Galway North (Dáil Éireann constituency)

For the 1885–1922 constituency, see North Galway (UK Parliament constituency).

Galway North
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1948
Abolished	1961
Seats	3
County/City council	County Galway

Galway North was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1948 to 1961. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

History

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947 for the 1948 general election to Dáil Éireann.^[1] It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961, when the three existing Galway constituencies were replaced by the two new constituencies of Galway East and Galway West.

Boundaries

The administrative county of Galway except the portion thereof which was comprised in the County Constituencies of Galway West and Galway South.^[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Galway North 1948–1961^[2]
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil CnaT = Clann na Talmhan FG = Fine Gael
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
13th	1948^[3]		Mark Killilea, Snr (FF)		Michael F. Kitt (FF)		Michael Donnellan (CnaT)
14th	1951^[4]				James Hession (FG)
15th	1954^[5]				James Hession (FG)
16th	1957^[6]				Michael F. Kitt (FF)
17th	1961	Constituency abolished. See Galway East and Galway West

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

1957 general election

1957 general election: Galway North^[6]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Clann na Talmhan	Michael Donnellan	7,399	33.1	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Michael F. Kitt	5,215	23.3	2
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea, Snr	4,826	21.6	3
	Sinn Féin	Pádraig Ó Ceallaigh	2,551	11.4
	Fine Gael	James Hession	2,380	10.6
Electorate: ? Valid: 22,371 Quota: 5,593 Turnout:

1954 general election

1954 general election: Galway North^[5]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Clann na Talmhan	Michael Donnellan	7,889	33.7	1	1
	Fine Gael	James Hession	4,374	18.7	2
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea, Snr	4,430	18.9	3
	Fianna Fáil	Michael F. Kitt	4,619	19.7
	Fianna Fáil	Tom King	2,099	9.0
Electorate: ? Valid: 23,411 Quota: 5,853 Turnout:

1951 general election

1951 general election: Galway North^[4]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Clann na Talmhan	Michael Donnellan	7,923	34.8	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea, Snr	4,205	18.5	2
	Fine Gael	James Hession	2,882	12.7	3
	Fianna Fáil	Michael F. Kitt	4,120	18.1
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Glynn	2,382	10.5
	Clann na Poblachta	William Burke	1,265	5.6
Electorate: ? Valid: 22,777 Quota: 5,695 Turnout:

1948 general election

1948 general election: Galway North^[3]
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Clann na Talmhan	Michael Donnellan	4,582	19.6	1
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea, Snr	4,636	19.9	2
	Fianna Fáil	Michael F. Kitt	3,742	16.0	3
	Fianna Fáil	Seán Glynn	2,811	12.1
	Labour Party	Robert Burke	2,273	9.7
	Clann na Poblachta	John Nohilly	1,562	6.7
	Fine Gael	Mark Wall	1,046	4.5
	Clann na Poblachta	Michael Mannion	922	4.0
	Fine Gael	William Allen	886	3.8
	Clann na Talmhan	Patrick Collins	876	3.8
Electorate: ? Valid: 23,336 Quota: 5,835 Turnout:

References

1 2 "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1947: (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
↑ 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 1948: Galway North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1951: Galway North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1954: Galway North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 September 2010.
1 2 "General election 1957: Galway North". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 20 September 2010.

External links

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