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Limerick West (Dáil constituency)

December 07, 2023

Limerick West was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1948 to 2011. The constituency elected 3 deputies (Teachtaí Dála, commonly known as TDs). The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).

Limerick West
Former Dáil constituency
Location of Limerick West within Ireland
Former constituency
Created1948
Abolished2011
Seats3
Local government areaCounty Limerick
Created fromLimerick
Replaced by

History and boundaries edit

The constituency was created under the Electoral (Amendment) Act 1947 for the 1948 general election. It succeeded the constituency of Limerick, which was divided between Limerick West and Limerick East. It was located in the western and southern part of County Limerick. It was a rural constituency, including the towns of Abbeyfeale, Askeaton, Newcastle West and Rathkeale.[1]

In some elections, such as in 1981 and 1982, only Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael candidates appeared on the ballot. A Progressive Democrats candidate was elected in 1987; this was the only time a candidate from a party other than Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael was elected in the constituency. No candidate from a left-wing party was ever elected there.

At the 2011 general election the constituency was replaced by the constituencies of Limerick and Kerry North–West Limerick.[2] The western part of the constituency became part of Kerry North–West Limerick, while the remainder, along with most of the rural parts of Limerick East, was transferred to the Limerick constituency.[3]

TDs edit

Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for Limerick West 1948–2011[4]
Key to parties
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)		 Deputy
(Party)
13th 1948[5] James Collins
(FF) 		Donnchadh Ó Briain
(FF) 		David Madden
(FG)
14th 1951[6]
15th 1954[7]
1955 by-election[8] Michael Colbert
(FF)
16th 1957[9] Denis Jones
(FG)
17th 1961[10]
18th 1965[11]
1967 by-election[12] Gerry Collins
(FF)
19th 1969[13] Michael J. Noonan
(FF)
20th 1973[14]
21st 1977[15] William O'Brien
(FG)
22nd 1981[16]
23rd 1982 (Feb)[17]
24th 1982 (Nov)[18]
25th 1987[19] John McCoy
(PD)
26th 1989[20] Michael Finucane
(FG)
27th 1992[21]
28th 1997[22] Michael Collins
(FF) 		Dan Neville
(FG)
29th 2002[23] John Cregan
(FF)
30th 2007[24] Niall Collins
(FF)
31st 2011 Constituency abolished. See Limerick and Kerry North–West Limerick

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 edit

2007 general election edit

2007 general election: Limerick West[24]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Fianna Fáil Niall Collins 25.7 10,396    
Fianna Fáil John Cregan 21.5 8,701 8,823 10,355
Fine Gael Dan Neville 20.6 8,314 8,504 10,018
Fine Gael Michael Finucane 19.4 7,839 7,975 9,027
Labour James Heffernan 5.6 2,277 2,687  
Progressive Democrats Michael Brennan 4.8 1,935 1,993  
Green James Nix 2.4 969    
Electorate: 58,712   Valid: 40,431   Spoilt: 381 (0.9%)   Quota: 10,108   Turnout: 40,812 (69.5%)  

2002 general election edit

In the final count Dan Neville beat Michael Finucane by only one vote to win the last seat.

2002 general election: Limerick West[23]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fianna Fáil John Cregan 30.3 10,823      
Fianna Fáil Michael Collins 23.1 8,236 9,526    
Fine Gael Dan Neville 20.9 7,446 7,678 7,862 8,564
Fine Gael Michael Finucane 20.8 7,410 7,684 7,867 8,563
Green Marcus Briody 2.7 948 1,002 1,138  
Independent Mike MacDomhnaill 1.9 662 710 789  
Christian Solidarity Patrick O'Riordan 0.4 144 151 177  
Electorate: 53,879   Valid: 35,669   Spoilt: 476 (1.3%)   Quota: 8,918   Turnout: 36,145 (67.1%)  

