Dublin Cabra (Dáil constituency)

Dublin Cabra was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1977 to 1981. 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).

Dublin Cabra
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created1977
Abolished1981
Seats3
Local government areaDublin City
Created from
Replaced by

History

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The constituency was created in 1977, under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1974,[1] taking in parts of the former Dublin North-West and Dublin Central constituencies, as part of the redistribution of constituencies which attempted to secure the re-election of the outgoing Fine Gael–Labour Party government. The constituency was abolished in 1981 with most of it going into a revived Dublin Central constituency. There were 16 electoral areas in Dublin Cabra; 13 went to Dublin Central for the 1981 election, with three going to the new Dublin West (the areas of Phoenix Park, Cabra West A and Cabra West C).

Boundaries

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It covered the Cabra, Arran Quay and Phoenix Park areas of Dublin city.[1]

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Cabra 1977–1981[2]
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
21st 1977[3] Tom Leonard
(FF)
Vivion de Valera
(FF)
Hugh Byrne
(FG)
22nd 1981 Constituency abolished

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.

1977 general election

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^ *: Outgoing TD

1977 general election: Dublin Cabra[2][3][4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Fianna Fáil Vivion de Valera[*] 22.9 5,830 5,836 5,852 6,017 6,071 7,278      
Fine Gael Hugh Byrne[*] 19.9 5,042 5,050 5,776 5,953 6,206 6,287 6,307 6,748  
Fianna Fáil Tom Leonard 14.7 3,728 3,741 3,756 4,019 4,055 4,929 5,740 5,956 5,988
Labour Patrick Carroll 11.1 2,817 2,831 2,875 3,097 3,702 3,796 3,821 5,625 5,850
Fianna Fáil Richard Gogan[*] 8.8 2,224 2,235 2,252 2,375 2,436        
Labour David Thornley[*] 6.4 1,615 1,628 1,671 1,860          
Labour Michael Mullen 6.3 1,603 1,612 1,693 1,965 2,766 2,846 2,858    
Independent Frank Sherwin 5.6 1,427 1,469 1,511            
Fine Gael John McKay 3.9 991 997              
Independent Frank Hall 0.5 126                
Electorate: 37,656   Valid: 25,403   Quota: 6,351   Turnout: 67.4%  

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2009.
  2. ^ a b 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. ^ a b "General election 1977: Dublin Cabra". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
  4. ^ "21st Dáil 1977 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. February 1978. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
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