# Leitrim (Dáil constituency)

Leitrim was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (the Irish parliament) 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 Sligo being represented from 1937 through the new Sligo constituency.
Under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947, the Leitrim 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 1935 Act defines the boundaries of the Leitrim constituency as being:

## TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Leitrim 1937–1948 :
| Key to parties  FF = Fianna Fáil  FG = Fine Gael  Ind = Independent ||||||||
| Dáil | Election | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) | Deputy (Party) |
| 9th | 1937 | | Stephen Flynn (FF) | | Bernard Maguire (FF) | | Mary Reynolds (FG) |
| 10th | 1938 | | Stephen Flynn (FF) | | Bernard Maguire (FF) | | Mary Reynolds (FG) |
| 11th | 1943 | | Stephen Flynn (FF) | | Bernard Maguire (Ind) | | Mary Reynolds (FG) |
| 12th | 1944 | | Stephen Flynn (FF) | | Bernard Maguire (Ind) | | Mary Reynolds (FG) |
| 13th | 1948 | Constituency abolished. See Sligo–Leitrim | Constituency abolished. See Sligo–Leitrim | Constituency abolished. See Sligo–Leitrim | Constituency abolished. See Sligo–Leitrim | Constituency abolished. See Sligo–Leitrim | 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
### 1944 general election

1944 general election: Leitrim :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | Independent | Bernard Maguire | 27.8 | 6,597 | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Stephen Flynn | 26.8 | 6,347 | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Reynolds | 24.5 | 5,815 | 6,136 |
| | Clann na Talmhan | James Reynolds | 20.8 | 4,935 | 5,287 |
| Electorate: 35,677 Valid: 23,694 Quota: 5,924 Turnout: 66.4% ||||||

### 1943 general election

1943 general election: Leitrim :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Independent | Bernard Maguire | 20.2 | 5,502 | 5,621 | 5,725 | 5,931 | 6,309 | 6,566 | 6,654 | 7,610 |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Reynolds | 19.4 | 5,290 | 5,384 | 5,499 | 5,568 | 5,842 | 7,440 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Stephen Flynn | 15.3 | 4,175 | 4,226 | 4,567 | 5,199 | 6,156 | 6,321 | 6,370 | 6,979 |
| | Independent | Patrick Carey | 9.7 | 2,642 | 2,724 | 2,807 | 2,889 | 3,110 | 3,171 | 3,203 | |
| | Fine Gael | Michael McGowan | 8.8 | 2,409 | 2,459 | 2,550 | 2,613 | 2,629 | | | |
| | Independent | Joseph Mooney | 6.9 | 1,896 | 2,057 | 2,329 | 2,536 | 2,671 | 3,051 | 3,498 | 4,068 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Thomas Burke | 6.6 | 1,812 | 1,872 | 1,882 | 2,122 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Edward Boles | 5.7 | 1,558 | 1,684 | 1,709 | | | | | |
| | Independent | James McHugh | 3.9 | 1,072 | 1,197 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | James Gilhooly | 3.4 | 939 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 35,677 Valid: 27,295 Quota: 6,824 Turnout: 76.5% ||||||||||||

### 1938 general election

1938 general election: Leitrim :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bernard Maguire | 31.3 | 8,481 | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Stephen Flynn | 29.4 | 7,958 | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Reynolds | 21.3 | 5,778 | 6,090 | 6,188 |
| | Fine Gael | Andrew Mooney | 18.0 | 4,862 | 4,987 | 5,099 |
| Electorate: 35,568 Valid: 27,079 Quota: 6,770 Turnout: 76.1% |||||||

### 1937 general election

1937 general election: Leitrim :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Fianna Fáil | Bernard Maguire | 28.5 | 7,755 | | | | |
| | Fianna Fáil | Stephen Flynn | 22.5 | 6,129 | 6,942 | | | |
| | Fine Gael | Mary Reynolds | 19.5 | 5,296 | 5,357 | 5,909 | 5,976 | 6,653 |
| | Independent | James Dolan | 9.2 | 2,508 | 2,522 | 2,568 | 2,598 | 2,947 |
| | Fine Gael | John Travers | 7.6 | 2,070 | 2,079 | 2,169 | 2,193 | 2,993 |
| | Fine Gael | John Hennigan | 7.6 | 2,057 | 2,065 | 2,090 | 2,104 | |
| | Independent | Patrick Tubman | 5.2 | 1,411 | 1,454 | | | |
| Electorate: 36,368 Valid: 27,226 Quota: 6,807 Turnout: 74.9% |||||||||