 1,639 3.1 Fine Gael Patrick Cahill 1,525 2.9 Fine Gael Tom O'Higgins 1,461 2.8 Fine Gael E. D. Hoey 1,280 2.41 Fine Gael Myles Keogh 1,152 2.2 Independent Vincent Rice 1,104 2.1 Independent Hanna Sheehy Skeffington 917 1.7 Labour Party Owen Hynes 873 1.6 Independent Simon Donnelly 820 1.5 Independent Seán Dowling 494 0.9 Electorate: ? Valid: 53,122 Quota: 6,641 Turnout: 1939 by-election
Following the death of Fine Gael TD James Beckett, a by-election was held on 6 June 1939. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate John McCann.
1939 by-election: Dublin South[23] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fianna Fáil John McCann 20,059 55.8 1 1 Fine Gael Patrick Cahill 15,877 44.2 Electorate: 80,961 Valid: 35,936 Quota: 17,969 Turnout: 44.4% 1938 general election
1938 general election: Dublin South[22] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fianna Fáil Seán Lemass 14,151 25.7 1 1 Fine Gael Peadar Doyle 6,877 12.5 2 1 Fine Gael James Beckett 4,681 8.5 3 Independent Joseph Hannigan 3,850 7.0 4 Fianna Fáil Thomas Kelly 3,619 6.6 5 Fianna Fáil James B. Lynch 4,401 8.0 6 Fianna Fáil Robert Briscoe 3,791 6.9 7 Fianna Fáil John McCann 4,806 8.7 Fine Gael Myles Keogh 3,760 6.8 Labour Party Thomas Lawlor 2,845 5.2 Labour Party Eamonn Lynch 1,076 2.0 Fine Gael Thomas O'Byrne 765 1.4 Labour Party Elizabeth O'Connor 460 0.8 Electorate: ? Valid: 55,082 Quota: 6,886 Turnout: 1937 general election
1937 general election: Dublin South[21] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fianna Fáil Seán Lemass 15,969 28.0 1 1 Fianna Fáil Robert Briscoe 3,315 5.8 2 Fianna Fáil Thomas Kelly 2,815 4.9 3 Fine Gael Peadar Doyle 5,941 10.4 4 Labour Party Thomas Lawlor 3,872 6.8 5 Independent Joseph Hannigan 4,031 7.1 6 Fine Gael Myles Keogh 3,973 7.0 7 Fine Gael James Beckett 4,623 8.1 Independent Patrick Medlar 2,474 4.3 Fianna Fáil John McCann 2,058 3.6 Fine Gael James McGuire 2,000 3.5 Fianna Fáil Denis Healy 1,774 3.1 Labour Party John McCabe 1,523 2.7 Fine Gael Michael Byrne 999 1.8 Independent Frank Ryan 875 1.5 Fianna Fáil Ralph Lynch 771 1.4 Electorate: ? Valid: 57,013 Quota: 7,127 Turnout: 1933 general election
1933 general election: Dublin South[20] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fianna Fáil Seán Lemass 14,716 24.2 1 1 Cumann na nGaedheal James Beckett 8,364 13.8 2 1 Fianna Fáil Robert Briscoe 4,894 8.1 3 Cumann na nGaedheal James McGuire 7,414 12.2 4 Fianna Fáil Thomas Kelly 4,831 8.0 5 Fianna Fáil James B. Lynch 4,642 7.6 6 Cumann na nGaedheal Peadar Doyle 5,920 9.7 7 Cumann na nGaedheal Myles Keogh 4,259 7.0 Fianna Fáil Denis Healy 2,888 4.8 Cumann na nGaedheal Thomas Hennessy 2,837 4.7 Electorate: ? Valid: 60,765 Quota: 7,596 Turnout: 1932 general election
1932 general election: Dublin South[19] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fianna Fáil Seán Lemass 10,426 18.9 1 1 Cumann na nGaedheal James Beckett 7,381 13.4 2 1 Fianna Fáil Robert Briscoe 5,676 10.3 3 Cumann na nGaedheal Myles Keogh 5,985 10.9 4 Cumann na nGaedheal Peadar Doyle 5,196 9.4 5 Cumann na nGaedheal Thomas Hennessy 3,832 7.0 6 Fianna Fáil James B. Lynch 3,162 5.7 7 Cumann na nGaedheal Eugene Davy 3,478 6.3 Independent Patrick Medlar 2,490 4.5 Fianna Fáil Eoghan O'Rahilly 2,440 4.4 Labour Party Thomas Lawlor 1,898 3.5 Labour Party Richard Hennessy 1,536 2.8 Independent James Larkin 917 1.7 Fianna Fáil Frank O'Donnell 650 1.2 Electorate: ? Valid: 55,067 Quota: 6,884 Turnout: September 1927 general election
September 1927 general election: Dublin South[18] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fianna Fáil Seán Lemass 11,240 20.7 1 1 Cumann na nGaedheal Thomas Hennessy 9,400 17.3 2 1 Cumann na nGaedheal James Beckett 7,362 13.5 3 1 Fianna Fáil Robert Briscoe 5,570 10.2 4 Cumann na nGaedheal Myles Keogh 3,522 6.5 5 Cumann na nGaedheal Peadar Doyle 4,642 8.5 6 Fianna Fáil Frank Kerlin 1,320 2.4 7 Cumann na nGaedheal Vincent Rice 3,678 6.8 Labour Party Thomas Lawlor 3,662 6.7 Independent John Lawlor 2,857 5.3 Fianna Fáil Andrew Clerkin 1,116 2.1 Electorate: ? Valid: 54,369 Quota: 6,797 Turnout: 1927 by-election
Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Constance Markievicz, a by-election was held on 24 August 1927. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Thomas Hennessy.
