Dublin Townships (Dáil constituency)

Dublin Townships
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created1937
Abolished1948
Seats3
Local government areaDublin City
Created fromDublin County
Replaced byDublin South-East

Dublin Townships was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1937 to 1948. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, using proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

History and boundaries

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Dublin Townships (1937–1948)

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, and first used at the 1937 general election. It was created from the constituency of Dublin County, which was reduced in size. It reflected a transfer of territory from Dublin County to Dublin City effected by the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930.

The boundaries were defined as: "The area referred to in the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930, as the added urban districts and also so much of the land described in Part III of the First Schedule to the said Act[1] as is contiguous to the said area and also the townland of Clonskeagh."[2] The "added urban districts" are defined in the 1930 Act as "the urban district of Pembroke and the urban district of Rathmines and Rathgar".[3] Pembroke included Ballsbridge, Donnybrook, Sandymount, Irishtown and Ringsend.

At the next revision of constituencies, under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, it was succeeded by Dublin South-East, which took effect at the 1948 general election.[4]

TDs

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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Townships 1937–1948[5]
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
9th 1937[6] Seán MacEntee
(FF) 		John A. Costello
(FG) 		Ernest Benson
(FG)
10th 1938[7]
11th 1943[8] Bernard Butler
(FF)
12th 1944[9] John A. Costello
(FG)
13th 1948 Constituency abolished. See Dublin South-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

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1944 general election

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The surpluses of MacEntee and Costello were distributed on successive counts, but separate figures for the 2nd Count are unavailable.

1944 general election: Dublin Townships[9][10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fianna Fáil Seán MacEntee 27.4 10,034      
Fine Gael John A. Costello 26.0 9,530      
Fianna Fáil Bernard Butler 21.6 7,895 N/A 8,748 9,399
Fine Gael Ernest Benson 19.3 7,056 N/A 7,428 8,523
Labour Herman Good 5.8 2,104 N/A 2,133  
Electorate: 54,479   Valid: 36,619   Quota: 9,155   Turnout: 67.2%  

1943 general election

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Full figures for the second and third counts are unavailable.

1943 general election: Dublin Townships[8][10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fianna Fáil Seán MacEntee 29.4 11,336      
Fine Gael Ernest Benson 23.2 8,953 N/A N/A 9,807
Fine Gael John A. Costello 19.5 7,508 N/A N/A 8,794
Fianna Fáil Bernard Butler 16.8 6,499 N/A N/A 9,000
Labour James Cawley 5.7 2,205 N/A N/A  
Labour Joseph Browne 5.4 2,096 N/A    
Electorate: 54,479   Valid: 38,597   Quota: 9,650   Turnout: 70.9%  

1938 general election

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1938 general election: Dublin Townships[7][10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Fianna Fáil Seán MacEntee 30.6 10,903  
Fine Gael Ernest Benson 27.5 9,804  
Fine Gael John A. Costello 24.8 8,813 8,905
Fianna Fáil William Black 17.1 6,081 7,991
Electorate: 53,518   Valid: 35,601   Quota: 8,901   Turnout: 66.5%  

1937 general election

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1937 general election: Dublin Townships[6][10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Fianna Fáil Seán MacEntee 27.4 10,124    
Fine Gael John A. Costello 22.8 8,418 8,432 8,706
Fine Gael Ernest Benson 22.5 8,313 8,322 8,471
Independent Maud Walsh 17.7 6,535 6,590 8,352
Fianna Fáil Bernard Butler 9.7 3,587 4,388  
Electorate: 52,664   Valid: 36,977   Quota: 9,245   Turnout: 70.2%  

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930, 1st Sch.: Added rural area (No. 27 of 1930, 1st Sch.). Enacted on 17 July 1930. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
  2. ^ Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935, 1st Sch.: Revised Constituencies (No. 5 of 1935, 1st Sch.). Enacted on 27 February 1935. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 12 May 2022.
  3. ^ Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930, s. 1: Definitions (No. 27 of 1930, s. 1). Enacted on 17 July 1930. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book.
  4. ^ Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, 1st Sch.: Constituencies (No. 31 of 1947, 1st Sch.). Enacted on 27 November 1947. Act of the Oireachtas. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 12 May 2022.
  5. ^ Walker, Brian M., ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
  6. ^ a b "General election 1937: Dublin Townships". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  7. ^ a b "General election 1938: Dublin Townships". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  8. ^ a b "General election 1943: Dublin Townships". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  9. ^ a b "General election 1944: Dublin Townships". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
  10. ^ a b c d Gallagher, Michael (1993). Irish Elections 1922–44: Results and Analysis. PSAI Press. ISBN 0951974815.
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