Roscommon was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1923 to 1969 and from 1981 to 1992. The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).
History and boundaries
The constituency has had two separate periods of existence:
- from the 1923 general election until its abolition at the 1969 general election,[1] when it was amalgamated into the Roscommon–Leitrim constituency. At different periods it returned 4, 3 or 4 TDs. It comprised the administrative county of Roscommon.
- as a 3 seater from the 1981 general election until its abolition at the 1992 general election to be replaced by the 4-seat Longford–Roscommon constituency. It comprised the administrative county of Roscommon; and, in the administrative county of Galway, the district electoral divisions of: Ballinastack, Ballymoe, Ballynakill, Boyounagh, Creggs, Island, Kilcroan, Templetogher, Toberroe, in the former Rural District of Glennamaddy.[2]
For the 2007 general election, the county was represented by the new Roscommon–South Leitrim constituency.
TDs
TDs 1923–1969
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.
TDs 1981–1992
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
1989 general election
1987 general election
November 1982 general election
February 1982 general election
1981 general election
1965 general election
1965 general election: Roscommon[20] |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Fine Gael |
Joan Burke |
9,467 |
26.9 |
1 |
1 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Brian Lenihan, Snr |
7,616 |
21.6 |
2 |
1 |
|
Fine Gael |
Patrick J. Reynolds |
4,870 |
13.9 |
3 |
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Hugh Gibbons |
3,882 |
11.0 |
4 |
|
|
Labour Party |
Jack McQuillan |
4,449 |
12.7 |
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Willie Farrell |
3,659 |
10.4 |
|
|
|
Fine Gael |
Michael Fallon |
1,217 |
3.5 |
|
|
Electorate: ? Valid: 35,160 Quota: 7,033 Turnout: |
1964 by-election
Following the death of Fine Gael TD James Burke, a by-election was held on 8 July 1964. The seat was won by the Fine Gael candidate Joan Burke, widow of the deceased TD.
1961 general election
1961 general election: Roscommon[18] |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
National Progressive Democrats |
Jack McQuillan |
5,289 |
15.1 |
1 |
|
|
Fine Gael |
James Burke |
4,753 |
13.6 |
2 |
|
|
Fine Gael |
Patrick J. Reynolds |
3,754 |
10.7 |
3 |
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Brian Lenihan, Snr |
4,873 |
13.9 |
4 |
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Gerald Boland |
3,634 |
10.4 |
|
|
|
Clann na Talmhan |
John Beirne, Jnr |
3,211 |
9.2 |
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Peter Charles |
2,331 |
6.7 |
|
|
|
Independent |
James Doherty |
1,975 |
5.6 |
|
|
|
Clann na Poblachta |
Peter McGuinness |
1,603 |
4.6 |
|
|
|
Fine Gael |
Rose Shannon |
1,467 |
4.2 |
|
|
|
Sinn Féin |
Sylvester Fitzsimons |
1,138 |
3.3 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Richard Ellis |
968 |
2.8 |
|
|
Electorate: ? Valid: 34,996 Quota: 7,000 Turnout: |
1957 general election
1957 general election: Roscommon[17] |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Gerald Boland |
3,288 |
10.7 |
1 |
|
|
Independent |
Jack McQuillan |
4,075 |
13.3 |
2 |
|
|
Clann na Talmhan |
John Beirne, Jnr |
4,222 |
13.8 |
3 |
|
|
Fine Gael |
James Burke |
3,914 |
12.8 |
4 |
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Brian Lenihan, Snr |
3,393 |
11.1 |
