Galway North (Dáil constituency)
Dáil constituency (1948–1961)
Galway North was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann , the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1948 to 1961. 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
The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947 for the 1948 general election to Dáil Éireann.[ 1] It was abolished under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1961 , when the three existing Galway constituencies were replaced by the two new constituencies of Galway East and Galway West .
Boundaries
The administrative county of Galway except the portion thereof which was comprised in the County Constituencies of Galway West and Galway South .[ 1]
TDs
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
1957 general election
1957 general election : Galway North[ 6] [ 7]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
Clann na Talmhan
Michael Donnellan
33.1
7,399
Fianna Fáil
Michael F. Kitt
23.3
5,215
5,358
5,946
Fianna Fáil
Mark Killilea Snr
21.6
4,826
4,939
5,346
Sinn Féin
Pádraig Ó Ceallaigh
11.4
2,551
2,716
Fine Gael
James Hession
10.6
2,380
3,765
4,302
Electorate: 29,884 Valid: 22,371 Quota: 5,593 Turnout: 74.9%
1954 general election
1954 general election : Galway North[ 5] [ 7]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
Clann na Talmhan
Michael Donnellan
33.7
7,889
Fianna Fáil
Michael F. Kitt
19.7
4,619
5,195
5,266
5,352
Fianna Fáil
Mark Killilea Snr
18.9
4,430
5,600
5,665
5,834
Fine Gael
James Hession
18.7
4,374
4,553
6,453
Fianna Fáil
Thomas King
9.0
2,099
Electorate: 30,452 Valid: 23,411 Quota: 5,853 Turnout: 76.9%
1951 general election
1951 general election : Galway North[ 7]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
Clann na Talmhan
Michael Donnellan
34.8
7,923
Fianna Fáil
Mark Killilea Snr
18.5
4,205
4,287
4,391
5,952
Fianna Fáil
Michael F. Kitt
18.1
4,120
4,200
4,236
4,886
Fine Gael
James Hession
12.7
2,882
4,291
5,581
5,764
Fianna Fáil
Seán Glynn
10.5
2,382
2,511
2,632
Clann na Poblachta
William Burke
5.6
1,265
1,793
Electorate: 31,373 Valid: 22,777 Quota: 5,695 Turnout: 72.60%
1948 general election
1948 general election : Galway North[ 7]
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Fianna Fáil
Mark Killilea Snr
19.9
4,636
4,663
4,682
4,728
4,808
4,961
6,816
Clann na Talmhan
Michael Donnellan
19.6
4,582
5,072
5,171
5,251
5,861
Fianna Fáil
Michael F. Kitt
16.0
3,742
3,851
3,876
3,897
4,033
4,166
4,814
5,782
Fianna Fáil
Seán Glynn
12.1
2,811
2,826
2,838
2,850
2,882
2,924
Labour
Robert Malachy Burke
9.7
2,273
2,309
2,418
2,466
2,704
3,971
4,162
4,175
Clann na Poblachta
John Nohilly
6.7
1,562
1,606
1,651
2,352
2,575
Fine Gael
Mark Wall
4.5
1,046
1,074
1,658
1,679
Clann na Poblachta
Michael Mannion
4.0
922
944
963
Fine Gael
William Allen
3.8
886
942
Clann na Talmhan
Patrick Collins
3.8
876
Electorate: 32,389 Valid: 23,336 Quota: 5,835 Turnout: 72.05%
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