1997 general election edit

1997 general election: Limerick West[25]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fine Gael Dan Neville 20.9 7,026 7,062 7,265 7,672 8,253 8,601  
Fianna Fáil Michael Collins 20.8 6,985 7,029 7,357 7,519 8,236 11,692  
Fine Gael Michael Finucane 16.3 5,476 5,523 5,679 6,170 6,673 6,923 7,330
Fianna Fáil John Clifford 11.7 3,921 3,953 4,255 4,337 4,937    
Independent Michael Brennan 10.9 3,661 3,695 3,890 4,067 4,946 5,474 6,583
Independent John Gallahue 10.0 3,355 3,413 3,521 3,689      
Labour Mary Kelly 4.2 1,418 1,478 1,584        
Progressive Democrats Jeanette McDonnell 4.2 1,406 1,444          
Independent Mike MacDomhnaill 1.1 366            
Electorate: 47,859   Valid: 33,614   Spoilt: 365 (1.1%)   Quota: 8,404   Turnout: 33,979 (71.0%)  

1992 general election edit

1992 general election: Limerick West[26]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil Gerry Collins 34.3 10,913            
Fine Gael Michael Finucane 16.2 5,164 5,420 5,448 5,481 5,584 6,187 7,600
Fine Gael Dan Neville 14.6 4,657 4,807 4,831 4,842 4,941 5,582 6,631
Fianna Fáil Michael J. Noonan 13.1 4,173 6,288 6,313 6,417 6,636 7,123 7,990
Labour Mary Kelly 10.8 3,447 3,668 3,700 3,801 3,892 4,494  
Progressive Democrats Seán Liston 7.4 2,343 2,476 2,493 2,521 2,589    
Independent Bridget Randles 2.0 645 682 688 709      
Sinn Féin Colreall Mac Curtain 1.1 346 365 370        
Independent John Basil Fitzgibbon 0.4 129 156          
Electorate: 44,848   Valid: 31,817   Spoilt: 524 (1.6%)   Quota: 7,955   Turnout: 32,341 (72.1%)  

1989 general election edit

1989 general election: Limerick West[20][27]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Fianna Fáil Gerry Collins 39.7 12,476  
Fine Gael Michael Finucane 27.0 8,484  
Fianna Fáil Michael J. Noonan 20.7 6,491 9,935
Progressive Democrats Seán Liston 12.6 3,960 4,467
Electorate: 43,690   Valid: 31,411   Spoilt: 481 (1.5%)   Quota: 7,853   Turnout: 31,892 (73.0%)  

1987 general election edit

1987 general election: Limerick West[19][28][29]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Fianna Fáil Gerry Collins 31.8 10,812        
Fianna Fáil Michael J. Noonan 19.5 6,631 8,504      
Progressive Democrats John McCoy 19.4 6,580 6,789 6,971 7,748 9,082
Fine Gael Jim Houlihan 9.9 3,352 3,408 3,457 4,357  
Fine Gael Michael Finucane 9.5 3,218 3,314 3,439 4,568 7,102
Fine Gael Dan Neville 8.5 2,894 2,950 3,012    
Labour Paudge Brennan 1.5 519 539      
Electorate: 43,418   Valid: 34,006   Quota: 8,502   Turnout: 78.3%  

November 1982 general election edit

November 1982 general election: Limerick West[18][30][31]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Fianna Fáil Gerry Collins 40.0 12,719  
Fine Gael William O'Brien 26.5 8,435  
Fianna Fáil Michael J. Noonan 22.2 7,061 11,478
Fine Gael Brendan Danaher 11.3 3,580 3,933
Electorate: 41,825   Valid: 31,795   Quota: 7,949   Turnout: 76.0%  

February 1982 general election edit

February 1982 general election: Limerick West[17][32]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Fianna Fáil Gerry Collins 40.1 12,702  
Fine Gael William O'Brien 26.5 8,390  
Fianna Fáil Michael J. Noonan 23.8 7,535 12,056
Fine Gael Seán Broderick 9.7 3,088 3,340
Electorate: 41,097   Valid: 31,715   Quota: 7,929   Turnout: 77.2%  

1981 general election edit

1981 general election: Limerick West[16][33]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Fianna Fáil Gerry Collins 44.5 14,776  
Fine Gael William O'Brien 26.2 8,676  
Fianna Fáil Michael J. Noonan 19.8 6,579 12,731
Fine Gael Donal Sheehan 9.5 3,158 3,484
Electorate: 41,097   Valid: 33,189   Spoilt: 387 (1.2%)   Quota: 8,298   Turnout: 33,576 (81.7%)  

