Galway North-East | |
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Former Dáil constituency | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1969 |
Abolished | 1977 |
Seats | 3 |
Local government area | |
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).
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:
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Galway North-East 1969–1977 [2] | |||||||
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Key to parties
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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.
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.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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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: 73.76% |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fine Gael | John Donnellan | 6,636 | 25.3 | 1 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Michael F. Kitt | 5,523 | 21.1 | 3 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Thomas Hussey | 5,340 | 20.4 | 2 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Mark Killilea Jnr | 4,336 | 16.5 | |||
Fine Gael | Michael Mitchell | 2,269 | 8.7 | |||
Fine Gael | Michael Ryan | 2,113 | 8.1 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 26,217 Quota: 6,555 Turnout: |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Fine Gael | John Donnellan | 7,097 | 26.8 | 1 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Michael F. Kitt | 5,991 | 22.6 | 2 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Thomas Hussey | 5,571 | 21.0 | 3 | ||
Fine Gael | Patrick Cunningham | 2,548 | 9.6 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Patrick Moylan | 1,858 | 7.0 | |||
Labour | William Burke | 1,748 | 6.6 | |||
Fine Gael | Michael Ryan | 1,664 | 6.3 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 26,477 Quota: 6,620 Turnout: |
Galway North-East | |
---|---|
Former Dáil constituency | |
Former constituency | |
Created | 1969 |
Abolished | 1977 |
Seats | 3 |
Local government area | |
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).
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:
Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Galway North-East 1969–1977 [2] | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
| |||||||
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.
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.
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: 73.76% |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fine Gael | John Donnellan | 6,636 | 25.3 | 1 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Michael F. Kitt | 5,523 | 21.1 | 3 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Thomas Hussey | 5,340 | 20.4 | 2 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Mark Killilea Jnr | 4,336 | 16.5 | |||
Fine Gael | Michael Mitchell | 2,269 | 8.7 | |||
Fine Gael | Michael Ryan | 2,113 | 8.1 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 26,217 Quota: 6,555 Turnout: |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fine Gael | John Donnellan | 7,097 | 26.8 | 1 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Michael F. Kitt | 5,991 | 22.6 | 2 | ||
Fianna Fáil | Thomas Hussey | 5,571 | 21.0 | 3 | ||
Fine Gael | Patrick Cunningham | 2,548 | 9.6 | |||
Fianna Fáil | Patrick Moylan | 1,858 | 7.0 | |||
Labour | William Burke | 1,748 | 6.6 | |||
Fine Gael | Michael Ryan | 1,664 | 6.3 | |||
Electorate: ? Valid: 26,477 Quota: 6,620 Turnout: |