Sligo–Mayo East was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1921 to 1923. The constituency elected 5 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).
| Sligo–Mayo East | |
|---|---|
| Former Dáil constituency | |
 Location of Sligo–Mayo East within Ireland | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1921 |
| Abolished | 1923 |
| Seats | 5 |
| Local government areas | |
| Created from | |
| Replaced by | |
History and boundaries edit
The constituency was created in 1921 as a 5-seat constituency, under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, for the 1921 general election to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland, whose members formed the 2nd Dáil.
It succeeded the constituencies of Mayo East, Sligo North and Sligo South which were used to elect the Members of the 1st Dáil and earlier United Kingdom House of Commons members. It covered all of County Sligo and the eastern parts of County Mayo.
It was abolished under the Electoral Act 1923, when it was replaced by the new Mayo South and Leitrim–Sligo constituencies which was first used in the 1923 general election to the 4th Dáil.
TDs edit
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Sligo–Mayo East 1921–1923[1] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||||
| 2nd | 1921[2] | Frank Carty (SF) |
James Devins (SF) |
Francis Ferran (SF) |
Alexander McCabe (SF) |
Thomas O'Donnell (SF) | |||||
| 3rd | 1922[3] | Frank Carty (AT-SF) |
James Devins (AT-SF) |
Francis Ferran (AT-SF) |
Alexander McCabe (PT-SF) |
Thomas O'Donnell (PT-SF) | |||||
| 4th | 1923 | Constituency abolished. See Mayo North, Mayo South and Leitrim–Sligo | |||||||||
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 edit
1922 general election edit
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Alexander McCabe | 22.5 | 7,759 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | James Devins | 21.4 | 7,370 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Francis Ferran | 19.6 | 6,752 | ||||||
| Sinn Féin (Anti-Treaty) | Frank Carty | 15.5 | 5,335 | 5,611 | 7,102 | ||||
| Independent | John Hennigan | 11.1 | 3,841 | 4,198 | 4,253 | 4,322 | 4,365 | 5,046 | |
| Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty) | Thomas O'Donnell | 7.1 | 2,434 | 3,574 | 3,629 | 4,534 | 5,641 | 6,122 | |
| Independent | Seamus McGowan | 2.9 | 1,008 | 1,244 | 1,263 | 1,291 | 1,317 | ||
| Electorate: 62,509 Valid: 34,499 Quota: 5,750 Turnout: 55.2% | |||||||||
1921 general election edit
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | Frank Carty | Unopposed | N/A | 1 | ||
| Sinn Féin | James Devins | Unopposed | N/A | 2 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Francis Ferran | Unopposed | N/A | 3 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Alexander McCabe | Unopposed | N/A | 4 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Thomas O'Donnell | Unopposed | N/A | 5 | ||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
- ^ a b "General election 1921: Sligo–Mayo East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- ^ a b "General election 1922: Sligo–Mayo East". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 21 September 2010.
- ^ Gallagher, Michael (1993). Irish Elections 1922-44: Results and Analysis. PSAI Press. ISBN 0951974815.
External links edit