1977 general election edit

1977 general election: Limerick West[15][34]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Fianna Fáil Gerry Collins 30.2 10,081    
Fianna Fáil Michael J. Noonan 29.2 9,749    
Fine Gael William O'Brien 22.7 7,596 8,153 8,887
Fine Gael Ailish Jones Cassidy 9.5 3,165 3,526 3,775
Labour Edward Dwyer 4.3 1,444 1,950 2,299
Fine Gael Seán Broderick 4.1 1,379 1,682 1,745
Electorate: 42,037   Valid: 33,414   Spoilt: 266 (0.8%)   Quota: 8,354   Turnout: 33,680 (80.1%)[35]  

1973 general election edit

1973 general election: Limerick West[14][36]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Fianna Fáil Gerry Collins 33.9 9,679    
Fine Gael Denis Jones 22.4 6,403 6,555 8,337
Fianna Fáil Michael J. Noonan 18.9 5,398 7,635  
Fine Gael William O'Brien 14.9 4,253 4,313 5,165
Fine Gael Brendan Danaher 9.8 2,792 2,890  
Electorate: 35,904   Valid: 28,525   Quota: 7,132   Turnout: 79.5%  

1969 general election edit

1969 general election: Limerick West[13]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fianna Fáil Gerry Collins 10,557 36.7 1 1
Fine Gael Denis Jones 6,165 21.4 2
Fine Gael William O'Brien 3,102 10.8
Fianna Fáil Michael J. Noonan 2,598 9.0 3
Fine Gael Brendan Danaher 2,366 8.2
Fianna Fáil Rory Kiely 1,991 6.9
Labour Edward Dwyer 1,254 4.4
Labour Michael Murphy 529 1.8
Independent Thomas Lynch 231 0.8
Electorate: ?   Valid: 28,793   Quota: 7,199   Turnout:

1967 by-election edit

Following the death of Fianna Fáil TD James Collins, a by-election was held on 9 November 1967. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Gerry Collins, son of the deceased TD.

1967 by-election: Limerick West[36]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fianna Fáil Gerry Collins 53.8 14,384
Fine Gael William Madden 38.6 10,237
Labour Edward Dwyer 7.7 2,048
Electorate: 32,958   Valid: 26,669   Quota: 13,335   Turnout: 80.92%  

1965 general election edit

1965 general election: Limerick West[11][36]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Fianna Fáil James Collins 33.4 8,476  
Fine Gael Denis Jones 28.5 7,213  
Fianna Fáil Donnchadh Ó Briain 21.1 5,343 7,160
Labour Edward Dwyer 9.1 2,304 2,497
Fine Gael Brendan Danaher 8.0 2,020 2,146
Electorate: 33,009   Valid: 25,356   Quota: 6,340   Turnout: 76.8%  

1961 general election edit

1961 general election: Limerick West[10][36]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Fianna Fáil James Collins 35.5 9,018  
Fine Gael Denis Jones 27.7 7,037  
Fianna Fáil Donnchadh Ó Briain 23.6 6,006 8,514
Fine Gael James O'Donnell 13.2 3,346 3,504
Electorate: 33,411   Valid: 25,407   Quota: 6,352   Turnout: 76.0%  

1957 general election edit

1957 general election: Limerick West[9]
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Fine Gael Denis Jones 7,952 30.8 1 1
Fianna Fáil James Collins 7,910 30.6 2 1
Fianna Fáil Donnchadh Ó Briain 4,985 19.3 3 4
Fianna Fáil Michael Colbert 4,467 17.3
Independent Martin Ward 514 2.0
Electorate: 33,780   Valid: 25,828   Quota: 6,458   Turnout: 76.4%

1955 by-election edit

Following the death of Fine Gael TD David Madden, a by-election was held on 13 December 1955. The seat was won by the Fianna Fáil candidate Michael Colbert.

