Galway North-East (Dáil constituency)

Galway North-East
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1969
Abolished	1977
Seats	3
Local government area	County Galway County Roscommon
Created from	Galway East
Replaced by	Galway East

Galway North-East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1969 to 1977. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1969 for the 1969 general election to Dáil Éireann. It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974, with effect from the 1977 general election.

Its boundaries were defined by the 1969 Act as:

• the administrative county of Galway, except the parts thereof which were comprised in the constituencies of Clare–South Galway and Galway West;
• part of County Roscommon, comprising all or part of the former rural districts of Athlone No. 2, Castlereagh and Roscommon.[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Galway North-East 1969–1977[2]
Key to parties   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
19th	1969[3]		Thomas Hussey (FF)		Michael F. Kitt (FF)		John Donnellan (FG)
20th	1973[4]
	1975 by-election[5]				Michael P. Kitt (FF)
21st	1977	Constituency abolished. See Galway East

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

^ *: Outgoing TD

1975 by-election

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD Michael F. Kitt, a by-election was held on 4 March 1975. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Michael P. Kitt, son of the deceased TD.

1975 by-election: Galway North-East[6][7]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Fianna Fáil	Michael P. Kitt	52.8	14,479
	Fine Gael	Paul Connaughton Snr	45.7	12,532
	Independent	Norman Morgan	1.5	409
Electorate: 37,176   Valid: 27,420   Quota: 13,711   Turnout: 73.8%

1973 general election

1973 general election: Galway North-East[4][8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fine Gael	John Donnellan[*]	25.3	6,636
	Fianna Fáil	Michael F. Kitt[*]	21.1	5,523	5,526	5,652	5,872	7,827
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Hussey[*]	20.4	5,340	5,345	5,518	5,976	8,014
	Fianna Fáil	Mark Killilea Jnr	16.5	4,336	4,341	4,443	4,593
	Fine Gael	Michael Mitchell	8.7	2,269	2,305	3,959
	Fine Gael	Michael Ryan	8.1	2,113	2,145
Electorate: 34,358   Valid: 26,217   Quota: 6,555   Turnout: 76.3%

1969 general election

1969 general election: Galway North-East[3][9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	John Donnellan	26.8	7,097
	Fianna Fáil	Michael F. Kitt	22.6	5,991	6,010	6,336	6,914
	Fianna Fáil	Thomas Hussey	21.1	5,571	5,597	5,872	6,871
	Fine Gael	Patrick Cunningham	9.6	2,548	2,751	3,158	3,222
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Moylan	7.0	1,858	1,867	1,906
	Labour	William Burke	6.6	1,748	1,800
	Fine Gael	Michael Ryan	6.3	1,664	1,832	2,156	2,224
Electorate: 34,525   Valid: 26,477   Quota: 6,620   Turnout: 76.7%

See also

• Dáil constituencies
• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• Historic Dáil constituencies
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland

References

1. "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1969: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
2. Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
3. "General election 1969: Galway North–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
4. "General election 1973: Galway North–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
5. "By-election 1975: Galway North–East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 16 February 2009.
6. Gallagher, Michael (2009). Irish Elections 1948–77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2. Routledge. ISBN 9781138973343.
7. "21st Dáil 1977 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. February 1978. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
8. "20th Dáil 1973 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. October 1973. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
9. "19th Dáil 1969 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. January 1970. Retrieved 12 December 2024.

External links

• Oireachtas Members Database