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| Limerick West | |
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| Former Dáil constituency | |
.png) Location of Limerick West within Ireland | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1948 |
| Abolished | 2011 |
| Seats | 3 |
| Local government area | County Limerick |
| Created from | Limerick |
| Replaced by | |
Limerick West was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1948 to 2011. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
History and boundaries
The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947 for the 1948 general election. It succeeded the constituency of Limerick, which was divided between Limerick West and Limerick East. It was located in the western and southern part of County Limerick. It was a rural constituency, including the towns of Abbeyfeale, Askeaton, Newcastle West and Rathkeale.[1]
In some elections, such as in 1981 and 1982, only Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael candidates appeared on the ballot. A Progressive Democrats candidate was elected in 1987; this was the only time a candidate from a party other than Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael was elected in the constituency. No candidate from a left-wing party was ever elected there.
At the 2011 general election the constituency was replaced by the constituencies of Limerick and Kerry North–West Limerick.[2] The western part of the constituency became part of Kerry North–West Limerick, while the remainder, along with most of the rural parts of Limerick East, was transferred to the Limerick constituency.[3]
TDs
| Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Limerick West 1948–2011[4] | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Key to parties
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| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) |
Deputy (Party) | |||||||
| 13th | 1948[5] | James Collins (FF) |
Donnchadh Ó Briain (FF) |
David Madden (FG) | |||||||
| 14th | 1951[6] | ||||||||||
| 15th | 1954[7] | ||||||||||
| 1955 by-election[8] | Michael Colbert (FF) | ||||||||||
| 16th | 1957[9] | Denis Jones (FG) | |||||||||
| 17th | 1961[10] | ||||||||||
| 18th | 1965[11] | ||||||||||
| 1967 by-election[12] | Gerry Collins (FF) | ||||||||||
| 19th | 1969[13] | Michael J. Noonan (FF) | |||||||||
| 20th | 1973[14] | ||||||||||
| 21st | 1977[15] | William O'Brien (FG) | |||||||||
| 22nd | 1981[16] | ||||||||||
| 23rd | 1982 (Feb)[17] | ||||||||||
| 24th | 1982 (Nov)[18] | ||||||||||
| 25th | 1987[19] | John McCoy (PDs) | |||||||||
| 26th | 1989[20] | Michael Finucane (FG) | |||||||||
| 27th | 1992[21] | ||||||||||
| 28th | 1997[22] | Michael Collins (FF) |
Dan Neville (FG) | ||||||||
| 29th | 2002[23] | John Cregan (FF) | |||||||||
| 30th | 2007[24] | Niall Collins (FF) | |||||||||
| 31st | 2011 | Constituency abolished. See Limerick and Kerry North–West Limerick | |||||||||
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
2007 general election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Niall Collins | 25.7 | 10,396 | |||
| Fianna Fáil | John Cregan | 21.5 | 8,701 | 8,823 | 10,355 | |
| Fine Gael | Dan Neville | 20.6 | 8,314 | 8,504 | 10,018 | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Finucane | 19.4 | 7,839 | 7,975 | 9,027 | |
| Labour | James Heffernan | 5.6 | 2,277 | 2,687 | ||
| Progressive Democrats | Michael Brennan | 4.8 | 1,935 | 1,993 | ||
| Green | James Nix | 2.4 | 969 | |||
| Electorate: 58,712 Valid: 40,431 Spoilt: 381 (0.9%) Quota: 10,108 Turnout: 40,812 (69.5%) | ||||||
2002 general election
In the final count Dan Neville beat Michael Finucane by only one vote to win the last seat.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | John Cregan | 30.3 | 10,823 | ||||
| Fianna Fáil | Michael Collins | 23.1 | 8,236 | 9,526 | |||
| Fine Gael | Dan Neville | 20.9 | 7,446 | 7,678 | 7,862 | 8,564 | |
| Fine Gael | Michael Finucane | 20.8 | 7,410 | 7,684 | 7,867 | 8,563 | |
| Green | Marcus Briody | 2.7 | 948 | 1,002 | 1,138 | ||
| Independent | Mike MacDomhnaill | 1.9 | 662 | 710 | 789 | ||
| Christian Solidarity | Patrick O'Riordan | 0.4 | 144 | 151 | 177 | ||
| Electorate: 53,879 Valid: 35,669 Spoilt: 476 (1.3%) Quota: 8,918 Turnout: 36,145 (67.1%) | |||||||