1955 by-election: Limerick West[36]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Fianna Fáil Michael Colbert 56.2 15,088
Fine Gael Denis Jones 35.0 9,406
Labour Patrick Aherne 8.8 2,349
Electorate: 33,267   Valid: 26,843   Quota: 13,422   Turnout: 80.69%  

1954 general election edit

1954 general election: Limerick West[7][36]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Fianna Fáil James Collins 28.5 7,857      
Fianna Fáil Donnchadh Ó Briain 25.6 7,078      
Fine Gael David Madden 20.3 5,614 6,528 6,724 8,943
Labour Gerard Hayes 11.8 3,249 3,452 3,981 4,350
Fine Gael William O'Connor 9.0 2,471 2,629 2,860  
Fine Gael Liam Bennett 4.8 1,331      
Electorate: 33,318   Valid: 27,600   Quota: 6,901   Turnout: 82.8%  

1951 general election edit

1951 general election: Limerick West[36]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Fine Gael David Madden 29.2 7,901    
Fianna Fáil James Collins 25.3 6,851    
Fianna Fáil Donnchadh Ó Briain 22.0 5,966 6,069 9,189
Fianna Fáil Richard Bresnihan 13.1 3,541 3,578  
Fine Gael William O'Connor 10.4 2,827 3,816 3,995
Electorate: 35,877   Valid: 27,086   Quota: 6,772   Turnout: 75.48%  

1948 general election edit

1948 general election: Limerick West[36]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Fianna Fáil James Collins 24.7 6,778 6,853 6,871        
Fianna Fáil Donnchadh Ó Briain 22.2 6,101 6,217 6,256 6,452 6,983    
Fine Gael David Madden 16.8 4,602 4,742 4,854 5,510 5,891 5,906 7,566
Fianna Fáil John Lynch 8.1 2,235 2,256 2,311 2,399 2,750 2,826 2,882
Fine Gael Timothy O'Connell 6.5 1,783 1,844 1,908 2,069 2,194 2,207  
Labour Patrick Langan 6.2 1,695 1,787 1,809 1,964      
Clann na Poblachta James O'Connor 5.1 1,402 1,445 1,944 2,071 2,386 2,395 2,659
Independent Patrick Fitzsimons 4.6 1,257 1,439 1,482        
Clann na Poblachta Patrick Terence Liston 3.0 836 881          
Independent Michael J. K. Dore 2.9 787            
Electorate: 35,766   Valid: 27,476   Quota: 6,870   Turnout: 76.82%  

