Meath (Dáil Éireann constituency)
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Meath was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. The constituency had an electorate of 108,717 and was served by 5 Teachtaí Dála (TDs). The method of election was the Single Transferable Vote.
The constituency spanned the entire area of the county of Meath in Leinster, taking in Navan, Trim and Ashbourne. It also included small parts of County Kildare [1]
The Minister for Communications, Marine & Natural Resources , Noel Dempsey was one of the most high profile TDs from the constituency. John Bruton, the former Taoiseach and former leader of Fine Gael, resigned his Dáil seat after thirty-five years service to take up a post as European Union Ambassador to Washington, D.C. in 2005. A by-election took place on March 11, 2005 to fill the vacant seat.
For the 2007 general election held on 24 May 2007, it ceased to exist, being divided into the two new 3 seat constituencies of Meath East and Meath West.
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[edit] Recent results
The by-election of 2005 was won by Fine Gael's candidate, Shane McEntee (see: Meath by-election, 2005).
| Meath by-election, 2005 | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Fine Gael | Shane McEntee | 16,964 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Shane Cassells | 16,117 | ||||
| Sinn Féin | Joe Reilly | 6,087 | ||||
| Labour Party | Dominic Hannigan | 5,567 | ||||
| Progressive Democrats | Sirena Campbell | 2,679 | ||||
| Green Party | Fergal O'Byrne | 1,590 | ||||
| Independent | Liam Ó Gogáin | 702 | ||||
| 2002 General Election: Meath | ||||||
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| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
| Fianna Fáil | Noel Dempsey | 11,534 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Fine Gael | John Bruton | 7,617 | 2 | 8 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Mary Wallace | 8,759 | 3 | 9 | ||
| Fianna Fáil | Johnny Brady | 8,493 | 4 | 9 | ||
| Fine Gael | Damien English | 7,617 | 5 | 9 | ||
| Sinn Féin | Joe Reilly | 6,042 | ||||
| Fine Gael | John V. Farrelly | 3,877 | ||||
| Independent | Brian Fitzgerald | 3,722 | ||||
| Labour Party | Peter Ward | 2,727 | ||||
| Green Party | Fergal O'Byrne | 2,337 | ||||
| Independent | Tom Kelly | 1,373 | ||||
| Independent | Pat O'Brien | 1,199 | ||||
| Independent | Jane Colwell | 263 | ||||
| Christian Solidarity | Michael Redmond | 180 | ||||
[edit] Former TDs
[edit] See also
- Politics of Ireland
- List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland
- List of Irish by-elections
- Elections in Ireland
