Limerick (Dáil Éireann constituency)
Limerick | |
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Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency |
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Location of Limerick within Ireland
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Current constituency | |
Created | 2011 |
Seats | 3 |
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County council | County Limerick |
EP constituency | South |
Limerick | |
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Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency |
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Location of Limerick within Ireland
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Former constituency | |
Created | 1923 |
Abolished | 1948 |
Seats | 7 |
County/City council | County Limerick Limerick City |
Limerick is a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency elects 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election is the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
History and boundaries
1923–1948
The constituency was first created as a 7 seater under the Electoral Act 1923, for the 1923 general election to Dáil Éireann, whose members formed the 4th Dáil. It succeeded the constituencies of Limerick City–Limerick East and Kerry–Limerick West which were used to elect members to the 2nd Dáil and to the 3rd Dáil.
It covered Limerick city and all of County Limerick.[1] It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, when it was replaced by the two new constituencies of Limerick East and Limerick West.
Since 2011
The Constituency Commission proposed in 2007 that at the next general election a new constituency called Limerick be created.[2]
It was established by the Electoral (Amendment) Act 2009[3] when it partially replaced the former constituencies of Limerick East and Limerick West. Most of the rural parts of the Limerick East constituency were transferred to the Limerick constituency and the western parts of the Limerick West constituency were transferred to the Kerry North–West Limerick constituency. It was first used at the 2011 general election, electing 3 TDs.
The 2009 Act defines the constituency as:
- "The county of Limerick, except the parts thereof which are comprised in the constituencies of Limerick City and Kerry North–West Limerick."[3]
TDs
TDs 1923–1948
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 2011
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Limerick 2011– | |||||||
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Key to parties
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Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
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31st | 2011[15] | Dan Neville (FG) |
Patrick O'Donovan (FG) |
Niall Collins (FF) |
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: Limerick[15] | |||||||
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Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | |
Fine Gael | Dan Neville | 20.4 | 9,176 | 9,347 | 10,691 | 11,728 | |
Fine Gael | Patrick O'Donovan | 19.1 | 8,597 | 8,793 | 10,351 | 11,316 | |
Fianna Fáil | Niall Collins | 20.8 | 9,361 | 9,488 | 9,753 | 10,809 | |
Labour Party | James Heffernan | 17.6 | 7,910 | 8,236 | 8,893 | 10,104 | |
Independent | John Dillon | 9.8 | 4,395 | 4,767 | 5,075 | ||
Fine Gael | William O'Donnell | 9.2 | 4,152 | 4,222 | |||
Independent | Con Cremin | 1.0 | 430 | ||||
Independent | Seamus Sherlock | 0.9 | 419 | ||||
Green Party | Stephen Wall | 0.8 | 354 | ||||
Independent | Patrick O'Doherty | 0.5 | 247 | ||||
Electorate: 65,083 Valid: 45,041 Spoilt: 471 (1.0%) Quota: 11,261 Turnout: 45,512 (69.9%) |
1944 general election
1944 general election: Limerick[14] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Fianna Fáil | Daniel Bourke | 8,415 | 14.1 | 1 | 1 | |
Labour Party | Michael Keyes | 8,159 | 13.7 | 2 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Donnchadh Ó Briain | 7,481 | 12.5 | 3 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Robert Ryan | 5,865 | 9.8 | 4 | ||
Fine Gael | James Reidy | 5,762 | 9.7 | 5 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Colbert | 4,852 | 8.1 | 6 | ||
Fine Gael | George C. Bennett | 5,291 | 8.9 | 7 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Tadhg Crowley | 5,182 | 8.7 | |||
Independent | Patrick Fitzsimons | 4,950 | 8.3 | |||
Fine Gael | David Madden | 3,754 | 6.3 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 59,711 Quota: 7,464 Turnout: |
1943 general election
1943 general election: Limerick[13] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Fianna Fáil | Daniel Bourke | 9,324 | 14.4 | 1 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Donnchadh Ó Briain | 8,131 | 12.6 | 2 | 1 | |