See also edit

References edit

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Limerick West was a parliamentary constituency represented in Dail Eireann the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas from 1948 to 2011 The constituency elected 3 deputies Teachtai Dala commonly known as TDs The method of election was proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote PR STV Limerick WestFormer Dail constituencyLocation of Limerick West within IrelandFormer constituencyCreated1948Abolished2011Seats3Local government areaCounty LimerickCreated fromLimerickReplaced byLimerickKerry North West Limerick Contents 1 History and boundaries 2 TDs 3 Elections 3 1 2007 general election 3 2 2002 general election 3 3 1997 general election 3 4 1992 general election 3 5 1989 general election 3 6 1987 general election 3 7 November 1982 general election 3 8 February 1982 general election 3 9 1981 general election 3 10 1977 general election 3 11 1973 general election 3 12 1969 general election 3 13 1967 by election 3 14 1965 general election 3 15 1961 general election 3 16 1957 general election 3 17 1955 by election 3 18 1954 general election 3 19 1951 general election 3 20 1948 general election 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory and boundaries editThe constituency was created under the Electoral Amendment Act 1947 for the 1948 general election It succeeded the constituency of Limerick which was divided between Limerick West and Limerick East It was located in the western and southern part of County Limerick It was a rural constituency including the towns of Abbeyfeale Askeaton Newcastle West and Rathkeale 1 In some elections such as in 1981 and 1982 only Fianna Fail and Fine Gael candidates appeared on the ballot A Progressive Democrats candidate was elected in 1987 this was the only time a candidate from a party other than Fianna Fail or Fine Gael was elected in the constituency No candidate from a left wing party was ever elected there At the 2011 general election the constituency was replaced by the constituencies of Limerick and Kerry North West Limerick 2 The western part of the constituency became part of Kerry North West Limerick while the remainder along with most of the rural parts of Limerick East was transferred to the Limerick constituency 3 TDs editTeachtai Dala TDs for Limerick West 1948 2011 4 Key to parties FF Fianna Fail FG Fine Gael PD Progressive DemocratsDail Election Deputy Party Deputy Party Deputy Party 13th 1948 5 James Collins FF Donnchadh o Briain FF David Madden FG 14th 1951 6 15th 1954 7 1955 by election 8 Michael Colbert FF 16th 1957 9 Denis Jones FG 17th 1961 10 18th 1965 11 1967 by election 12 Gerry Collins FF 19th 1969 13 Michael J Noonan FF 20th 1973 14 21st 1977 15 William O Brien FG 22nd 1981 16 23rd 1982 Feb 17 24th 1982 Nov 18 25th 1987 19 John McCoy PD 26th 1989 20 Michael Finucane FG 27th 1992 21 28th 1997 22 Michael Collins FF Dan Neville FG 29th 2002 23 John Cregan FF 30th 2007 24 Niall Collins FF 31st 2011 Constituency abolished See Limerick and Kerry North West LimerickNote 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 edit2007 general election edit 2007 general election Limerick West 24 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3Fianna Fail Niall Collins 25 7 10 396 Fianna Fail John Cregan 21 5 8 701 8 823 10 355Fine Gael Dan Neville 20 6 8 314 8 504 10 018Fine Gael Michael Finucane 19 4 7 839 7 975 9 027Labour James Heffernan 5 6 2 277 2 687 Progressive Democrats Michael Brennan 4 8 1 935 1 993 Green James Nix 2 4 969 Electorate 58 712 Valid 40 431 Spoilt 381 0 9 Quota 10 108 Turnout 40 812 69 5 2002 general election edit In the final count Dan Neville beat Michael Finucane by only one vote to win the last seat 2002 general election Limerick West 23 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4Fianna Fail John Cregan 30 3 10 823 Fianna Fail Michael Collins 23 1 8 236 9 526 Fine Gael Dan Neville 20 9 7 446 7 678 7 862 8 564Fine Gael Michael Finucane 20 8 7 410 7 684 7 867 8 563Green Marcus Briody 2 7 948 1 002 1 138 Independent Mike MacDomhnaill 1 9 662 710 789 Christian Solidarity Patrick O Riordan 0 4 144 151 177 Electorate 53 879 Valid 35 669 Spoilt 476 1 3 Quota 8 918 Turnout 36 145 67 1 1997 general election edit 1997 general election Limerick West 25 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6 7Fine Gael Dan Neville 20 9 7 026 7 062 