Dublin Cabra (Dáil constituency)

Dublin Cabra
Dublin Cabra
Former Dáil constituency
Former constituency
Created	1977
Abolished	1981
Seats	3
Local government area	Dublin City
Created from	Dublin Central; Dublin North-West;
Replaced by	Dublin Central; Dublin West;

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).

History

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

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

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Dublin Cabra 1977–1981^[2]
Key to parties FF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael
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

^ *: Outgoing TD

1977 general election: Dublin Cabra^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%

References

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

External links

Oireachtas Members Database

[ea-1974-1] "Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1974: Schedule (Constituencies)". Irish Statute Book database. Archived from the original on 20 January 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2009.

[walker-2] Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.

[ei-dublincab-1977-3] "General election 1977: Dublin Cabra". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 6 March 2009.

[Opac_Oireachtas_1977-4] "21st Dáil 1977 general election results" (PDF). Houses of the Oireachtas. February 1978. Retrieved 12 November 2023.

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