1927 by-election: Dublin South[17] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Cumann na nGaedheal Thomas Hennessy 24,139 55.0 1 1 Fianna Fáil Robert Briscoe 18,647 42.5 Sinn Féin Cathal Ó Murchadha 1,115 2.5 Electorate: 81,136 Valid: 43,901 Quota: 21,951 Turnout: 54.1% June 1927 general election
June 1927 general election: Dublin South[16] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Fianna Fáil Seán Lemass 8,522 16.1 1 1 Cumann na nGaedheal James Beckett 8,183 15.5 2 1 Independent Vincent Rice 6,575 12.4 3 Fianna Fáil Constance Markievicz 4,026 7.6 4 Independent Myles Keogh 5,290 10.0 5 Cumann na nGaedheal Peadar Doyle 4,428 8.4 6 Labour Party Thomas Lawlor 2,826 5.3 7 Cumann na nGaedheal John O'Neill 2,555 4.8 Sinn Féin Cathal Ó Murchadha 2,211 4.2 Independent Michael O'Mullane 2,121 4.0 Labour Party Seán Campbell 1,825 3.5 Fianna Fáil Robert Briscoe 1,705 3.2 Cumann na nGaedheal Patrick Morgan 921 1.7 Fianna Fáil Denis Healy 918 1.7 Labour Party Thomas Nagle 821 1.6 Electorate: ? Valid: 52,927 Quota: 6,616 Turnout: 1925 by-election
Following the resignation of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Daniel McCarthy, a by-election was held on 11 March 1925. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Thomas Hennessy.
1925 by-election: Dublin South[15] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Cumann na nGaedheal Thomas Hennessy 24,075 57.0 1 1 Republican Michael O'Mullane 13,900 32.9 Labour Party Thomas Lawlor 4,237 10.1 Electorate: 78,353 Valid: 42,212 Quota: 21,107 Turnout: 53.9% November 1924 by-election
Following the appointment of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Hugh Kennedy as Chief Justice, a by-election was held on 18 November 1924. The seat was won by the Republican candidate Seán Lemass.
November 1924 by-election: Dublin South[14] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Republican Seán Lemass 17,297 51.4 1 1 Cumann na nGaedheal Séamus Hughes 16,340 48.6 Electorate: 78,682 Valid: 33,637 Quota: 16,819 Turnout: 42.8% March 1924 by-election
Following the death of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Philip Cosgrave, a by-election was held on 12 March 1924. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate James O'Mara.
March 1924 by-election: Dublin South[13] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Cumann na nGaedheal James O'Mara 15,884 49.0 1 2 Republican Seán Lemass 13,639 42.0 Independent John O'Neill 2,928 9.0 Electorate: 76,882 Valid: 32,451 Quota: 16,226 Turnout: 42.2% 1923 by-election
Michael Hayes was also elected for the National University of Ireland constituency and resigned his seat in Dublin South following the election. A by-election was held on 25 October 1923 and the seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Hugh Kennedy.
1923 by-election: Dublin South[12] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Cumann na nGaedheal Hugh Kennedy 23,676 67.3 1 1 Republican Michael O'Mullane 11,502 32.7 Electorate: 78,017 Valid: 35,178 Quota: 17,590 Turnout: 45.1% 1923 general election
1923 general election: Dublin South[11] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Cumann na nGaedheal Philip Cosgrave 16,011 34.7 1 1 Republican Constance Markievicz 5,832 12.6 2 1 Cumann na nGaedheal Daniel McCarthy 4,565 9.9 3 Cumann na nGaedheal Peadar Doyle 1,409 3.0 4 Cumann na nGaedheal Michael Hayes 2,778 6.0 5 Independent Myles Keogh 3,010 6.5 6 Republican Cathal Ó Murchadha 1,893 4.1 7 Independent Andrew Beattie 2,451 5.3 Republican Michael O'Mullane 1,315 2.8 Labour Party William X. O'Brien 933 2.0 Independent Patrick Medlar 832 1.8 Independent John Farrelly 809 1.7 Independent William McCabe 793 1.7 Cumann na nGaedheal George Lyons 715 1.5 Republican Edward O'Kelly 709 1.5 Independent Bernard Shields 582 1.3 Independent James Shanks 484 1.0 Independent Edward Tucker 391 0.8 Independent Patrick Byrne 385 0.8 Independent Patrick Munden 265 0.6 Electorate: 78,017 Valid: 46,162 Quota: 5,771 Turnout: 59.2% 1922 general election
1922 general election: Dublin South[10] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) Daniel McCarthy 5,540 21.1 1 1 Independent Myles Keogh 4,363 16.6 2 4 Labour Party William X. O'Brien 4,734 18.0 3 5 Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) Thomas Kelly 4,344 16.5 4 5 Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) Constance Markievicz 3,951 15.0 Independent John O'Connell 2,068 7.9 Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) Cathal Ó Murchadha 1,308 5.0 Electorate: 41,466 Valid: 26,308 Quota: 5,262 Turnout: 63.4% 1921 general election
1921 general election: Dublin South[9] Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count Sinn Féin Thomas Kelly Unopposed N/A 1 Sinn Féin Daniel McCarthy Unopposed N/A 2 Sinn Féin Constance Markievicz Unopposed N/A 3 Sinn Féin Cathal Ó Murchadha Unopposed N/A 4 See also
- Parliamentary constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in the Republic of Ireland
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