7 265 7 672 8 253 8 601 Fianna Fail Michael Collins 20 8 6 985 7 029 7 357 7 519 8 236 11 692 Fine Gael Michael Finucane 16 3 5 476 5 523 5 679 6 170 6 673 6 923 7 330Fianna Fail John Clifford 11 7 3 921 3 953 4 255 4 337 4 937 Independent Michael Brennan 10 9 3 661 3 695 3 890 4 067 4 946 5 474 6 583Independent John Gallahue 10 0 3 355 3 413 3 521 3 689 Labour Mary Kelly 4 2 1 418 1 478 1 584 Progressive Democrats Jeanette McDonnell 4 2 1 406 1 444 Independent Mike MacDomhnaill 1 1 366 Electorate 47 859 Valid 33 614 Spoilt 365 1 1 Quota 8 404 Turnout 33 979 71 0 1992 general election edit 1992 general election Limerick West 26 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6 7Fianna Fail Gerry Collins 34 3 10 913 Fine Gael Michael Finucane 16 2 5 164 5 420 5 448 5 481 5 584 6 187 7 600Fine Gael Dan Neville 14 6 4 657 4 807 4 831 4 842 4 941 5 582 6 631Fianna Fail Michael J Noonan 13 1 4 173 6 288 6 313 6 417 6 636 7 123 7 990Labour Mary Kelly 10 8 3 447 3 668 3 700 3 801 3 892 4 494 Progressive Democrats Sean Liston 7 4 2 343 2 476 2 493 2 521 2 589 Independent Bridget Randles 2 0 645 682 688 709 Sinn Fein Colreall Mac Curtain 1 1 346 365 370 Independent John Basil Fitzgibbon 0 4 129 156 Electorate 44 848 Valid 31 817 Spoilt 524 1 6 Quota 7 955 Turnout 32 341 72 1 1989 general election edit 1989 general election Limerick West 20 27 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2Fianna Fail Gerry Collins 39 7 12 476 Fine Gael Michael Finucane 27 0 8 484 Fianna Fail Michael J Noonan 20 7 6 491 9 935Progressive Democrats Sean Liston 12 6 3 960 4 467Electorate 43 690 Valid 31 411 Spoilt 481 1 5 Quota 7 853 Turnout 31 892 73 0 1987 general election edit 1987 general election Limerick West 19 28 29 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5Fianna Fail Gerry Collins 31 8 10 812 Fianna Fail Michael J Noonan 19 5 6 631 8 504 Progressive Democrats John McCoy 19 4 6 580 6 789 6 971 7 748 9 082Fine Gael Jim Houlihan 9 9 3 352 3 408 3 457 4 357 Fine Gael Michael Finucane 9 5 3 218 3 314 3 439 4 568 7 102Fine Gael Dan Neville 8 5 2 894 2 950 3 012 Labour Paudge Brennan 1 5 519 539 Electorate 43 418 Valid 34 006 Quota 8 502 Turnout 78 3 November 1982 general election edit November 1982 general election Limerick West 18 30 31 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2Fianna Fail Gerry Collins 40 0 12 719 Fine Gael William O Brien 26 5 8 435 Fianna Fail Michael J Noonan 22 2 7 061 11 478Fine Gael Brendan Danaher 11 3 3 580 3 933Electorate 41 825 Valid 31 795 Quota 7 949 Turnout 76 0 February 1982 general election edit February 1982 general election Limerick West 17 32 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2Fianna Fail Gerry Collins 40 1 12 702 Fine Gael William O Brien 26 5 8 390 Fianna Fail Michael J Noonan 23 8 7 535 12 056Fine Gael Sean Broderick 9 7 3 088 3 340Electorate 41 097 Valid 31 715 Quota 7 929 Turnout 77 2 1981 general election edit 1981 general election Limerick West 16 33 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2Fianna Fail Gerry Collins 44 5 14 776 Fine Gael William O Brien 26 2 8 676 Fianna Fail Michael J Noonan 19 8 6 579 12 731Fine Gael Donal Sheehan 9 5 3 158 3 484Electorate 41 097 Valid 33 189 Spoilt 387 1 2 Quota 8 298 Turnout 33 576 81 7 1977 general election edit 1977 general election Limerick West 15 34 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3Fianna Fail Gerry Collins 30 2 10 081 Fianna Fail Michael J Noonan 29 2 9 749 Fine Gael William O Brien 22 7 7 596 8 153 8 887Fine Gael Ailish Jones Cassidy 9 5 3 165 3 526 3 775Labour Edward Dwyer 4 3 1 444 1 950 2 299Fine Gael Sean Broderick 4 1 1 379 1 682 1 745Electorate 42 037 Valid 33 414 Spoilt 266 0 8 Quota 8 354 Turnout 33 680 80 1 35 1973 general election edit 1973 general election Limerick West 14 36 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3Fianna Fail Gerry Collins 33 9 9 679 Fine Gael Denis Jones 22 4 6 403 6 555 8 337Fianna Fail Michael J Noonan 18 9 5 398 7 635 Fine Gael William O Brien 14 9 4 253 4 313 5 165Fine Gael Brendan Danaher 9 8 2 792 2 890 Electorate 35 904 Valid 28 525 Quota 7 132 Turnout 79 5 1969 general election edit 1969 general election Limerick West 13 Party Candidate 1st Pref Seat CountFianna Fail Gerry Collins 10 557 36 7 1 1Fine Gael Denis Jones 6 165 21 4 2Fine Gael William O Brien 3 102 10 8Fianna Fail Michael J Noonan 2 598 9 0 3Fine Gael Brendan Danaher 2 366 8 2Fianna Fail