Waterford (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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| Waterford Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency |
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| Created: | 1923 |
| TDs: | 4 |
| Counties: | County Waterford |
| EP constituency: | South |
Waterford is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. It was created for the 1923 general election when the 4th Dáil was elected. It replaced the Waterford-Tipperary East constituency that was used for elections to previous Dáil.
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The Waterford parliamentary constituency spans most of the area of the county in Munster, taking in Waterford City, Dungarvan and Tramore. The constituency has an electorate of 73,725 and at present is served by 4 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election is the Single Transferable Vote.
Presently, the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Martin Cullen is one of the most high profile TDs from the constituency. John Deasy, the current Fine Gael TD is the son of Austin Deasy, a former Cabinet Minister and long time TD for the constituency.
[edit] 2007 Election result
| 2007 General Election: Waterford | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Cullen | 11,438 | 23.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Fine Gael | John Deasy | 7,554 | 15.3 | 2 | 9 | |
| Labour Party | Brian O'Shea | 5,610 | 11.3 | 3 | 10 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Brendan Kenneally | 5,624 | 11.4 | 4 | 11 | |
| Fianna Fáil | Ollie Wilkinson | 5,963 | 12.0 | |||
| Fine Gael | Paudie Coffey | 4,658 | 9.4 | |||
| Sinn Féin | David Cullinane | 3,327 | 6.7 | |||
| Workers' Party | John Halligan | 1,708 | 3.4 | |||
| Fine Gael | Jim D'Arcy | 1,340 | 2.7 | |||
| Green Party | Brendan McCann | 1,049 | 2.1 | |||
| Independent | Mary Roche | 934 | 1.9 | |||
| Independent | Declan Waters | 270 | 1.5 | |||
| Independent | Francis Hennessy | 53 | 0.1 | |||
[edit] 2002 Election result
| 2002 General Election: Waterford | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Fianna Fáil | Martin Cullen | 8,529 | 1 | 5 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Ollie Wilkinson | 7,312 | 2 | 7 | ||
| Fine Gael | John Deasy | 7,204 | 3 | 7 | ||
| Labour Party | Brian O'Shea | 6,219 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Brendan Kenneally | 5,735 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | David Cullinane | 2,955 | ||||
| Fine Gael | Maurice Cummins | 2,799 | ||||
| Progressive Democrats | Michael Flynn | 2,137 | ||||
| Green Party | Brendan McCann | 1,361 | ||||
| Workers' Party | John Halligan | 1,270 | ||||
| Socialist Workers | Jimmy Kelly | 300 | ||||
| Independent | Conor Halpin | 289 | ||||
| Christian Solidarity | Declan Waters | 210 | ||||
| Independent | Eddie Walsh | 118 | ||||
[edit] Former TDs
[edit] See also
- Politics of the Republic of Ireland
- List of political parties in Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in Ireland
