Cavan (Dáil constituency)

Cavan was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1921 to 1977. The method of election was the single transferable vote form of proportional representation (PR-STV).

Cavan
Former Dáil Éireann Parliamentary Constituency
Former constituency
Created	1921
Abolished	1977
Seats	3 (1921–1923) 4 (1923–1961) 3 (1961–1977)
County/City council	County Cavan

History

From 1921 to 1923, Cavan elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). This was increased to 4 with effect from the 1923 general election, and reduced to 3 with effect from the 1961 general election to 1977.

At the 1977 general election, the Cavan constituency was combined with Monaghan to form the new 5 seat Cavan–Monaghan constituency.

Boundaries

The constituency consisted of the entire administrative county of Cavan.[1]

TDs

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Cavan 1921–1977[2]
Key to parties   CnaP = Clann na Poblachta   CnaT = Clann na Talmhan   CnaG = Cumann na nGaedheal   FP = Farmers' Party   FF = Fianna Fáil   FG = Fine Gael   Ind = Independent   NCP = National Centre Party   Rep = Republican   SF = Sinn Féin   SF (PT) = Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)
Dáil	Election	Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)		Deputy (Party)
2nd	1921[3]		Arthur Griffith (SF)		Paul Galligan (SF)		Seán Milroy (SF)	3 seats 1921–1923
3rd	1922[4]		Arthur Griffith (SF (PT))		Walter L. Cole (SF (PT))		Seán Milroy (SF (PT))
4th	1923[5]		Paddy Smith (Rep)		John James Cole (Ind)		Seán Milroy (CnaG)		Patrick Baxter (FP)
	1925 by-election[6]						John Joe O'Reilly (CnaG)
5th	1927 (Jun)[7]		Paddy Smith (FF)		John O'Hanlon (Ind)
6th	1927 (Sep)[8]								John James Cole (Ind)
7th	1932[9]								Michael Sheridan (FF)
8th	1933[10]				Patrick McGovern (NCP)
9th	1937[11]				Patrick McGovern (FG)		John James Cole (Ind)
10th	1938[12]
11th	1943[13]				Patrick O'Reilly (CnaT)
12th	1944[14]						Tom O'Reilly (Ind)
13th	1948[15]				John Tully (CnaP)		Patrick O'Reilly (Ind)
14th	1951[16]						Patrick O'Reilly (FG)
15th	1954[17]
16th	1957[18]
17th	1961[19]				Séamus Dolan (FF)			3 seats 1961–1977
18th	1965[20]				John Tully (CnaP)		Tom Fitzpatrick (FG)
19th	1969[21]				Patrick O'Reilly (FG)
20th	1973[22]				John Wilson (FF)
21st	1977	Constituency abolished. See Cavan–Monaghan

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

1973 general election

1973 general election: Cavan[22]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Tom Fitzpatrick	7,276	28.1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Smith	5,979	23.1	2
	Fianna Fáil	John Wilson	3,846	14.9	3
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Reilly	3,459	13.4
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Dolan	3,231	12.5
	Aontacht Éireann	James Kelly	2,068	8.0
Electorate: 37,299   Valid: 28,687   Quota: 7,172   Turnout: 76.9%

1969 general election

1969 general election: Cavan[21]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fine Gael	Tom Fitzpatrick	7,092	23.8	1
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Smith	6,380	21.4	2
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Dolan	3,563	11.9
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Reilly	3,548	11.9	3
	Independent	John Tully	3,123	10.5
	Fianna Fáil	Richard Black	2,212	7.4
	Fine Gael	Thomas Anderson	2,194	7.4
	Labour	James Caffrey	1,255	4.2
	Labour	Thomas O'Connor	495	1.7
Electorate: ?   Valid: 29,862   Quota: 7,466   Turnout:

1965 general election

1965 general election: Cavan[20]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Smith	6,758	24.7	1
	Fine Gael	Tom Fitzpatrick	5,408	19.7	2
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Dolan	5,145	18.8
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Reilly	4,643	16.9
	Clann na Poblachta	John Tully	4,476	16.3	3
	Labour	John O'Rourke	981	3.6
Electorate: ?   Valid: 27,411   Quota: 6,853   Turnout:

1961 general election

1961 general election: Cavan[19]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Smith	9,032	32.5	1	1
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Reilly	5,431	19.5	2
	Clann na Poblachta	John Tully	4,683	16.8
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Dolan	4,658	16.7	3
	Sinn Féin	Patrick Duffy	2,153	7.7
	Fine Gael	John McGovern	1,862	6.7
Electorate: ?   Valid: 27,819   Quota: 6,955   Turnout:

1957 general election

1957 general election: Cavan[18]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Smith	7,309	23.9	1	1
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Reilly	4,704	15.4	3
	Clann na Poblachta	John Tully	4,327	14.2	4
	Independent	John James Cole	4,161	13.6
	Sinn Féin	Pádraig Ó Dubhthaigh	3,308	10.8
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Dolan	2,626	8.6
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Sheridan	2,610	8.5	2
	Fine Gael	John McGovern	1,533	5.0
Electorate: ?   Valid: 30,578   Quota: 6,116   Turnout:

1954 general election

1954 general election: Cavan[17]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Smith	7,570	22.8	1	1
	Clann na Poblachta	John Tully	5,898	17.8	2
	Independent	John James Cole	4,704	14.2
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Reilly	4,280	12.9	4
	Independent	Patrick O'Reilly	3,597	10.8
	Fianna Fáil	Séamus Dolan	2,773	8.4
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Sheridan	2,759	8.3	3
	Fine Gael	John McGovern	1,596	4.8
Electorate: ?   Valid: 33,177   Quota: 6,636   Turnout:

1951 general election

1951 general election: Cavan[23]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Smith	23.9	8,172
	Clann na Poblachta	John Tully	18.7	6,413	6,486	6,761	7,791
	Independent	Jack Cole	14.5	4,981	5,002	5,060	5,401	5,641
	Fine Gael	Patrick O'Reilly	14.3	4,911	4,953	5,099	6,371	6,747
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Sheridan	10.4	3,564	4,493	6,667	7,538
	Independent	Patrick O'Reilly	10.0	3,438	3,486	3,744
	Fianna Fáil	Gerald M. Lovett	6.7	2,287	2,477
	Independent	Brig. Eric D. O'Gowan	1.4	495	511
Electorate: 42,098   Valid: 34,261   Quota: 6,853   Turnout: 81.38%

1948 general election

1948 general election: Cavan[23]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Fianna Fáil	Patrick Smith	32.2	11,168
	Independent	Patrick O'Reilly	14.8	5,139	5,500	5,557	5,760	6,104	7,347
	Independent	John James Cole	14.4	4,982	5,101	5,185	5,222	5,289	5,464	5,656
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Sheridan	9.3	3,221	6,176	6,455	8,010
	Clann na Poblachta	John Tully	8.6	2,970	3,088	3,559	3,679	3,811	4,181	6,670
	Clann na Poblachta	Peter A. Donohoe	6.5	2,253	2,370	2,496	2,605	2,679	3,220
	Fine Gael	Thomas P. O'Reilly	6.0	2,081	2,220	2,307	2,401	2,558
	Fianna Fáil	Francis Dolphin	5.2	1,794	2,098	2,179
	Labour	Edward Thornton	3.2	1,119	1,228
Electorate: 44,068   Valid: 34,727   Quota: 6,946   Turnout: 78.80%

1944 general election

1944 general election: Cavan[14]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Smith	10,609	31.8	1	1
	Clann na Talmhan	Patrick O'Reilly	5,794	17.3	3
	Independent	John James Cole	5,634	16.9
	Independent	Tom O'Reilly	5,000	15.0	4
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Sheridan	4,286	12.8	2
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Fay	2,095	6.3
Electorate: ?   Valid: 33,418   Quota: 6,684   Turnout:

1943 general election

1943 general election: Cavan[13]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Smith	9,279	25.9	1	1
	Clann na Talmhan	Patrick O'Reilly	5,397	15.0	2
	Independent	John James Cole	5,307	14.8	3
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Sheridan	3,023	8.4	4
	Independent	James Keogan	1,968	5.5
	Fine Gael	Patrick McGovern	1,962	5.5
	Independent	Hugh O'Donoghue	1,671	4.7
	Fianna Fáil	James O'Reilly	1,664	4.6
	Labour	Michael Keating	1,570	4.4
	Fine Gael	Patrick Farrell	1,550	4.3
	Fine Gael	Patrick Baxter	1,504	4.2
	Labour	Michael Magee	988	2.8
Electorate: ?   Valid: 35,883   Quota: 7,177   Turnout:

1938 general election

1938 general election: Cavan[12]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Smith	9,129	25.5	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Sheridan	8,049	22.5	2	1
	Independent	John James Cole	6,375	17.8	4
	Fine Gael	Patrick McGovern	6,261	17.5	3
	Labour	Michael Keating	3,096	8.6
	Fine Gael	John McGorry	2,941	8.2
Electorate: ?   Valid: 35,851   Quota: 7,171   Turnout:

1937 general election

1937 general election: Cavan[11]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Smith	8,446	23.1	1	1
	Independent	John James Cole	6,458	17.6	4
	Fine Gael	Patrick McGovern	5,868	16.0	3
	Fine Gael	John Joe O'Reilly	4,530	12.4
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Sheridan	3,943	10.8	2
	Fianna Fáil	Bernard Fay	3,439	9.4
	Independent	Patrick Farrell	2,009	5.5
	Independent	James Smith	1,946	5.3
Electorate: ?   Valid: 36,639   Quota: 7,328   Turnout:

1933 general election

1933 general election: Cavan[10]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Smith	9,446	24.5	1	1
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Sheridan	8,740	22.7	2	1
	Independent	John James Cole	6,675	17.3
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Joe O'Reilly	4,966	12.9	4
	National Centre Party	John O'Hanlon	4,560	11.9
	National Centre Party	Patrick McGovern	4,103	10.7	3
Electorate: ?   Valid: 38,490   Quota: 7,699   Turnout:

1932 general election

1932 general election: Cavan[9]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Sheridan	8,183	22.5	1	1
	Independent	John O'Hanlon	7,281	20.0	3
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Smith	7,154	19.6	2
	Independent	John James Cole	6,083	16.7
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Joe O'Reilly	5,023	13.8	4
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Patrick Baxter	2,697	7.4
Electorate: ?   Valid: 36,421   Quota: 7,285   Turnout:

September 1927 general election

September 1927 general election: Cavan[8]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Joe O'Reilly	6,652	19.1	2
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Smith	6,496	18.7	3
	Independent	John O'Hanlon	6,154	17.7	1
	Independent	John James Cole	6,136	17.6	4
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Sheridan	4,862	14.0
	Farmers' Party	Patrick Baxter	4,484	12.9
Electorate: ?   Valid: 34,784   Quota: 6,957   Turnout:

June 1927 general election

June 1927 general election: Cavan[7]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Independent	John O'Hanlon	11,152	32.7	1	1
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Joe O'Reilly	5,690	16.7	2
	Fianna Fáil	Paddy Smith	5,396	15.8	3
	Independent	John James Cole	5,158	15.1
	Farmers' Party	Patrick Baxter	3,313	9.7	4
	Fianna Fáil	Michael Sheridan	2,830	8.3
	Independent	Seán Milroy	614	1.8
Electorate: ?   Valid: 34,153   Quota: 6,831   Turnout:

1925 by-election

Following the resignation of Cumann na nGaedheal TD Seán Milroy, a by-election was held on 11 March 1925. The seat was won by the Cumann na nGaedheal candidate John Joe O'Reilly.

1925 by-election: Cavan[6]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Cumann na nGaedheal	John Joe O'Reilly	12,560	38.5	1	2
	Farmers' Party	John O'Hanlon	10,280	31.5
	Republican	Philip Baxter	9,774	30.0
Electorate: 54,419   Valid: 32,614   Quota: 16,308   Turnout: 59.9%

1923 general election

1923 general election: Cavan[5]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Farmers' Party	Patrick Baxter	6,264	18.8	1	3
	Republican	Paddy Smith	6,112	18.4	3	7
	Independent	John James Cole	5,476	16.5	4	7
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Seán Milroy	5,109	15.4	2	6
	Labour	Patsy Sheridan	3,749	11.3
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Walter L. Cole	2,448	7.4
	Cumann na nGaedheal	Thomas McKenna	2,010	6.0
	Independent	Patrick McQuaid	810	2.4
	Farmers' Party	Henry O'Reilly	728	2.2
	Farmers' Party	Patrick Farrelly	559	1.7
Electorate: 55,104   Valid: 33,265   Quota: 6,654   Turnout: 60.4%

1922 general election

1922 general election: Cavan[4]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	Arthur Griffith	13,101	54.4	1	1
	Farmers' Party	Patrick Baxter	5,620	23.3
	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	Walter L. Cole	4,807	19.9	2	2
	Sinn Féin (Pro-Treaty)	Seán Milroy	565	2.3	3	3
Electorate: 44,022   Valid: 24,093   Quota: 6,024   Turnout: 54.7%

1921 general election

1921 general election: Cavan[3]

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Sinn Féin	Paul Galligan	Unopposed	N/A	1
	Sinn Féin	Arthur Griffith	Unopposed	N/A	2
	Sinn Féin	Seán Milroy	Unopposed	N/A	3

See also

• Politics of the Republic of Ireland
• Historic Dáil constituencies
• List of Dáil by-elections
• Elections in the Republic of Ireland

References

1. "Electoral Act, 1923". Irish Statute Book database. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
2. Walker, Brian M, ed. (1992). Parliamentary election results in Ireland, 1918–92. Dublin: Royal Irish Academy. ISBN 0-901714-96-8. ISSN 0332-0286.
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5. "General election 1923: Cavan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
6. "By-election 1925: Cavan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
7. "General election June 1927: Cavan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
8. "General election September 1927: Cavan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
9. "General election 1932: Cavan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
10. "General election 1933: Cavan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
11. "General election 1937: Cavan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
12. "General election 1938: Cavan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
13. "General election 1943: Cavan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
14. "General election 1944: Cavan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
15. "General election 1948: Cavan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
16. "General election 1951: Cavan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
17. "General election 1954: Cavan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
18. "General election 1957: Cavan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
19. "General election 1961: Cavan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
20. "General election 1965: Cavan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
21. "General election 1969: Cavan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 22 October 2010.
22. "General election 1973: Cavan". ElectionsIreland.org. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
23. Gallagher, Michael (2009). Irish Elections 1948–77: Results and Analysis Sources for the Study of Irish Politics 2. Routledge. ISBN 9781138973343.

External links

• Oireachtas Members Database

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