Rory Kiely 1 991 6 9Labour Edward Dwyer 1 254 4 4Labour Michael Murphy 529 1 8Independent Thomas Lynch 231 0 8Electorate Valid 28 793 Quota 7 199 Turnout 1967 by election edit Following the death of Fianna Fail TD James Collins a by election was held on 9 November 1967 The seat was won by the Fianna Fail candidate Gerry Collins son of the deceased TD 1967 by election Limerick West 36 Party Candidate FPv Count1Fianna Fail Gerry Collins 53 8 14 384Fine Gael William Madden 38 6 10 237Labour Edward Dwyer 7 7 2 048Electorate 32 958 Valid 26 669 Quota 13 335 Turnout 80 92 1965 general election edit 1965 general election Limerick West 11 36 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2Fianna Fail James Collins 33 4 8 476 Fine Gael Denis Jones 28 5 7 213 Fianna Fail Donnchadh o Briain 21 1 5 343 7 160Labour Edward Dwyer 9 1 2 304 2 497Fine Gael Brendan Danaher 8 0 2 020 2 146Electorate 33 009 Valid 25 356 Quota 6 340 Turnout 76 8 1961 general election edit 1961 general election Limerick West 10 36 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2Fianna Fail James Collins 35 5 9 018 Fine Gael Denis Jones 27 7 7 037 Fianna Fail Donnchadh o Briain 23 6 6 006 8 514Fine Gael James O Donnell 13 2 3 346 3 504Electorate 33 411 Valid 25 407 Quota 6 352 Turnout 76 0 1957 general election edit 1957 general election Limerick West 9 Party Candidate 1st Pref Seat CountFine Gael Denis Jones 7 952 30 8 1 1Fianna Fail James Collins 7 910 30 6 2 1Fianna Fail Donnchadh o Briain 4 985 19 3 3 4Fianna Fail Michael Colbert 4 467 17 3Independent Martin Ward 514 2 0Electorate 33 780 Valid 25 828 Quota 6 458 Turnout 76 4 1955 by election edit Following the death of Fine Gael TD David Madden a by election was held on 13 December 1955 The seat was won by the Fianna Fail candidate Michael Colbert 1955 by election Limerick West 36 Party Candidate FPv Count1Fianna Fail Michael Colbert 56 2 15 088Fine Gael Denis Jones 35 0 9 406Labour Patrick Aherne 8 8 2 349Electorate 33 267 Valid 26 843 Quota 13 422 Turnout 80 69 1954 general election edit 1954 general election Limerick West 7 36 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4Fianna Fail James Collins 28 5 7 857 Fianna Fail Donnchadh o Briain 25 6 7 078 Fine Gael David Madden 20 3 5 614 6 528 6 724 8 943Labour Gerard Hayes 11 8 3 249 3 452 3 981 4 350Fine Gael William O Connor 9 0 2 471 2 629 2 860 Fine Gael Liam Bennett 4 8 1 331 Electorate 33 318 Valid 27 600 Quota 6 901 Turnout 82 8 1951 general election edit 1951 general election Limerick West 36 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3Fine Gael David Madden 29 2 7 901 Fianna Fail James Collins 25 3 6 851 Fianna Fail Donnchadh o Briain 22 0 5 966 6 069 9 189Fianna Fail Richard Bresnihan 13 1 3 541 3 578 Fine Gael William O Connor 10 4 2 827 3 816 3 995Electorate 35 877 Valid 27 086 Quota 6 772 Turnout 75 48 1948 general election edit 1948 general election Limerick West 36 Party Candidate FPv Count1 2 3 4 5 6 7Fianna Fail James Collins 24 7 6 778 6 853 6 871 Fianna Fail Donnchadh o Briain 22 2 6 101 6 217 6 256 6 452 6 983 Fine Gael David Madden 16 8 4 602 4 742 4 854 5 510 5 891 5 906 7 566Fianna Fail John Lynch 8 1 2 235 2 256 2 311 2 399 2 750 2 826 2 882Fine Gael Timothy O Connell 6 5 1 783 1 844 1 908 2 069 2 194 2 207 Labour Patrick Langan 6 2 1 695 1 787 1 809 1 964 Clann na Poblachta James O Connor 5 1 1 402 1 445 1 944 2 071 2 386 2 395 2 659Independent Patrick Fitzsimons 4 6 1 257 1 439 1 482 Clann na Poblachta Patrick Terence Liston 3 0 836 881 Independent Michael J K Dore 2 9 787 Electorate 35 766 Valid 27 476 Quota 6 870 Turnout 76 82 See also editDail constituencies Politics of the Republic of Ireland List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland List of Dail by elections Elections in the Republic of IrelandReferences edit Electoral Amendment Act 2005 Schedule Irish Statute Book database Archived from the original on 22 July 2015 Retrieved 24 September 2010 Report on Dail and European Parliament Constituencies 2007 PDF Constituency Commission 23 October 2007 Archived from the original PDF on 19 November 2007 Retrieved 30 June 2010 Electoral Amendment Act 2009 Schedule Irish Statute Book database Archived from the original on 25 November 2010 Retrieved 29 September 2010 Walker Brian M ed 1992 Parliamentary election results in Ireland 1918 92 Dublin Royal Irish Academy 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