Dublin County (Dáil constituency)
Dublin County was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1921 to 1969. The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV). History. The constituency was created in 1921 as a 6-seat constituency, under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, for the 1921 election to the House of Commons of Southern Ireland, whose members formed the 2nd Dáil. Under the Electoral Act 1923, it became an 8-seat constituency for the 1923 general election to the 4th Dáil. It  remained at that size until major boundaries changes for the 1937 election to the 9th Dáil, when its geographical area was reduced and its representation cut to 5 seats. Further boundary changes for the 1948 general election to the 13th Dáil saw its area further reduced, and representation cut to 3 seats. It was expanded to a 5-seat constituency again for the 1961 general election to the 17th Dáil, before its abolition for the 1969 general election. It was replaced by Dublin County North and Dublin County South. Boundaries. Throughout its history the constituency consisted primarily of the area  of County Dublin, excluding the area of Dublin city. However, at various points it also included some territory from within the boundaries of Dublin City, which were expanded under the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1930. Elections. 1947 by-election. A by-election was held to fill the seat left vacant by death of the Fianna Fáil TD Patrick Fogarty. It was won by Seán MacBride of Clann na Poblachta. 1935 by-election. A by-election was held to fill the seat left vacant by death of the Fine Gael TD Batt O'Connor. It was won for Fine Gael by Cecil  Lavery. 1930 by-election. A by-election was held on 9 December 1930 to fill the seat in the 6th Dáil which had been left vacant by the death of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Bryan Cooper. It was won for Cumann na nGaedheal by Thomas Finlay. 1927 by-election. A by-election was held on 14 August 1927 to fill the seat in the 4th Dáil which had been left vacant by the assassination on 10 July of the Minister for Justice, Cumann na nGaedheal TD Kevin O'Higgins. The election was won for Cumann na nGaedheal by Gearóid O'Sullivan, who  won nearly 70% of the first-preference votes. 1926 by-election. A by-election was held on 18 February 1926 to fill the seat in the 4th Dáil which had been vacated by the death of the independent TD Darrell Figgis. It was won by the Labour Party candidate William Norton. Norton's win was the first by a Labour Party candidate at any by-election since the establishment of the First Dáil. Labour did not repeat Norton's feat of winning a seat from another party in a by-election for 72 years, when Seán Ryan won the Dublin  North by-election in March 1998. 1924 by-election. A by-election was held on 19 March 1924 to fill the seat in the 4th Dáil which had been left vacant by the death of the Cumann na nGaedheal TD Michael Derham. It was won for Cumann na nGaedheal by Batt O'Connor. 1921 general election. In the 1921 general election to the 2nd Dáil, no constituencies were contested. As in other constituencies, all 6 candidates in Dublin County were returned unopposed.