Labour Party | Michael Keyes | 7,578 | 11.7 | 3 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Tadhg Crowley | 5,072 | 7.8 | 4 | ||
Fine Gael | James Reidy | 6,234 | 9.6 | 5 | ||
Fine Gael | George C. Bennett | 4,529 | 7.0 | 6 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Robert Ryan | 4,701 | 7.3 | 7 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Seán Hartney | 3,116 | 4.8 | |||
Fine Gael | Timothy O'Connell | 2,675 | 4.1 | |||
Independent | Patrick Fitzsimons | 2,601 | 4.0 | |||
Fine Gael | John MacNamara | 2,513 | 3.9 | |||
Fine Gael | Denis Quish | 2,351 | 3.6 | |||
Independent | Con Ryan | 2,195 | 3.4 | |||
Labour Party | Seán Hayes | 2,110 | 3.3 | |||
Labour Party | Patrick Costelloe | 1,645 | 2.5 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 64,775 Quota: 8,097 Turnout: |
1938 general election
1938 general election: Limerick[12] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Fine Gael | James Reidy | 9,812 | 14.6 | 1 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Daniel Bourke | 9,058 | 13.5 | 2 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Donnchadh Ó Briain | 8,099 | 12.1 | 3 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Tadhg Crowley | 7,217 | 10.7 | 4 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Robert Ryan | 6,117 | 9.1 | 5 | ||
Labour Party | Michael Keyes | 5,836 | 8.7 | 6 | ||
Fine Gael | George C. Bennett | 6,474 | 9.6 | 7 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Colbert | 5,741 | 8.6 | |||
Fine Gael | John O'Shaughnessy | 5,726 | 8.5 | |||
Labour Party | Seán Quinn | 2,179 | 3.2 | |||
Fine Gael | Michael Burke | 924 | 1.4 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 67,183 Quota: 8,398 Turnout: |
1937 general election
1937 general election: Limerick[11] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Labour Party | Michael Keyes | 11,011 | 16.8 | 1 | 1 | |
Fianna Fáil | Daniel Bourke | 8,106 | 12.4 | 2 | ||
Fine Gael | George C. Bennett | 6,131 | 9.4 | 3 | ||
Fine Gael | John O'Shaughnessy | 4,361 | 6.7 | 4 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Michael Colbert | 6,955 | 10.6 | 5 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Robert Ryan | 4,698 | 7.2 | 6 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Donnchadh Ó Briain | 5,663 | 8.6 | 7 | ||
Fine Gael | James Reidy | 5,834 | 8.9 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Tadhg Crowley | 4,544 | 6.9 | |||
Fine Gael | Timothy O'Connell | 3,537 | 5.4 | |||
Fine Gael | Liam Fraher | 3,339 | 5.1 | |||
Independent | Thomas Lloyd | 1,343 | 2.1 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 65,522 Quota: 8,191 Turnout: |
1933 general election
1933 general election: Limerick[10] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Cumann na nGaedheal | George C. Bennett | 5,791 | 8.8 | 1 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | James Reidy | 5,443 | 8.3 | 2 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Donnchadh Ó Briain | 7,383 | 11.2 | 3 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Tadhg Crowley | 6,536 | 9.9 | 4 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Daniel Bourke | 7,980 | 12.1 | 5 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Robert Ryan | 6,956 | 10.6 | 6 | ||
Labour Party | Michael Keyes | 5,798 | 8.8 | 7 | ||
Fianna Fáil | James Colbert | 5,803 | 8.8 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | John Nolan | 4,265 | 6.5 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Richard O'Connell | 3,560 | 5.4 | |||
National Centre Party | John O'Shaughnessy | 3,388 | 5.1 | |||
National Centre Party | John Carty | 3,010 | 4.6 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 65,913 Quota: 8,240 Turnout: |
1932 general election
1932 general election: Limerick[9] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Fianna Fáil | Daniel Bourke | 7,677 | 12.4 | 1 | ||
Fianna Fáil | James Colbert | 6,100 | 9.9 | 2 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Robert Ryan | 6,645 | 10.8 | 3 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | George C. Bennett | 5,919 | 9.6 | 4 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Tadhg Crowley | 4,966 | 8.0 | 5 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | James Reidy | 5,088 | 8.2 | 6 | ||
Farmers' Party | John O'Shaughnessy | 4,887 | 7.9 | 7 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Richard O'Connell | 3,573 | 5.8 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Donnchadh Ó Briain | 3,334 | 5.4 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | John Nolan | 3,325 | 5.4 | |||
Labour Party | Michael Keyes | 3,101 | 5.0 | |||
Independent | Patrick Clancy | 2,105 | 3.4 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | David Madden | 2,045 | 3.3 | |||
Independent | Gilbert Hewson | 1,562 | 2.5 | |||