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Daniel O'Rourke |
2,805 |
9.2 |
|
|
|
Sinn Féin |
Seán Scott |
2,741 |
9.0 |
|
|
|
Clann na Talmhan |
Paddy Concannon |
2,043 |
6.7 |
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Walter McGuire |
1,813 |
5.9 |
|
|
|
Labour Party |
Joseph Connaughton |
1,756 |
5.7 |
|
|
|
Labour Party |
James Regan |
583 |
1.9 |
|
|
Electorate: ? Valid: 30,633 Quota: 6,127 Turnout: |
1954 general election
1954 general election: Roscommon[16] |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Gerald Boland |
5,456 |
16.43 |
1 |
|
|
Clann na Talmhan |
John Beirne, Jnr |
4,894 |
14.7 |
2 |
|
|
Fine Gael |
James Burke |
4,549 |
13.7 |
3 |
|
|
Independent |
Jack McQuillan |
4,756 |
14.3 |
4 |
|
|
Clann na Talmhan |
John Finan |
4,337 |
13.1 |
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Daniel O'Rourke |
3,629 |
10.9 |
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Peter Lynch |
3,447 |
10.4 |
|
|
|
Clann na Poblachta |
John Scott |
901 |
2.7 |
|
|
|
Labour Party |
Andrew Treacy |
894 |
2.7 |
|
|
|
Clann na Poblachta |
Michael Garvey |
339 |
1.0 |
|
|
Electorate: ? Valid: 33,202 Quota: 6,641 Turnout: |
1951 general election
1951 general election: Roscommon[15] |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Clann na Talmhan |
John Beirne, Jnr |
6,269 |
18.4 |
1 |
|
|
Clann na Talmhan |
John Finan |
4,408 |
12.9 |
2 |
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Gerald Boland |
4,980 |
14.6 |
3 |
|
|
Independent |
Jack McQuillan |
3,666 |
10.8 |
4 |
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Daniel O'Rourke |
4,710 |
13.8 |
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
John Smyth |
3,036 |
8.9 |
|
|
|
Clann na Poblachta |
Michael Kelly |
2,751 |
8.1 |
|
|
|
Fine Gael |
Michael Brennan |
2,551 |
7.5 |
|
|
|
Fine Gael |
Patrick Flynn |
1,691 |
5.0 |
|
|
Electorate: ? Valid: 34,062 Quota: 6,813 Turnout: |
1948 general election
1948 general election: Roscommon[14] |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Gerald Boland |
7,581 |
21.5 |
1 |
1 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Daniel O'Rourke |
4,841 |
13.7 |
2 |
|
|
Clann na Poblachta |
Jack McQuillan |
3,025 |
8.6 |
3 |
|
|
Clann na Talmhan |
John Beirne, Jnr |
4,470 |
12.7 |
4 |
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Peter Lynch |
3,633 |
10.3 |
|
|
|
Clann na Talmhan |
John Finan |
3,604 |
10.2 |
|
|
|
Clann na Poblachta |
Michael Kelly |
2,660 |
7.5 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Michael Brennan |
2,370 |
6.7 |
|
|
|
Fine Gael |
Martin Conlon |
1,255 |
3.6 |
|
|
|
Clann na Talmhan |
Matthew Davis |
1,216 |
3.4 |
|
|
|
Fine Gael |
Peter Farrell |
655 |
1.9 |
|
|
Electorate: ? Valid: 35,310 Quota: 7,063 Turnout: |
1944 general election
1944 general election: Roscommon[13] |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Gerald Boland |
7,800 |
25.5 |
1 |
1 |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Daniel O'Rourke |
7,044 |
23.0 |
2 |
|
|
Clann na Talmhan |
John Beirne, Snr |
5,359 |
17.5 |
3 |
|
|
Independent |
John Meighan |
4,629 |
15.1 |
|
|
|
Fine Gael |
Michael Brennan |
2,394 |
7.8 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Peter Farrell |
2,189 |
7.2 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Joseph O'Kelly |
1,217 |
4.0 |
|
|
Electorate: ? Valid: 30,632 Quota: 7,659 Turnout: |
1943 general election
1943 general election: Roscommon[12] |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Gerald Boland |
