Kildare–Wicklow (Dáil Éireann constituency)
| Kildare–Wicklow | |
|---|---|
|
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency | |
|
Location of Kildare–Wicklow within Ireland | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1921 |
| Abolished | 1923 |
| Seats | 5 |
| County/City council |
County Kildare County Wicklow |
Kildare–Wicklow was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1921 to 1923. The constituency elected 5 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
History and boundaries
The constituency was created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920 to elect members to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland and first used at the 1921 general election to return the members of the 2nd Dáil. It covered all of County Kildare and County Wicklow.
Kildare–Wicklow was used again for the 1922 general election to the Third Dáil. Under the Electoral Act 1923, it was replaced by the two new single county constituencies of Kildare and Wicklow.
TDs
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Kildare–Wicklow 1921–1923[1] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Key to parties
| |||||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | |||||
| 2nd | 1921[2] | Erskine Childers (SF) |
Domhnall Ua Buachalla (SF) |
Christopher Byrne (SF) |
Robert Barton (SF) |
Art O'Connor (SF) | |||||
| 3rd | 1922[3] | Hugh Colohan (Lab) |
James Everett (Lab) |
Christopher Byrne (Pro-Treaty) |
Robert Barton (Anti-Treaty) |
Richard Wilson (FP) | |||||
| 4th | 1923 | Constituency abolished. See Kildare and Wicklow | |||||||||
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: Kildare–Wicklow[3] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Christopher Byrne | 9,170 | 26.6 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour Party | Hugh Colohan | 6,522 | 18.9 | 2 | 1 | |
| Labour Party | James Everett | 5,993 | 17.4 | 3 | 1 | |
| Farmers' Party | Richard Wilson | 3,035 | 8.8 | 4 | 8 | |
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Robert Barton | 2,842 | 8.2 | 5 | 9 | |
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Art O'Connor | 1,776 | 5.2 | |||
| Independent | John Bergin | 2,013 | 5.8 | |||
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Domhnall Ua Buachalla | 1,438 | 4.2 | |||
| Independent | Patrick Phelan | 1,213 | 3.5 | |||
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Robert Erskine Childers | 512 | 1.5 | |||
| Electorate: 58,584 Valid: 34,514 Quota: 5,753 Turnout: 58.9% | ||||||
1921 general election
| 1921 general election: Kildare–Wicklow[2] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Sinn Féin | Robert Barton | Unopposed | N/A | 1 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Domhnall Ua Buachalla | Unopposed | N/A | 2 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Christopher Byrne | Unopposed | N/A | 3 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Robert Erskine Childers | Unopposed | N/A | 4 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Art O'Connor | Unopposed | N/A | 5 | ||
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
- ↑ Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
- 1 2 "General election 1921: Kildare–Wicklow". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- 1 2 "General election 1922: Kildare–Wicklow". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 21 September 2010.