Labour Party | Daniel Clancy | 1,486 | 2.4 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 61,813 Quota: 7,727 Turnout: |
September 1927 general election
September 1927 general election: Limerick[8] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Cumann na nGaedheal | George C. Bennett | 7,993 | 14.0 | 1 | 1 | |
Cumann na nGaedheal | John Nolan | 5,390 | 9.5 | 2 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Richard O'Connell | 5,354 | 9.4 | 3 | ||
Labour Party | Patrick Clancy | 4,447 | 7.8 | 4 | ||
Fianna Fáil | James Colbert | 6,385 | 11.2 | 5 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Daniel Bourke | 5,711 | 10.0 | 6 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Tadhg Crowley | 4,625 | 8.1 | 7 | ||
Labour Party | Michael Keyes | 4,290 | 7.5 | |||
Farmers' Party | Cornelius O'Sullivan | 3,434 | 6.0 | |||
Independent | Gilbert Hewson | 3,352 | 5.9 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Robert Ryan | 3,049 | 5.4 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Matthew Griffin | 2,898 | 5.1 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 56,928 Quota: 7,117 Turnout: |
June 1927 general election
June 1927 general election: Limerick[7] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Fianna Fáil | Tadhg Crowley | 4,865 | 9.1 | 1 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | George C. Bennett | 5,165 | 9.6 | 2 | ||
Fianna Fáil | James Colbert | 5,531 | 10.3 | 3 | ||
Labour Party | Michael Keyes | 4,404 | 8.2 | 4 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Richard O'Connell | 4,225 | 7.9 | 5 | ||
Independent | Gilbert Hewson | 3,054 | 5.7 | 6 | ||
Labour Party | Patrick Clancy | 3,086 | 5.8 | 7 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Daniel Bourke | 3,795 | 7.1 | |||
Farmers' Party | Cornelius O'Sullivan | 2,623 | 4.9 | |||
Independent | Matthew Murphy | 2,594 | 4.8 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | John Nolan | 2,446 | 4.6 | |||
Independent | Michael Joyce | 2,350 | 4.4 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Robert Ryan | 2,006 | 3.7 | |||
Independent | Matthew Quillinan | 1,848 | 3.4 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Matthew Griffin | 1,613 | 3.0 | |||
Farmers' Party | William Condon | 1,477 | 2.8 | |||
Independent | John Smith | 1,205 | 2.2 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | John O'Mahony | 886 | 1.7 | |||
Independent | John Coleman | 503 | 0.9 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 53,676 Quota: 6,710 Turnout: |
1924 by-election
Following the resignation of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Richard Hayes, a by-election was held on 28 May 1924. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Richard O'Connell.
1924 by-election: Limerick[6] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Cumann na nGaedheal | Richard O'Connell | 28,243 | 54.3 | 1 | 1 | |
Republican | Tadhg Crowley | 23,738 | 45.7 | |||
Electorate: 79,000 Valid: 51,981 Quota: 25,991 Turnout: 65.8% |
1923 general election
1923 general election: Limerick[5] | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
Cumann na nGaedheal | Richard Hayes | 10,498 | 20.7 | 1 | 1 | |
Cumann na nGaedheal | James Ledden | 6,335 | 12.5 | 2 | 1 | |
Republican | Seán Carroll | 5,946 | 11.7 | 3 | ||
Republican | James Colbert | 4,812 | 9.5 | 4 | ||
Cumann na nGaedheal | John Nolan | 1,476 | 2.9 | 5 | ||
Labour Party | Patrick Clancy | 3,305 | 6.5 | 6 | ||
Farmers' Party | Patrick Hogan | 1,537 | 3.0 | 7 | ||
Labour Party | Matthew Murphy | 3,382 | 6.7 | |||
Farmers' Party | Bartholomew Laffan | 1,656 | 3.3 | |||
Farmers' Party | John Quaid | 1,619 | 3.2 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | John Smith | 1,547 | 3.0 | |||
Labour Party | Michael Keyes | 1,540 | 3.0 | |||
Republican | Michael Colivet | 1,519 | 3.0 | |||
Cumann na nGaedheal | Patrick Walsh | 1,234 | 2.4 | |||
Farmers' Party | William O'Brien | 1,143 | 2.3 | |||
Republican | Kathleen O'Callaghan | 1,097 | 2.2 | |||
Independent | Michael Cleary | 907 | 1.8 | |||
Labour Party | James O'Brien | 674 | 1.3 | |||
Independent | William Larkin | 466 | 0.9 | |||
Independent | Anthony Mackey | 114 | 0.2 | |||
Electorate: 79,340 Valid: 50,807 Quota: 6,351 Turnout: 64.0% |
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
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External links
- Historic constituencies in County Limerick
- Dáil Éireann constituencies in the Republic of Ireland (historic)
- Politics of County Limerick
- Dáil Éireann constituencies in the Republic of Ireland
- 1923 establishments in Ireland
- 1948 disestablishments in Ireland
- Constituencies established in 1923
- Constituencies disestablished in 1948
- 2011 establishments in Ireland
- Constituencies established in 2011