Sligo (Dáil constituency)

Sligo was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1937 to 1948. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs) to the Dáil, on the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

History

The constituency was created for the 1937 general election, when the Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 split the old Leitrim–Sligo constituency, with County Leitrim being represented from 1937 through the new Leitrim constituency.

Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, the Sligo constituency was abolished, and the Sligo–Leitrim constituency was created for the 1948 general election.

Boundaries

Some Dáil constituencies cross county boundaries, in order to ensure a reasonably consistent ratio of electors to TDs. The Electoral (Revision of Constituencies) Act 1935 defined the boundaries of the Sligo constituency as being:

"The administrative County of Sligo except the portion thereof which is comprised in the County Constituency of Leitrim."

The boundaries of the Leitrim constituency were defined as:

"The administrative County of Leitrim and The District Electoral Divisions of: Ballintogher East, Ballynakill, Ballynashee, Cliffony North, Cliffony South, Drumcolumb, Killadoon, Kilmactranny, Rossinver East and Shancough in the administrative County of Sligo."

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Sligo 1937–1948
Key to partiesFF = Fianna Fáil FG = Fine Gael
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)	Deputy (Party)	Deputy (Party)
9th	1937		Frank Carty (FF)		Martin Roddy (FG)	Patrick Rogers (FG)
10th	1938		Martin Brennan (FF)
11th	1943		Martin Roddy (FG)
12th	1944
13th	1948	Constituency abolished. See Sligo–Leitrim

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

^ *: Outgoing TD

1944 general election

1944 general election: Sligo
Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
1	2	3
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Brennan	28.8	7,532
	Fine Gael	Martin Roddy	24.8	6,485	6,530
	Fine Gael	Patrick Rogers	20.2	5,288	5,354	6,655
	Labour	Michael Nevin	13.2	3,453	3,561
	Fianna Fáil	Frank O'Beirne	12.9	3,359	4,142	5,495
Electorate: 36,777 Valid: 26,117 Quota: 6,530 Turnout: 71.0%

1943 general election

1943 general election: Sligo
Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
1	2	3	4	5	6
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Brennan	24.5	6,888	6,921	7,253
	Fine Gael	Patrick Rogers	16.4	4,606	4,803	4,867	4,876	4,993	6,136
	Fine Gael	Martin Roddy	16.2	4,555	5,424	5,702	5,721	5,951	6,949
	Labour	Michael Nevin	11.8	3,320	3,501	3,649	3,675	5,041	5,462
	Fianna Fáil	Peadar Glynn	9.6	2,688	2,731	2,796	2,933
	Clann na Talmhan	William Gormley	8.5	2,397	2,474	3,620	3,663	3,882
	Clann na Talmhan	Michael Hanley	7.7	2,163	2,205
	Fine Gael	Thomas McGoldrick	5.2	1,458
Electorate: 36,777 Valid: 28,075 Quota: 7,019 Turnout: 76.3%

1938 general election

1938 general election: Sligo
Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
1	2
	Fianna Fáil	Martin Brennan	29.4	8,465
	Fine Gael	Patrick Rogers	26.6	7,667
	Fine Gael	Martin Roddy	22.0	6,336	6,424
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Carty	22.0	6,319	7,499
Electorate: 36,049 Valid: 28,787 Quota: 7,197 Turnout: 79.9%

1937 general election

1937 general election: Sligo
Party	Candidate	FPv%	Count
1	2	3	4
	Fine Gael	Martin Roddy	24.0	6,755	6,899	9,518
	Fianna Fáil	Frank Carty	19.7	5,535	7,150
	Independent	Michael Brennan	17.5	4,936	5,736	6,024	6,077
	Fine Gael	Patrick Rogers	16.0	4,514	4,544	5,092	7,486
	Fine Gael	William Caffrey	13.0	3,672	3,757
	Fianna Fáil	William Browne	9.8	2,747
Electorate: 36,516 Valid: 28,159 Quota: 7,040 Turnout: 77.1%