Dublin South (Dáil Éireann constituency)

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Dublin South
Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Dublin South shown within County Dublin
Created: 1921, 1981
TDs: 5
Counties: Dublin
EP constituency: Dublin

Dublin South (Irish: Baile Atha Cliath Theas) is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It is located in the Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and South Dublin council areas. It covers areas such as Stillorgan (west of N11), Dundrum, Mount Merrion, Kilmacud, Goatstown, Rathfarnham, Sandyford, Stepaside, Kilternan, Ballinteer and Ballyboden. The constituency has an electorate of 92,645 and at present is served by 5 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.

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[edit] History and boundaries

A Dublin South constituency had existed prior to 1948 [1] when it was abolished. The current constituency was created under the terms of the 1980 Electoral (Amendment) Act, 1980 [2] and was first used for the 1981 Dáil Election.

[edit] Boundaries

The legislation [3] establishing the seat defined it as consisting of the wards of: Pembroke East D, Rathfarnham B, Rathfarnham C, Rathfarnham South together with the district electoral divisions of: Dundrum Number One, Dundrum Number Two, Dundrum Number Three, Dundrum Number Four, Dundrum Number Five, Glencullen, Milltown Number One, Milltown Number Two, Rathfarnham Number One, Rathfarnham Number Two, Stillorgan Number One, Whitechurch and the part of the district electoral division of Tallaght Number One situated south of the centre of the River Dodder.

Of these, Pembroke East D and Dundrum number one had been in Dublin South East in 1977. [4] All five Rathfarnam wards as well as Whitechurch had been in the abolished Mid County Dublin seat while Dundrum 2-5 along with Glencullen and Milltown 1-2 had been in South County Dublin constituency while Stilorgan one had been divided between South County Dublin and Dún Laoghaire.

[edit] Politics

4 sitting TDs contested the revived seats first election in 1981 [5] with former South County Dublin TDs John Kelly and Niall Andrews re-elected for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael respectively. South County Dublin's third TD John Horgan (Labour) lost his seat as did Sile de Valera of Fianna Fáil who was an outgoing TD for Mid County Dublin. This represented the first time in the states history that a member of the De Valera family had failed in an election bid. [6].

In the three elections of 1981 and 1982 Fine Gael won three seats against two for Fianna Fáil. In 1987 the Progressive Democrats gained a seat from Fine Gael. In 1989 however they lost the seat to the Green Party who thus made their electoral breakthrough here.

In 1992 a strong performance from Labour saw them win their first seat in Dublin South, with Fianna Fáil winning two and Fine Gael and the Progressive Democrats one apiece, with the Greens losing their seat. Labour lost their seat to Fine Gael in 1997.

In 2002 Fianna Fáil won two seats with the Greens, PDs and Fine Gael all winning one seat. The 2007 election saw Liz O'Donnell lose her seat to Fine Gael.

[edit] Members of Dáil Éireann

Election 1st Member
(Party)		 2nd Member
(Party)		 3rd Member
(Party)		 4th Member
(Party)		 5th Member
(Party)
22nd Dáil
(1981)		 Niall Andrews
(Fianna Fáil)		 Seamus Brennan
(Fianna Fáil)		 Nuala Fennell
(Fine Gael)		 John M. Kelly
(Fine Gael)		 Alan Shatter
(Fine Gael)
23rd Dáil
(Feb 1982)
24th Dáil
(Nov 1982)
25th Dáil
(1987)		 Tom Kitt
(Fianna Fáil)		 Anne Colley
(PD)
26th Dáil
(1989)		 Nuala Fennell
(Fine Gael)		 Roger Garland
(Green Party)
27th Dáil
(1992)		 Liz O'Donnell
(PD)		 Eithne Fitzgerald
(Labour Party)
28th Dáil
(1997)		 Olivia Mitchell
(Fine Gael)
29th Dáil
(2002)		 Eamon Ryan
(Green Party)
30th Dáil
(2007)		 Alan Shatter
(Fine Gael)

[edit] 2007 Election result

2007 General Election: Dublin South
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Séamus Brennan 13,373 21.8 1 1
Fianna Fáil Tom Kitt 8,487 13.9 2 3
Fine Gael Olivia Mitchell 9,037 14.8 3 7
Green Party Eamon Ryan 6,768 11.1 4 8
Fine Gael Alan Shatter 4,752 7.8 5 9
Progressive Democrats Liz O'Donnell 4,045 6.6
Labour Party Alex White 3,575 5.8
Fianna Fáil Maria Corrigan 3,438 5.6
Fine Gael Jim O'Leary 2,897 4.7
Labour Party Aidan Culhane 2,809 4.6
Sinn Féin Sorcha Nic Cormaic 992 1.6
Sinn Féin Shaun Tracey 851 1.4
Fathers Rights Liam Ó Gógáin 180 0.3

[edit] 2002 Election result

2002 General Election: Dublin South
Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Séamus Brennan 9,326 16.88 1 1
Fianna Fáil Tom Kitt 7,744 14.01 2 6
Progressive Democrats Liz O'Donnell 8,288 15.00 3 6
Fine Gael Olivia Mitchell 5,568 10.08 4 8
Green Party Eamon Ryan 5,222 9.45 5 9
Labour Party Eithne FitzGerald 5,247 9.49
Fine Gael Alan Shatter 5,363 9.70
Fianna Fáil Maria Corrigan 3,180 5.75
Sinn Féin Deirdre Whelan 2,172 3.93
Independent Karen Canning 2,090 3.78
Socialist Party Lisa Maher 1,063 1.92

[edit] November 1982 - 2002 full election results

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[edit] February 1982 full result

22nd Irish General Election – 18th February, 1982
Candidate Party Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7
John Kelly Fine Gael 10809
Seamus Brennan Fianna Fáil 8055 8107 8176 9555
Alan Shatter Fine Gael 6779 7790 8878 8878 8878 8878 8878
Nuala Fennell Fine Gael 5799 6488 7578 7729 7766 11554
Niall Andrews Fianna Fáil 4936 4951 5018 5904 6667 7168 8612
Síle de Valera Fianna Fáil 4843 4850 4895 5550 5702 6010 6356
John Horgan Labour Party 4589 4705 5048 5188 5215
Tom Kitt Fianna Fáil 3133 3150 3249
Thomas Hand Fine Gael 2511 2837
Electorate=69195, valid=51454, spoiled=312, quota=8576

[edit] Former TDs

[edit] See also

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