7,091 |
22.2 |
1 |
|
|
Clann na Talmhan |
John Meighan |
5,122 |
16.0 |
2 |
|
|
Clann na Talmhan |
John Beirne, Snr |
4,903 |
15.4 |
3 |
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Daniel O'Rourke |
6,522 |
20.4 |
|
|
|
Fine Gael |
Michael Brennan |
3,261 |
10.2 |
|
|
|
Labour Party |
John Doran |
3,132 |
9.81 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Thomas O'Donnell |
1,902 |
5.96 |
|
|
Electorate: ? Valid: 31,933 Quota: 7,984 Turnout: |
1938 general election
1937 general election
1933 general election
1932 general election
September 1927 general election
September 1927 general election: Roscommon[7] |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Cumann na nGaedheal |
Martin Conlon |
4,959 |
14.9 |
1 |
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Gerald Boland |
5,417 |
16.3 |
2 |
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Patrick O'Dowd |
5,289 |
15.9 |
3 |
|
|
Independent |
Michael Brennan |
3,844 |
11.6 |
4 |
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Daniel O'Rourke |
3,424 |
10.3 |
|
|
|
Cumann na nGaedheal |
Joseph Burke |
3,050 |
9.2 |
|
|
|
Independent |
John Doran |
2,987 |
9.0 |
|
|
|
Cumann na nGaedheal |
Andrew Lavin |
2,326 |
7.0 |
|
|
|
Independent |
John Keaveney |
1,895 |
5.7 |
|
|
Electorate: ? Valid: 33,191 Quota: 6,639 Turnout: |
June 1927 general election
June 1927 general election: Roscommon[6] |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Fianna Fáil |
Gerald Boland |
5,615 |
18.1 |
1 |
|
|
Independent |
Michael Brennan |
4,151 |
13.3 |
2 |
|
|
Cumann na nGaedheal |
Martin Conlon |
3,734 |
12.0 |
3 |
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Patrick O'Dowd |
3,000 |
9.6 |
4 |
|
|
Independent |
John Keaveney |
2,500 |
8.0 |
|
|
|
Cumann na nGaedheal |
John Doran |
2,341 |
7.5 |
|
|
|
Labour Party |
Thomas Larkin |
2,256 |
7.2 |
|
|
|
Cumann na nGaedheal |
Andrew Lavin |
1,963 |
6.3 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Michael Killian |
1,834 |
5.9 |
|
|
|
Sinn Féin |
Count Plunkett |
1,575 |
5.1 |
|
|
|
Fianna Fáil |
Séamus Duffy |
1,108 |
3.6 |
|
|
|
Cumann na nGaedheal |
James Flanagan |
1,032 |
3.3 |
|
|
Electorate: ? Valid: 31,109 Quota: 6,222 Turnout: |
1925 by-election
Following the resignation of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Henry Finlay, a by-election was held on 11 March 1925. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate Martin Conlon.
1923 general election
1923 general election: Roscommon[4] |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Republican |
Count Plunkett |
5,507 |
17.7 |
1 |
|
|
Cumann na nGaedheal |
Henry Finlay |
3,827 |
12.3 |
2 |
|
|
Cumann na nGaedheal |
Andrew Lavin |
5,001 |
16.0 |
3 |
|
|
Republican |
Gerald Boland |
3,843 |
12.3 |
4 |
|
|
Cumann na nGaedheal |
Patrick Dyar |
2,253 |
7.2 |
|
|
|
Cumann na nGaedheal |
Patrick Dorr |
1,906 |
6.1 |
|
|
|
Farmers' Party |
Michael Brennan |
1,711 |
5.5 |
|
|
|
Labour Party |
Liam Kelleher |
1,545 |
4.9 |
|
|
|
Farmers' Party |
Edward Cline |
1,397 |
4.5 |
|
|
|
Republican |
James Moran |
1,205 |
3.9 |
|
|
|
Republican |
Gerald Davis |
839 |
2.7 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Jasper Tully |
811 |
2.6 |
|
|
|
Farmers' Party |
John Drury |
716 |
2.3 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Henry Fitzgibbon |
636 |
2.0 |
|
|
Electorate: 53,710 Valid: 31,197 Quota: 6,240 Turnout: 58.1% |
See also
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